Events

The Gentle Training facility is designed to host training courses for dental professionals.

The facility accommodates up to 40 participants for seated presentations. The room is fully equipped with a modern air conditioned audio, visual suite including a 60" TV and kitchen facilities suitable for buffet etc. A video link to the main surgery is available for live treatment demonstrations. Practical courses can be booked for small to medium sized groups to use the 4 surgeries.


Upcoming Events

Confidence in Implants Course 2025

From: 12th September 2025
To: 20th June 2026
All-day event
Venue: Gentle Dental Care, 58 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 6AF

with Lucy Stock, Clare McMullan and Chris Gardiner

Accredited 9 day hands-on single implant surgical course for dentists interested in getting started in implants and those wanting to improve their technique.

Refer and Restore Dental Implants

Date: 20th January 2026
Time: 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Venue: Gentle Dental Care, 58 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 6AF

with John-Joe Hartigan and Lucy Stock

An essential lecture on how to restore implants in your own pratice and a step-by-step guide on making referrals.

Private Examination Masterclass

From: 21st February 2026
To: 22nd February 2026
Time: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

with Lucy Stock, John-Joe Hartigan and Adam Jaffa

A complete 2 day masterclass teaching you how to plan and agree private treatment with patients

Confidence in Implants Course 2026

From: 26th September 2026
To: 9th June 2027
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Venue: Gentle Dental Care, 58 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 6AF

with Lucy Stock, Clare McMullan and Chris Gardiner

Accredited 9 day hands-on single implant surgical course for dentists interested in getting started in implants and those wanting to improve their technique.

Past Events

Refer and Restore Dental Implants

Date: 24th September 2025
Time: 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Venue: Gentle Dental Care, 58 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 6AF

with John-Joe Hartigan and Lucy Stock

An essential lecture on how to restore implants in your own pratice and a step-by-step guide on making referrals.

 

Root Canal Treatment and Retreatment Course

Date: 24th May 2025
Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Venue: Gentle Dental Care, 58 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 6AF

A not to be missed 1 day lecture and hands-on practical for GDP’s wanting to improve their skills in root canal treatment.

with Justin Barnes
Specialist in Endodontics

Study Club: Restorative Treatment Planning for Complex Patients – Case Based Discussion

Date: 18th March 2025
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

Dr Simon Killough
BSc(Hons) BDS MFDS FDS(Rest Dent) PhD
Consultant in Restorative Dentistry

Private Examination Masterclass 2024

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Time: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

with Lucy Stock, John-Joe Hartigan and Adam Jaffa

A complete 3 day masterclass teaching you how to plan and agree private treatment with patients

Study Club: Wake up to Dental Sleep Medicine

Date: 18th February 2025
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

Dr Paul Reaney
BDS MFDS RCS(Eng) MFGDP(UK) DPDS
Dip PCOrth RCS(Eng) MDTFEd AssocFCGDent

Special interest in Orthodontics. Director of Snoring SolutionsNI
Board Member of the European Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine
Committee Member of the Irish Society of Dental Sleep Medicine

Study Club: Patient Communication – Working dynamically with patients in a time of change

Date: 21st January 2025
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

with Adam Jaffa BA Dip Couns RDN
Managing Partner at Gentle Dental Care
Cofounder of Gentle Dental Training

Study Club: Root Canal Rescues

Date: 19th November 2024
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

with Justin Barnes, Specialist in Endodotics

Study Club: Teaching, Treating and Leading, Update for GDPs from the School of Dentistry

Date: 22nd October 2024
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

with Prof. Wendy Turner, Centre Director of School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences (QUB)

Confidence in Implants Course 2024-25

Date: 27th September 2024
All-day event
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

with Lucy Stock, Clare McMullan and Chris Gardiner

8 day hands-on single implant surgical course for dentists interested in getting started in implants and those wanting to improve their technique.

Study Club: Digital Dentistry Update

Date: 24th September 2024
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

with Vanya Jovanovic, CAD/CAM, Lab & 3D Printing Specialist at DMI

Study Club: Management of Oral Medicine Conditions

Date: 11th June 2024
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

with Dr Amanda Willis

Study Club: Extractions for the GDP

Date: 14th May 2024
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

with Chris Gardiner

Study Club: A Mysterious Case of Occlusion

Date: 16th April 2024
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

with Lucy Stock

Confidence in Implants Course 2023-24

From: 21st April 2023
To: 6th January 2024
All-day event
Venue: Belfast - Magherafelt - Lisburn

with Lucy Stock, Claire McMullan and Chris Gardiner

9 day hands-on single implant course for dentists interested in getting started in implants and those wanting to improve their technique.

Tipton Training: PG Certificate in Restorative Dentistry 2024-25

Date: 25th March 2023
All-day event
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

with Professor Paul Tipton

Confidence in Patient Communication and Sales

Date: 7th January 2023
Time: 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

with Adam Jaffa

Learn how to engage patients with confidence and grow your practice.

Tipton Training: PG Certificate in Restorative Dentistry 2022-23

Date: 22nd November 2022
All-day event
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

with Professor Paul Tipton

IAAD Conference

Date: 6th May 2022
All-day event
Venue: Titanic Centre Belfast

with Gudio Fichera

Restoring the Unrestorable – Learn clinical strategies to manage complex cases from an Italian Master

Confidence in Implants Course 2022-23

From: 25th March 2022
To: 25th February 2023
All-day event
Venue: Belfast - Magherafelt - Lisburn

with Lucy Stock, Claire McMullan and Chris Gardiner

Single implant hands-on 9-day course for those interested in getting started in implants or those already placing and want to improve their skills.

Study Club: Treatment Planning Workshop

Date: 16th June 2020
All-day event
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

with Lucy, Trevor and John-Joe

Clinical Photography

Date: 20th May 2020
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

with John-Joe Hartigan

Study Club: Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis and Management of Red and White Patches

Date: 12th May 2020
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

with Dr Amanda Willis Clinical Lecturer/ Honorary Consultant in Oral Medicine

Tipton Training: PG Certificate in Restorative Dentistry 2020-21

From: 25th April 2020
To: 26th April 2020
All-day event
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

with Professor Paul Tipton

Hands on Composite

Date: 31st March 2020
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

with John-Joe Hartigan

Implants for GDPs

Date: 24th March 2020
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

with Lucy Stock

Screw retained and full arch solutions

Tipton Training: PG Certificate in Restorative Dentistry 2020-21

From: 21st March 2020
To: 22nd March 2020
All-day event
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

with Professor Paul Tipton

Study Club: The Science and Psychology of Pain for Dental Patients

Date: 2nd March 2020
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

with Lucy Stock

Study Club: Restoration of the Broken Tooth

Date: 25th February 2020
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

with John-Joe Hartigan

Tipton Training: PG Certificate in Restorative Dentistry 2020-21

From: 8th February 2020
To: 9th February 2020
All-day event
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

with Professor Paul Tipton

Case Acceptance: A Journey or Destination?

Date: 21st January 2020
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

with Adam Jaffa

Tipton Training: PG Certificate in Restorative Dentistry 2020-21

From: 11th January 2020
To: 12th January 2020
All-day event
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

with Professor Paul Tipton

Study Club: Setting Financial Plans for 2020 and Beyond

From: 7th January 2020
To: 8th January 2020
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

with Peter Kilpatrick, M&D Financial Management.

Tipton Training: PG Certificate in Restorative Dentistry 2019-20

From: 14th December 2019
To: 15th December 2019
All-day event
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

with Professor Paul Tipton

Refer and Restore

Date: 26th November 2019
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

with Trevor Martin

Supported by Dentsply Sirona

Introduction to Implants for GDPs 

Study Club: Snoring & Obstructive Sleep Apnoea – the GDP’s Role

Date: 12th November 2019
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

with Matthew Everatt, Technical Director at S4S Dental Laboratory

Contemporary Prosthodontics

Date: 25th October 2019
All-day event
Venue: Titanic Centre, Belfast

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Clinical Photography for GDPs

Date: 16th October 2019
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

with John-Joe Hartigan

Tipton Training: PG Certificate Restorative Dentistry 2019-20

From: 2nd October 2019
To: 3rd October 2019
All-day event
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

with Professor Paul Tipton

Study Club: Emotional Intelligence in the Dental Practice

Date: 24th September 2019
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

with Ken Shields, Biohorizons

Ethical Sales and Communication

From: 16th September 2019
To: 17th September 2019
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

with Ashley Latter

Refer and Restore

From: 10th September 2019
To: 31st October 2019
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

with Lucy Stock

Supported by Dentsply Sirona

Introduction to implants for GDPs

Study Club

Date: 11th June 2019
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Venue: Deanes at Queens Private Dining Room

Introduction to Implants for Dental Nurses

Date: 11th May 2019
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

with Lucy Stock and Natalie Shirton

Study Club

Date: 9th April 2019
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Venue: Deanes at Queens Private Dining Room

Composite Solutions

Date: 3rd April 2019
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

with John-Joe Hartigan

ProTaper NEXT and Guttacore

Date: 13th March 2019
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

with Justin Barnes, Specialist in Endodontics

Refer and Restore

Date: 30th January 2019
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Venue: Gentle Dental Care

with Lucy Stock

Study Club

Date: 22nd January 2019
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Venue: Deanes at Queens Private Dining Room

with David Kennedy
Specialist in Orthodontics, Kennedy Orthodontics