Our first module in 2026 is planned for May 9-10, 2026 in Hamilton, New Zealand. Please contact us first to express interest, as course registration is subject to a telephonic interview. Please do not register until confirmation of acceptance is received. All future course modules will also always be on a weekend to minimise time taken out of practice and will also begin late and end late on Day 1 and begin early and end early on Day 2 to allow participants to travel conveniently.
Hamilton is serviced by daily direct Air New Zealand flights from Wellington and Christchurch while Jetstar operates flights between Hamilton and the Gold Coast/Sydney in Australia. It is an hour’s drive from Auckland Airport itself to The ACE Institute facility in North Hamilton, if you should choose to fly into Auckland. Shuttle pick ups from Auckland Airport can be organised on request.
The ACE Institute and its clinical facility are located on an arterial road in Hamilton city and multiple motels are situated in close proximity to the venue. The clinical facility is also a fully functional dental practice with state of the art technology and an in house fully equipped dental laboratory.
A key part of the course is the structured simulation station based series of hands on exercises/demonstrations and the primary purpose of these sessions is to prepare you for clinical competence.
Module 1: Rubber dam application, exercises on typodonts
Module 2: Class I–V composite restorations, posterior layering and bulk fill techniques, cracked tooth mock scenarios, matrix systems
Module 3: Tooth preparation on models (anterior & posterior), digital scanning and design workflow, fabrication of provisional restorations
Module 4: Composite veneer build ups, injectable moulding cases, anterior composite finishing and polishing protocols
Course fees are $7950 NZD plus GST (GST is charged only if applicable and is usually charged only to New Zealand participants) and are payable as a non refundable registration deposit of $950 NZD plus GST to confirm a place on the course and thereafter in seven equal monthly parts of $1000 NZD plus GST by monthly direct debit during the course.
Payment by internet banking should be made to New Zealand Bank Account number 06-0637-0778725-000 of The ACE Institute (ANZ Bank New Zealand).
If sending a payment internationally by bank transfer, please use ANZ’s SWIFT code : ANZBNZ22. If the other party requires an 11 digit SWIFT, use ANZBNZ22XXX.
Payment by credit card is accepted with an additional card fee surcharge and is directly available from this website.
No clinical session options are offered for this course. All course exercises are taught on specially designed models.
