The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

Win a FREE PLACE on our Zirconia Painting Solutions Course this December and get into the festive spirit early with a trip to Leuven Christmas Market!

Achieving highly individualised Zirconia Bridges with GC Painting Solutions with Dirk Galle

Thursday 3 – Friday 4 December 2026 

GC’s Training & Education Centre, Leuven, Belgium

What you’ll learn
 

• Gain an understanding of the philosophy behind GC's Initial Zirconia and Painting Solutions - the material properties, indications and technical handling (firing temperatures etc)
• Learn the CAD parameters for a micro-layered bridge
• Get hands-on experience of characterisation at every step of bridge preparation: green state - carving and colouring liquids; post-sintering - internal characterisation using Initial Lustre Paste One, micro-layering with Initial IQ ONE SQIN
• Access hints and tips to help avoid common pitfalls and consistently achieve outstanding results.
• Complete a demonstration model of a 4-unit zirconia bridge with gingiva (2 units completed to post-sintered stage and 2 units to micro-layered finish)

In an ideal location

GC’s state-of-the-art Training & Education Centre is just on the outskirts of Leuven, Belgium, and was built to enable us and our worldwide network of dental professionals to deliver hands-on courses, presentations and demonstrations of all our major technologies and products. Our custom-made training laboratories are the ideal place to access this expertise and put newly learnt skills to practice in hands-on sessions. 

Your host city, Leuven, is an inviting tapestry of history, academia, and relaxed city life. The Gothic spires of the Town Hall and the serene beauty of Saint Peter’s Church set the tone for a stroll through cobbled streets lined with cafés and boutiques.
 

And timed to Christmassy perfection… 

What’s more, your course coincides with the beginning of Leuven’s annual Christmas Market, one of Belgium’s oldest and cosiest Christmas markets that takes over the city centre, offering twinkling lights, crackling fires, warming mulled wine and original Christmas gifts. 

Why not tack a weekend city break to the end of your course to make the most of your visit and explore more of the Christmas Market and what Leuven has to offer? Leuven is also only half an hour’s train ride from Belgium’s capital, Brussels, where you can continue your Christmas shopping and sightseeing to your heart’s content. 

Your tutor

Dirk Galle is Technical Training Manager at GC Europe, and owner of private dental lab, Oral Dental Concept BVBA, in Brussels.

After graduating from the Dental Institute Annessens, Brussels in 1995, Dirk specialised in fixed prosthesis and veneered superstructures on implants and aesthetic restoration, before working as a ceramic trainer for a large ceramic production company in Belgium/Luxembourg for 4 years.

With over 1,000 ceramic courses to his name, he is a much sought-after speaker worldwide, specialising in various fields including:

• Polychromatic build-up technique for ceramics and micro-ceramic composites.
• Individual layering and aesthetic rehabilitation especially on zirconium and lithium disilicate structures.
• Large superstructures on implants with a focus on zirconium in combination with natural pink gingival ceramic.

• Competition closes at midnight on Wednesday 9 September 2026 
• Delegates must arrange for their own travel to and from Leuven, and accommodation in Leuven – the prize does not include travel or accommodation 
• Prize includes:

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