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All about team work
18 August 2011

teamworkFaces for the Future, the 15th Conference for Dental Care Professionals, took place at the RCSEd on 5 March

This year’s event attracted over 100 dental care practitioners from across the spectrum of dental practice. Starting off, Dr Toby Gilgrass, Consultant Cleft Orthodontist in Glasgow Dental Hospital and School, gave an account of how care for patients with cleft lip and palate in Scotland has changed over the last 15 years. He emphasised the importance of a multidisciplinary team in the care of these patients and explained different roles within the dental team.

 
Dental Faculty announces joint event with AAPD
15 April 2011

aapdrcsedDoing the Best for Children: Are We Up to Date?

1-3 September 2011, The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

 The RCSEd’s Faculty of Dental Surgery is to host a joint international conference with the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD), with special discounted rates for Fellows and Members. 

 
Tales of the unexpected
10 January 2011

tales-webDental practitioners learned how to avoid a broad range of professional pitfalls at the Faculty’s annual symposium

Sixty delegates from across the UK gathered at the College in October for an event with a twist; Dr Bernadette Hughes of the Nobody Move Theatre Company, enacted the role of ‘Miss Diagnosis’, a disgruntled patient, who interacted with speakers throughout their presentations.

Pictured: Speakers at 2010's Dental Symposium 'Tales of the Unexpected'

 

 
Team-talk
01 July 2010

teamworks_webOver 100 delegates gathered for the Fourteenth Annual Conference for Dental Care Professionals at the RCSEd on 6 March 2010

Adrian Jordan, Chair of the Advisory Board for Dental Care Professionals (DCPs), opened this year’s conference, The Team Works, with his presentation ‘The Specialty Advisory Board – What can it do for you?’ In his talk, Mr Jordan said that the College recognises the value of DCPs as part of the team approach to dentistry and wants to know what they would like from the College.

 
Oral healthcare in people living with cancer
01 July 2010

Professor Crispian Scully has led a major meeting in London highlighting that oral cancer is on the rise, particularly in younger people

 
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