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Bonner and Bruce Watt, who deal with timetabling and placement issues, logistics and expenses as well as helping the teaching leads evaluate the programme, amongst many other things. The Scottish Government has invested


over £100 million into dentistry since 2005 and a significant amount of that has been used to build and refurbish community dental centres, some of which now include a proportion of outreach chairs. Patients visiting the outreach centre don’t pay for their treatment, providing a much- needed service to people on low incomes or those who have been unable to register with another NHS practice. The students work under close supervision with a tutor on hand to advise them at all times and with nurses available to provide a level of assistance that just isn’t possible in the dental school. Donald Macfarlane, one of the tutors at the Kilmarnock outreach clinic, explained that having better nursing support is often cited in student feedback, but the


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David Watson (seated) and Frank Bonner from Glasgow Dental School


22 Scottish Dental magazine


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