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| Ashley Latter p34 | Prions p56 | Practice profi le p68 Charity ball for hospital CHARITY BALL
Hours after Garrowhill dentist David Cunningham’s son Harry was born at the Princess Royal Maternity Hospital, he was diagnosed with persistent pulmonary hypertension and his life was hanging in the balance. At just two days old, he was
transferred to Yorkhill Children’s Hospital where he was lucky enough to secure a space on an ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygen- ation) machine. The ECMO machine provided
vital life support by bypassing Harry’s organs, giving his lungs a chance to recover. After three days, he was well enough to be transferred back to the Royal Infi rmary, where he stayed for the next two weeks. Thankfully, Harry has since made a full recovery and has just
it are few and far between. Needless to say, if there wasn’t a bed for Harry, he wouldn’t be with us today.” The Cunninghams have raised
just over £12,000 through events such as a charity ball, taking part in 5k runs, selling football cards and completing a charity cycle around Cumbrae. They have set themselves a target of £20,000 and are currently in the process of arranging a second ball to be held at the Glasgow Radisson Blu on 23 February. Hosted by Gina McKee of Clydeı,
celebrated his third birthday. His parents, David and Dawn, have committed themselves to raising as much money as possible for the ECMO unit at Yorkhill. David said: “We know how lucky
we are to have Harry with us, as there is only one of these units for children in Scotland and beds within
Above: Harry was lucky to be given access to an ECMO machine as a baby, inset
the ball will include a Champagne reception, three-course meal, charity auction and raffl e followed by dancing.
® To book tickets, advertise in the brochure, or to donate a prize, call Gillian on 0141 771 0800 or email
info@springgroveclinic.com
Masterclass from John Kanca
John Kanca Masterclass
More than 350 dentists converged on the Crowne Plaza in October to witness an ‘Adhesive Dentistry Master- class’ from Dr John Kanca. Dr Kanca participated in
the fi rst study to validate the etching and bonding of dentine, making it the everyday procedure used in practices worldwide. As well as discovering ‘wet bonding’, he created the fourth genera- tion of bonding systems and the concept of pulse activa-
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tion of composites.
Running alongside the main session was a DCP confer- ence that attracted more than 100 DCPs. Specialist radiog- rapher Barbara Lamb gave an update on IRMER and quality assurance before Jamie Newlands, clinical director at the Berkeley Clinic in Glasgow gave a talk entitled ‘Restoring your smile’.
Helen Kaney, dento-legal adviser with Dental Protec- tion, then gave a presenta- tion on effective complaints handling before GDP David MacPherson talked about facial aesthetics and how to give patients the best care.
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