ISSUE 2, VOL.4


Editor’sdesk Avoiding pain


with Bruce Oxley


For those that play regular contact sports, injuries are part and parcel of the game.


Muscles are tweaked, tendons and ligaments are stretched or torn, and cuts and bruises are an occupational hazard.


However, while most of these injuries can’t be avoided, trauma to the teeth can be easily minimised or avoided altogether with the use of mouthguards.


I realise I am preaching to the choir here, our readers will be


among the most vocal proponents of the use of mouthguards to their patients.


But, after several college gaelic football players were seen playing without mouthguards in January – just days after the new rules enforcing mouthguard use for juveniles came in – it is clear that more needs to be done. Football, hurling and rugby are, traditionally, male dominated sports and we all know how bravado and machismo can rule the


Contents


NEWS> 05 Opinion: with Dr John Barry


07 Struck off for failing care home patient


07 Dentist death report still pending


08 Mouthguard rules must be enforced


08 Consultant accused of malpractice


11 IDA group grills minister on oral health


11 BDA NI campaign goes up a gear


13 Bray GDP wins sensitive award


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14 Speaker line-up for ASM announced


14 RCSI launch new primary care diploma


29 Technical talk


ADVERTISING FEATURES> 44 BF Mulholland introduces two new team members


PRODUCT NEWS> 43 All the latest products and services


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® Bruce Oxley is editor of Ireland’s Dental magazine. To contact Bruce, email bruce@connectcommunications.co.uk


Welcome


roost. But the thought of players putting pressure on their peers not to wear mouthguards so as not to seem weak, is a scary thought. The dental profession needs to be seen to lead the way in making sure that their sports-playing patients and their parents know the dangers, and the costs, of playing without protection.


IRELAND’S DENTAL MAGAZINE March/April 2013


CLINICAL> 17 Immediate implants in the aesthetic zone


25 Using CBCT for excellence in patient care


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