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BDA conference will be the biggest yet


Scottish scientific event in Glasgow will feature 18 CPD sessions


The British Dental Association’s Scottish Scientific Conference and Exhibition returns to the Crowne Plaza in Glasgow on Friday 5 September. The event will feature more CPD


lectures than ever before, with 18 sessions on offer throughout the day, covering everything from Core CPD subjects to teeth whitening, periodontics and paediatrics. Speakers include: Laetitia


Brocklebank, clinical senior lecturer and honorary consultant at the University of Glasgow; Linda Greenwall, prosthodontist and specialist in restorative dentistry, London; Graham Ogden, professor of oral surgery at Dundee University Dental Hospital; Anthony Roberts, professor of restorative dentistry at Cork Univer- sity Dental School and Hospital; and Jack Toumba, professor of paediatric dentistry at University of Leeds School of Dentistry. The conference will open with Scot-


land’s Chief Dental Officer Margie Taylor and the deputy chair of the BDA’s Principal Executive Committee Robert Kinloch giving an update on NHS dentistry in room one, before Professor Graham Ogden presents his first of two lectures on oral cancer and Prof Roberts gives his two talks on peri- odontal disease. Linda Greenwall and Prof Toumba will


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present on tooth w hit ening and paediatric dentistry in room two, while in room three there will be two presentations from the MDDUS’s Aubrey


Craig, either side of Laetitia


Brocklebank’s talk on quality assurance in dental radiology. Room four at the conference will


feature Christine Young from NHS Education for Scotland talking about infection control and former 3M Espe rep Illona McLay presenting on ‘Creating a successful practice: the importance of ethical selling and treatment presentations’. The speaking bill is completed by


hygienist Diane Roachford talking about teeth whitening for hygienists and thera- pists and Linda Nelson, from chartered accountants Condies, talking about ‘Building value in your dental practice’.


Showcasing the UK dental industry


BDIA DENTAL SHOWCASE


The UK’s largest dental trade show takes place at ExCeL in London on 9-11 October, with more than 350 exhibitors and over 100 mini and on-stand lectures. Last year, more than ı2,000


dental professionals attended the British Dental Industry Association’s (BDIA) Dental


Showcase, visiting more than 380 exhibitors at the NEC in Birmingham. Last year’s show was the last for the association under their old name of the British Dental Trade Asso- ciation (BDTA) – it became the BDIA in January this year.


® For more information, visit dentalshowcase.com


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The British Association of Dental Nurses (BADN) has released details of the 2014 National Dental Nursing Conference, to be held on 3 and 4 October at the Blackpool Hilton. The programme will feature everything from needlestick to public health and the GDC – covering volunteering, indemnity, dementia, anxiety, homelessness, deafness, drug abuse and sexuality/gender issues along the way.


The conference is open to all dental professionals, however, there is a special rate for current BADN members. It will begin on Friday afternoon with a welcome lunch followed by the lecture sessions and the BADN AGM. There is also an optional informal dinner on the Friday night at 12 Restaurant and Bar in nearby Thornton-Cleveleys. The conference will close on the Saturday afternoon with a speech from president Fiona Ellwood, where she will acknowledge the achievements of members and delegates over the past year.


® To reserve your place at the 2014 National Dental Nursing Conference, or for more information, visit www.badn.org.uk/conference


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