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ADI hit by committee members’ resignations
President-elect Rob Dyas and past-president Cemal Ucer among those to step down
Glasgow practitioner Philip Friel is facing his first major crisis as president of the Association of Dental Implantology (ADI) following the resignations of four senior committee members. President-elect Rob Dyas and
past-president Cemal Ucer, along with the association’s treasurer David Speechley and the director of education Simon Wright, signed a joint statement declaring their unhappiness with the direction in which the association is being taken. They said that the association’s drive to
reform its constitutional management, as well as law and ethics matters, is detracting from what they see as the main aims of the ADI – promoting education and research. The statement read: “ADI was founded
by like-minded dentists with a common desire to promote the development of implant dentistry in the UK. The specific founding objectives were to assist education of patients and dentists, and
help the general advancement of implan- tology. For the last quarter of a century, successions of members and trustees with different professional backgrounds and varying interests in dentistry have given their time and resources voluntarily, and always with the best interest of the ADI at heart, to help to develop a highly successful and respected association. In this respect, ADI’s framework of constitution and tradi- tions stood the test of the time well. “Of course, time doesn’t stand still and
progress is essential. Nevertheless, change has to be managed within the restrictions of a well proven constitutional framework. ADI’s current desire to revisit constitu- tional, management, law and ethics matters including the question of conflict of inter- ests have unfortunately bogged down progress and detracted the association from fulfilling its planned projects and delivering its main charitable objectives of education and research. As nationally
Royal College to host
first DCP conference Inaugural event exclusively for dental care professionals taking place on 1 November
The Royal College of Physi- cians and Surgeons of Glasgow (RCPSG) will be holding its first-ever DCP conference in Glasgow on Saturday ı November. The one-day symposium
marks the first time the RCPSG has held an event exclusively for DCPs and will cover core CPD topics as well as other recommended subject areas. Alison Menhinick from Dundee Dental Hospital and School will give an update on IRMER and quality assurance, while Christine Young from NHS Education for Scotland will provide an update in infection control. Professor
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Chris Deery from the Univer- sity of Sheffield will talk about ‘Tip-top paediatric dentistry’ and Glasgow Dental School’s Dr Toby Gilgrass will then present on ‘Cleft lip and palate – what you need to know’. The final session of the day
will see Trish Gray, director of dental education at the RCPGS, give an update on child protection, before forensic odontologist Fiona Waddington presents ‘Forensic odontology; an overview’.
For more information on the symposium, visit www.
rcpsg.ac.uk/events/items/ dcp-symposium-2014
established independent providers of education and training in implant dentistry, we have always strived to contribute to the advancement of the ADI by helping to deliver education to patients, dentists and team members, as well as aiming to develop clinical standards and guidance for the benefit of our profession, members and patients alike. “As trustees of the ADI, we have
increasingly felt unable to carry out these objectives and duties and therefore have decided to resign our positions in order to pursue them elsewhere. “We wish the ADI continuing success in
the future.” When asked for a comment, the asso-
ciation’s executive director Dr Tim Hogan said: “We will communicate with the ADI membership about the statement from Rob Dyas, Cemal Ucer, Simon Wright and David Speechley in due course, but we do not wish to make a statement at this stage.”
Paisley dentist struck off HIV POSITIVE SCARE
Thousands of patients had to be contacted after a practitioner was found to be HIV positive.
The dentist from Paisley has been struck off by the General Dental Council (GDC) for “dishonest conduct” after he hid the fact that he had been diagnosed HIV positive. More than 3,000 patients treated by Harry Robertson at Kelburne Dental Practice in Paisley between January 2004 and March 2013 and at Nithbank Hospital in Dumfries between April 2004 and 2007 were contacted and offered testing.
The Glasgow graduate was suspended by the GDC in May last year and has
now been removed from the register after a hearing before the regula-
tor’s professional conduct committee.
Robertson’s suspension in May came less than a week after the Scottish and UK governments announced they were to relax rules governing healthcare workers, including dentists, with HIV performing ‘exposure prone’ procedures. From April this year, dentists and other health- care workers who are undergoing anti-retroviral therapy and whose viral load is at an acceptable level, have been allowed to carry out their duties again following years of campaigning.
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