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Opportunity to master the art of implantology
Edinburgh Dental Institute degree course is first of its kind in Scotland
The Edinburgh Dental Institute (EDI), is launching Scotland’s first master’s degree in dental implantology. Dentists will study part-time for two years to gain the degree. Development of the
course has been driven by Issam Bakri, honorary consultant/senior clinical lecturer in oral surgery and programme director for MClinDent in oral surgery at EDI, which is part of the University of Edinburgh. He explained: “There isn’t a structured dental implant course available in Scotland at the moment, so candidates have had no choice but to travel to England and Wales to obtain any further qualification. This is on their doorsteps.” Those taking part will be taught the
necessary technical skills by consultants in oral surgery and restorative dentistry. They will also see how patients are assessed appropriately, managed and how their treatment plan for implant therapy is devised.
Black and white case
HYGIENIST ADMONISHED
A former dental hygienist has been successfully prosecuted by the GDC for unlawfully carrying out tooth whitening on patients. Leanne Couzens pleaded guilty at Dundee Sheriff Court in September to a breach of the Dentists’ Act ı984, section 38. The offence related to an incident
12 Scottish Dental magazine “This will give them both a clinical
and academic insight and expertise into implants as opposed to pure academic or research experience alone,” explained Mr Bakri. The course will be delivered over
two years on a part-time basis because it is difficult for general dental prac- titioners to give up their full-time work to undertake a full-time degree. “We have split the course into various elements where attendance will be limited to two days per month. This will enable
them to attend the lectures or clinics while still maintaining their practice work, which is obviously their main source of income,” he added. Mr Bakri will be one of the tutors on the course. However,
he will work alongside a team of consultant colleagues from within the dental institute as well as a number of visiting clinicians. “My colleagues will include
Graeme Lillywhite and Krishnakant Bhatia who are both consultants in restorative dentistry at the institute. They will be also joined by other colleagues from the University of Edinburgh.”
on 27 June 20ı3 at the Doll Face Beauty Salon in Dundee, when she offered to undertake dentistry while not registered with the GDC During sentencing the Sheriff ordered
that Ms Couzens be admonished and dismissed. Only dentists, dental hygienists, dental
therapists and clinical dental techni- cians, working to the prescription of a dentist, can carry out tooth whitening. A High Court decision in May 20ı3
confirmed that tooth whitening is the practice of dentistry and should only be undertaken by registered dental professionals.
Dental nurse struck off
A dental nurse from Renfrewshire who was convicted and sentenced to eight months in prison for embezzlement has been struck off by the General Dental Council.
Jenna McKee stole £19,000 from her employer in Port Glasgow over a two- and-a-half-year period and pled guilty to the embezzlement at Greenock Sheriff Court in September last year. McKee was initially employed as a trainee dental nurse at the practice in October 2005 and in 2010, as part of her reception duties, she was trusted with recording cash payments and depos- iting the funds into the bank at the end of the week.
However, over a period of nearly three years, McKee stole a total of £19,316.71. Her embezzlement was discovered by her employer in September 2012. In its determination, the GDC’s Professional Conduct Committee said: “The committee determined that Ms McKee’s behaviour was unacceptable and that it would be regarded as deplor- able by both members of the profession and the patients at the practice, whose payments to the practice she had embezzled.”
Talent pool LOCATING LOCUMS
Integrated Dental Holdings has launched a new online Locum Talent Pool that aims to help IDH Practice Managers find registered locums in their local area more easily, as well as making it more straightforward for locums to find IDH placements.
For locum clinicians, it offers greater control and flexibility for their work. Each clinician can update and amend their profile and availability as many times as they choose. The Locum Talent Pool means IDH Practice Managers will have greater control over their business when locum support is required.
® To register on the Locum Talent Pool, please visit:
http://idhcareers.co.uk/ dentalcareers/ourroles/qualified/locums
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