For the first time, this year’s Dentistry Scotland Show will have a theatre dedicated to GDC recommended CPD topics – find out what it will have in store.
This year’s Dentistry Scotland Show is taking place on Saturday 3 June at Edinburgh International Conference Centre.
Here you will have the chance to get face-to-face with the latest products, leading brands and biggest innovations that power Scottish dentistry.
There will be something there for every member of the dental team, so why not bring the whole practice along?
And best of all, it’s completely free to attend!
As well as this, there will be hours of CPD up for grabs. Each lecture is CPD-verified, meaning all you have to do is scan on the day and the certificates will be available on your Dentistry Club account.
While it’s completely free to attend, registration is essential. Click here to register now!
The CPD Theatre
For the first time, the Dentistry Scotland Show has a dedicated recommended CPD theatre, which will make those mandatory hours of recommended CPD just fly by!
These topics are medical emergencies, oral cancer: early detection, and complaints handling.
Have a look at the lecture line up…
Simon Kidd – Dealing with complaints: how to avoid and resolve if they occur – sponsored by DDU (one hour)
Simon Kidd is a dento-legal adviser at the DDU.
He qualified in 2007 from Glasgow before entering general practice in Paisley.
He has been working with the DDU since 2020, and still works part time in practice.
‘Complaints are a fact of life in every dental practice,’ Simon said.
‘And while no one likes to hear that a patient is unhappy, a complaint is also a golden opportunity to show your practice at its best, as well as uncover issues that need to be addressed.
‘This presentation will cover the key aspects of effective complaints handling, and provide you and your team with the confidence to respond promptly and professionally when a complaint arises.’
Learning objectives:
- Understand the common causes of complaints
- Review the relevant law and guidance that apply to complaints
- Understand what is required of you as a practitioner.
Tripat Mahajan – An update on mouth cancer – sponsored by the Mouth Cancer Foundation (one hour)
Tripat graduated from King’s College London, completed dental foundation training and went on to carry out three years of dental core training.
She gained experience in oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics and restorative dental specialties.
Tripat is now working as a specialty dentist in restorative dentistry and is a clinical tutor for the King’s College London students of dental therapy and hygiene.
Her lecture will outline the updated facts and figures about mouth cancer, the common risk factors and how to carry out an effective history and screening.
In addition, the talk will cover the role of the dental team, the role of the Mouth Cancer Foundation and how dentists and dental practices can engage in building awareness around the disease
Learning objectives:
- To revise the risk factors and risk management
- How to take an effective history and oral cancer screening
- The importance of early detection and how to engage with raising awareness of mouth cancer.
Ian Corbett – Medical emergencies in the dental practice (two hours)
With over 20 years’ experience, Ian is an NHS consultant oral surgeon with a private practice covering the north of England, specialising in paediatric oral surgery and advanced sedation.
Ian has a research interest in local anaesthesia having published extensively and lectured internationally.
He is a member of the Specialist Advisory Committee for Oral Surgery and a council member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
His lecture will cover two hours of medical emergencies CPD activity as recommend by the GDC as part of the required 10 hours per cycle.
Attendees will understand:
- Common medical emergencies in dental practice
- How to identify the ill patient
- Recommended emergency equipment and drugs
- Awareness of the importance of early intervention
- The primary management of medical emergencies
- The role of the dental team in medical emergencies.
For more information and to register for the 2023 Dentistry Scotland Show, please visit www.dentistry.co.uk/shows/dentistry-scotland-show-2023.
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