discuss management of peri-implant health and disease
get practical guidance on hygiene instrumentation and recall intervals
take part in case-based discussions and shared learning
Both events take place from 6-8pm at Rock Dental, a specialist referral practice in Wolverhampton, and attendees will be able to bring along their own cases for peer discussion and advice from its multi-disciplinary team in a relaxed and supportive environment.
The evenings will be led by Dr Minas Leventis DipDS, MSc, PhD, who manages complex cases in oral surgery, bone grafting, and implantology. After qualifying as a dentist from the University of Athens in 1999, he completed an MSc in Oral Pathobiology in 2003, a Specialty in Oral Surgery in 2004 and a PhD in Bone Grafting and Growth Factors in 2010. A faculty member at the University of Athens since 2002, he has practised in the UK since 2013 while continuing to lead experimental and clinical research projects internationally. Lecturing worldwide, he delivers postgraduate training in implantology and bone regeneration and has co-authored over 30 papers in PubMed-indexed journals. He is a Fellow and Diplomate of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists, President of the Scientific Board of Blue®m, and a scientific consultant for several biomaterials companies.
The two Study Club evenings, each of which comes with 2 hours’ CPD, are sponsored by Wrights UK. There are ten places available at each evening; these are free for College members, with a small fee applying for all other dental professionals.
To find out more, and to book your place, click the button below:
The College has announced the topic and speakers for its next annual study day in Glasgow.
2026 CGDent Scotland Study Day speakers (l-r): Dr Noland Naidoo, Dr Helen Kaney FCGDent, Professor Murali Srinivasan and Professor Gerry McKenna FCGDent
Delivering lectures under the title “Digital dentistry for the dental team: you say you want a revolution” will be four speakers: Dr Noland Naidoo, Dr Helen Kaney FCGDent, Professor Murali Srinivasan and Professor Gerry McKenna FCGDent.
The annual study day, organised by CGDent Scotland, takes place at Glasgow Science Centre on the first Friday in December – 4 December this year. With six hours of CPD, the day is attended by up to 400 dental professionals from across the UK, and finishes with a drinks reception which marks the start of the festive season for its many regular attendees.
Dr Noland Naidoo practises prosthodontics and endodontics in Edinburgh and Kelso, and previously co-led a private prosthodontic practice in Johannesburg. He qualified BChD from the University of the Western Cape in 2005 and was awarded a PDipDent in Implantology in 2007. He later completed an MDent in Prosthodontics, thereby qualifying as a specialist within South Africa, at the University of the Witwatersrand, where he later practised in the Department of Oral Rehabilitation. He relocated to the UK in 2022, joining University College London’s Eastman Dental Institute as a clinical lecturer on postgraduate prosthodontic programmes, and then to Edinburgh in 2024, where in addition to his practice he has taught on postgraduate prosthodontic and endodontic programmes at Edinburgh Dental Institute. He is a Fellow of the International Team for Implantology (ITI), an alumnus of Future Leaders in Prosthodontics (FLiP) and serves on the board of the Shaping the Future of Implant Dentistry (SHIFT) leadership programme. He has contributed to international professional organisations, including the International College of Prosthodontists, and acts as a peer reviewer for leading journals.
Dr Helen Kaney FCGDent is Head of the Dental Division at the Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland (MDDUS). She qualified BDS from Glasgow University in 1987 and spent many years in general dental practice as well as working as a clinical assistant in conservative dentistry and prosthodontics at Glasgow Dental Hospital and at Guy’s Hospital in London. She developed an interest in law and ethics early in her career before training and working as a solicitor for a number of years, acting for doctors and dentists in clinical negligence claims, regulatory matters and Fatal Accident Inquiries in Scotland on the instructions of UK indemnity providers. Her first dentolegal role started in 1999, working for a large insurer in Surrey, and she has since accrued significant experience in advising and assisting dentists in the UK and Ireland and in several other jurisdictions, including during 14 years working for Dental Protection, latterly as Head of Dental Services in Scotland. She holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and a Diploma in Legal Practice, and completed an MBA at Strathclyde Business School in 2013. A Fellow of the College of General Dentistry, she was an elected member of its Council from 2019-25.
Professor Murali Srinivasan is a specialist prosthodontist, Director of the Clinic of General, Special Care and Geriatric Dentistry at the University of Zurich and an honorary professor at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. He is a past President of the European College of Gerodontology, former Head of the University of Zurich’s Centre for Dental Medicine, and is currently President of both the International Association of Dental Research’s Geriatric Oral Research Group (IADR-GORG) and the Swiss Society of Gerodontology and Special Care Dentistry. He qualified BDS in India in 1996, completed his Master of Dental Surgery in prosthodontics in 2001 and also holds both a Master of Advanced Studies in reconstructive dentistry and a Doctorate in Dental Medicine from the University of Geneva. Formerly practising in Dubai, he moved to Switzerland in 2011 on an ITI scholarship, after which he became a Lecturer, later Senior Lecturer, at the University of Geneva. An active Fellow of the ITI, he has published numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals. His current research encompasses implant dentistry, geriatric dentistry, prevention and the clinical applications of CAD-CAM technology in removable prosthodontics.
Professor Gerry McKenna FCGDent is a Consultant in Prosthodontics and Restorative Dentistry at Queen’s University Belfast, where his clinical work is focused on fixed and removable prosthodontics, including managing older adults in both hospital and private practice. He also leads oral health research within the university’s Centre for Public Health, focussing on optimising treatment options for older adults. After qualifying BDS from Newcastle University in 2004, he worked in a number of dental hospitals, spent time in dental practice, achieved a PhD on the impact of a tailored dietary intervention coupled with oral rehabilitation on the nutritional status of older adults, and completed specialist clinical training at University College Cork. A Vice President of IADR-GORG and past President of both the IADR’s Irish Division of and the European College of Gerodontology, he is an adjunct Professor at University College Cork, King James IV Professor at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and a Fellow of both the College of General Dentistry and RCS Edinburgh. He has recently published the book Clinical Cases in Gerodontology.
The CGDent Scotland Study Day is open to all dental professionals, and can be attended in person or virtually. Fee discounts are available to College members in all team roles.
Breakfast rolls, a two-course lunch, refreshments throughout the day and evening drinks are all included in the attendance fee, and there will be an accompanying trade exhibition to visit.
Professor Jim McCaul, lead maxillofacial surgeon at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, delivering his lecture, ‘Oral Cancer, what you need to know and what you need to do’, to attendees at last year’s CGDent Scotland Study Day
Other discounts to the full rate are available to Foundation Dentists / Vocational Trainees and their trainers, recent graduates and members of the Glasgow Odontological Society and the Royal Odonto-Chirurgical Society of Scotland.
Patricia Thomson FCGDent, former Council representative for North and West Scotland, reviews the College’s recent annual study day in Glasgow.
On Friday 5 December 2025, dental professionals from across Scotland and elsewhere met at Glasgow Science Centre for the CGDent Scotland Annual Study Day. This event was established at the founding of the former Faculty of General Dental Practitioners in 1992, and has been held in Glasgow annually since then, this being the fifteenth year that we have been hosted at the Science Centre.
Our main speaker was specialist periodontist Dr Ian Dunn FCGDent, whose series of lectures was titled ‘Passionate Perio for the Dental Team’. The final lecture, the annual Caldwell Memorial Lecture, was delivered by Professor Jim McCaul, lead maxillofacial surgeon at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, on ‘Oral Cancer, what you need to know and what you need to do’.
Over 400 delegates joined us for the day, 361 in person and a further cohort online. The numbers comprised dentists of all levels of experience, many of whom are regular attenders, 87 final year BDS students from Glasgow and Dundee Universities, 113 Vocational Dental Practitioners, and gratifyingly, approximately 30 Dental Hygienists/Therapists.
In addition, we were joined by 12 fourth year BDS student volunteers who assisted with registration and scanning of delegates into each lecture. We were very grateful for their assistance, and they reported that they had all enjoyed the day thoroughly and looked forward to being in the audience at the 2026 Study Day.
We were delighted to host Dr Gillian Leslie, who had been recently appointed the new Chief Dental Officer for Scotland; warm congratulations were conveyed to her by our delegates who were enthusiastic at the prospect of a general dental practitioner having been selected for the role.
Also present was Thomas Lamont, Associate Postgraduate Dean for Workforce Development at NHS Education for Scotland (NES). Thomas has been working to create collaboration between NES, the Royal Colleges in Scotland and CGDent Scotland to better support our colleagues in the first five years in practice, and we were gratified that he attended the day to witness and support our community of practice.
Other esteemed guests included Professor Aileen Bell, Dean of Glasgow Dental School, and Billy Cameron, Assistant Postgraduate Dean for Vocational Training, both of whom have been strong proponents of CGDent Scotland.
The day started at 8am when we welcomed the first delegates with hot drinks and breakfast rolls. The early start presents the opportunity for delegates to visit the stands of our sponsors, who collectively allow us to deliver the day on this ambitious scale. As usual, I would like to reiterate our gratitude for their continuing financial contribution, as well as their enthusiasm and good humour, allowing us to deliver a successful and enjoyable day for the entire team. The exhibitors’ hall runs throughout the day, and we incorporate lengthy breaks between lectures to access the various trade stands as well as networking with colleagues and enjoying refreshments and lunch.
Once again, we welcomed Prof John Gibson, Emeritus Professor of Oral Medicine at Aberdeen University and winner of the CGDent President’s Award in 2024. John now devotes his time to running his charity, The Canmore Trust, which is dedicated to suicide prevention and postvention, and he and his wife Isobel remained with us throughout the day, manning their stand and enjoying social interaction with delegates.
In response to feedback, we opted to keep all students in the lecture theatre for the entire programme this year rather than removing them for a separate session in the afternoon. This proved very successful, and we feel that this has been a positive development to engender inclusivity, and introduce them to the community of practice that the College is endeavouring to foster.
It was with some trepidation that the organising committee elected to have most of the day devoted to periodontics. I am a part-time Teaching Fellow at Glasgow Dental School, and when I informed the final year students that the study day was going to consist of three perio lectures, they were not too impressed. However, I assured them that Ian Dunn is a superbly entertaining speaker with a deep passion for his subject, and that their apprehension was ill-founded. It was immensely gratifying to receive their overwhelmingly positive feedback the following week.
Ian used his warm Liverpool humour to guide the delegates through the concepts of disease aetiology and risk factors, and the S3 guidance with particular reference to the integration of the guidance into the SDR (the Scottish NHS payment system). He also discussed instrumentation and the use of antimicrobials, and he particularly emphasised the methods of patient motivation and the power of the oral hygiene phase. Ian had many amusing patient interaction anecdotes such as: “Madam, do you want a longer tooth, or a tooth no longer?”; and “would you wash your dirty car by rinsing it with a bucket of water and expect it to be clean?”. Apologies to Ian if I have not quite captured the essence of the messages. I did notice that many delegates brought out their phones to take note of these interesting motivational analogies to reuse when they returned to practice. I also have to acknowledge his persistence in repeating his patients’ mispronunciation “Cordosyl” throughout the entire day.
The feedback for Ian’s lecture set was absolutely superb, and many commented that they could not believe that he held their attention for such a long period on the subject of periodontology, several expressing a new enthusiasm for the topic.
We then received Professor McCaul’s Caldwell Memorial Lecture, Jim previously worked at Bradford Teaching Hospitals and the Royal Marsden Hospital, and his unit in Glasgow has one of the highest throughput of head and neck cancer and facial trauma cases in the world. He holds a PhD in Molecular Oncology, continues to work on clinical research for head and neck cancer, and is on the editorial board of numerous international medical research journals.
He was delighted to have access to our large group of dental professionals to deliver his message. His opening comment was that we should refer to him anything that raises suspicion of cancer. He assured us that we will not be considered time wasters if the referral results in a diagnosis of lichen planus, recurrent ulceration or any other benign condition, as he is delighted that nineteen times out of twenty he can deliver good news to patients. Rather, he was concerned that when the one out of twenty referrals that is a cancer diagnosis does not reach him at an early stage, the outcome becomes much more bleak.
He proceeded to use a combination of pictures and video to demonstrate the hugely invasive procedures that these cases undergo, but also showing that faces can be put back together again, and that patients can resume their altered lives if the surgery is successful. It was immensely reassuring to note that a person who carries out this level and complexity of surgery can establish a close bond with the patient and cares deeply about the outcome for the individual. Jim went on to discuss the disturbing fact that the incidence of head and neck cancer is rising significantly among the female population, and it is unrelated to the former recognised risk factors. Work is ongoing to establish a cause.
Jim also discussed the use of immunomodulation therapy, but he was wary to offer any certainty at this moment, as it appears to have some promise in a specific number of individuals, but not all.
The room was completely enraptured by Prof McCaul’s presentation, and again we received wonderful feedback; especially noted was the confidence to refer any suspicion of cancer to Jim’s department without fear of time wasting, and I would strongly encourage general dental colleagues across the UK to adopt the same approach.
We consider that we had two outstanding presenters this year, as confirmed by feedback, and we are indebted to them for coming to Glasgow to make the day such a success.
The day ended with our drinks reception, where the delegates mingled with colleagues, the dental trade, other stakeholders, and our speakers. The day concluded at 7pm with a huge sigh of relief from the organising team, including our superb events coordinator, Patricia de Vries.
We will endeavour to replicate the success of this day in December 2026, when the day will be devoted to digital dentistry.
Our speakers then will be: Dr Noland Naidoo, a prosthodontist and endodontist, originally from South Africa, who has worked in the UCL Eastman Dental Institute and Edinburgh Dental Institute, and who has an interest in dental technologies and biomaterials; Professor Murali Srinivasan, a specialist prosthodontist from Zurich University whose current research focus is among, other things, the clinical application of CAD-CAM technology in removable prosthodontics: Professor Gerry McKenna FCGDent, Consultant in Prosthodontics and Restorative Dentistry at Queen’s University Belfast; and Dr Helen Kaney FCGDent, Head of Dental Division at MDDUS .
We hope that our programme next year will attract a number of Dental Technicians and Clinical Dental Technicians, as well as the entire dental team, and that College members and others from across the UK will consider joining us as the organising committee endeavours to make the day as worthwhile, relevant and enjoyable as ever.
Further information and tickets are available via the button below.
The College has appointed Dr Catherine Rutland FCGDent and Professor Andrew Eder FCGDent to its Board of Trustees.
New members of the College’s Board of Trustees: Dr Catherine Rutland FCGDent (l) and Professor Andrew Eder FCGDent (r)
Dr Catherine Rutland FCGDent is Head of Policy at Dentaid, representing the dental charity across the profession and engaging with MPs, public health teams and commissioners. She is also Director of Policy and Clinical Affairs at The Association of Dental Groups, whose members work with over 22,000 registered dental professionals in treating over 10 million dental patients. Previously Clinical Director at Simplyhealth, including Denplan, she is part of the General Dental Council’s Dental Leadership Network.
After qualifying as a dentist in 1992 from the University of Leeds, where she achieved a Distinction in oral surgery, she spent two and a half years in secondary care as a House Officer at Leeds Dental Institute and Senior House Officer at Newcastle University Dental Hospital before moving into general dental practice. She completed Vocational Training in Sunderland and spent a year there as an associate GDP before practising in Reading for three years. From 2000-2019, she was Principal Dental Surgeon and a joint partner at a private dental practice in Thatcham, West Berkshire. She joined Denplan as a Dental Advisor in 2010, and was later promoted to Senior Dental Advisor, Head of Professional Support Services and Head Dental Officer before working there full-time from 2019.
In 2013, she completed a Master’s degree in Medical Ethics and Law at King’s College London, writing her dissertation on whether both professional integrity and patient autonomy can be satisfied in fulfilling patients’ cosmetic dental desires. She became a Certified Member of the Institute of Risk Management in 2015 and was awarded a Chartered Management Institute Level 7 Certificate in Leadership Mentoring and Coaching in 2016. She became a Fellow of the College of General Dentistry in 2023, and in 2024 was a keynote speaker at the CGDent Scotland Annual Study Day, the College’s largest annual CPD event, lecturing on ethical and legal considerations in the provision of aesthetic and cosmetic dental procedures.
A Trustee of the Dentists’ Health Support Trust, which supports dentists facing mental health and addiction challenges, she also brings governance experience as a past Chair of the Clinical Governance Committee at Simplyhealth and of the Denplan Excel Board.
Professor Andrew Eder FCGDenthas almost forty years’ experience of both NHS and private practice as a general dental practitioner and a specialist in restorative dentistry and prosthodontics. He graduated BDS from King’s College London in 1986 and is now the Specialist Engagement and Clinician Talent Lead at PortmanDentex, helping to build a supportive professional environment for clinicians and patients.
He is also Emeritus Professor of Restorative Dentistry and Dental Education at University College London’s Eastman Dental Institute, reflecting over three decades of commitment in a variety of roles, including developing Europe’s largest CPD centre for dental professionals during a decade as Director of Education.
He holds an MSc in Conservative Dentistry from UCL, the Diploma of Fellowship of the former Faculty of General Dental Practice UK, and the Membership in Restorative Dentistry jointly awarded by the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS) and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. He is also a Fellow of the College of General Dentistry, the Royal Society of Medicine, the RCS Faculty of Dental Surgery (FDS) and the Higher Education Academy, and an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
He is a past President of the British Society for Restorative Dentistry, the Odontological Section of the Royal Society of Medicine and the London group of the Alpha Omega International Dental Fraternity, and a longstanding member of the British Society for the Study of Prosthetic Dentistry and the British Dental Association. He is a former board member of the FDS, was Chair, now external examiner, of its restorative specialty membership examinations, and is a Specialist List Assessor for the General Dental Council.
He is the AI and digital innovation lead for the Faculty Dental Journal, was the British Dental Journal’s joint academic lead for CPD, is a past Chair of the editorial board of Premium Practice Dentistry, and has also been on the editorial boards of the European Journal of Restorative Dentistry and Prosthodontics, Private Dentistry and Dental Tribune. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers, co-edited textbooks on tooth wear and tooth surface loss and contributed to textbooks on special care dentistry and culturally sensitive oral healthcare.
He serves as Chair of Alpha Omega’s London Charitable Trust and brings significant governance experience from his tenure as Chair of Trustees of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges.
Trustees, who serve three-year terms of office, are accountable for the fulfilment of the College’s legal and regulatory duties as a charity, and for ensuring the proper running of the organisation.
Fellows and Associate Fellows of the College are reminded that they are eligible to enrol on a ‘top-up’ Master’s degree which can be completed during a single year of part-time distance learning. The next cohort starts in September 2026 and successful completion satisfies the Research & Publications domain of Fellowship.
Holders of ‘FCGDent’ and ‘AssocFCGDent’ status can enter via advanced standing into Stage 3 of the MSc in General Dental Practice offered by Aston University, with their attainment recognised as equivalent to 90 credits of relevant prior learning at level 7.
The arrangement applies regardless of dental team role or location, so long as the applicant meets the university’s standard postgraduate admissions criteria.
The course consists of a 30-credit taught module in advanced research methods followed by a 60-credit individual research project pertaining to clinical dental practice.
The programme develops competence in research skills including:
development of hypotheses
research design and execution
data analysis and interpretation
critical evaluation of literature
understanding of ethical issues
reporting of an empirically-based project
On completion of the taught component, students will be able to select and implement appropriate quantitative and qualitative techniques for different research questions and designs, and will know how to manage their time and resources when undertaking research independently. They will then develop a suitable research question for their topic of choice within the field of general dental practice and plan a programme of research.
Led by Dr Stuart Ellis FCGDent, a former FGDP(UK) examiner and Clinical Director of a five-surgery general dental practice, the programme is delivered by the Cambridge Academy of Implant Dentistry. Learning methods include online lectures, seminars, tutorials, small group activity, independent study, assignments and reflections on assignment feedback. Assessment will be through a combination of continuous assessment, logbook, research proposal, presentations and a dissertation.
In meeting the requirements of the Research & Publications domain of College Fellowship, successful completion of the MSc in General Dental Practice would enable most Associate Fellows to take a step closer to full Fellowship, which requires the fulfilment of three of the five Fellowship domains.
For further information, and to register your interest, email [email protected], call 0121 204 3200 (Monday-Friday 9.30am-4.30pm), or click the button below.
The Advanced Orthodontics course is a comprehensive, 120-credit, Level 7 programme leading to the award of the CGDent Postgraduate Diploma in Primary Care Orthodontics.
Delivered by IAS Academy, it is designed to give General Dental Practitioners the skills and knowledge needed to treat more complex malocclusions, including extraction cases, taking them up to just below specialist training level. It covers all appliance systems – fixed functional, aligners, lingual and Inman – and includes both the theory and practical aspects of orthodontic care.
In addition to lectures, students will discuss multiple new cases, participate in hands-on practical sessions and receive one-to-one mentoring by specialists for ten treated cases. The syllabus, which is delivered across six 3-4 day training blocks as well as weekly online planning discussions, includes:
Records, assessment, diagnosis and treatment planning
Treatment planning for Class I, Class II div1, Class II div 2 and Class III malocclusions
Radiography – Ceph/OPG/CBCT
Fixed appliances
Lingual appliances
Removable appliances
Functionals
Retention
Aetiology of malocclusion, growth & development
Development of the dentition and tooth movement
Dental material & biomechanics
Multidisciplinary care, including restorative, periodontics & surgery
Critical reading skills
Health education, health & safety, legislation and audit
This training block is specifically for candidates accepted onto the 2026-28 cohort of the diploma course and is limited to 12 places. To ensure enough case-flow and experience, the course is recommended for dentists who have treated at least ten fixed cases, are treating a minimum of ten orthodontic cases per annum, and are familiar with using fixed appliances.
The Advanced Orthodontics course is a comprehensive, 120-credit, Level 7 programme leading to the award of the CGDent Postgraduate Diploma in Primary Care Orthodontics.
Delivered by IAS Academy, it is designed to give General Dental Practitioners the skills and knowledge needed to treat more complex malocclusions, including extraction cases, taking them up to just below specialist training level. It covers all appliance systems – fixed functional, aligners, lingual and Inman – and includes both the theory and practical aspects of orthodontic care.
In addition to lectures, students will discuss multiple new cases, participate in hands-on practical sessions and receive one-to-one mentoring by specialists for ten treated cases. The syllabus, which is delivered across six 3-4 day training blocks as well as weekly online planning discussions, includes:
Records, assessment, diagnosis and treatment planning
Treatment planning for Class I, Class II div1, Class II div 2 and Class III malocclusions
Radiography – Ceph/OPG/CBCT
Fixed appliances
Lingual appliances
Removable appliances
Functionals
Retention
Aetiology of malocclusion, growth & development
Development of the dentition and tooth movement
Dental material & biomechanics
Multidisciplinary care, including restorative, periodontics & surgery
Critical reading skills
Health education, health & safety, legislation and audit
This training block is specifically for candidates accepted onto the 2026-28 cohort of the diploma course and is limited to 12 places. To ensure enough case-flow and experience, the course is recommended for dentists who have treated at least ten fixed cases, are treating a minimum of ten orthodontic cases per annum, and are familiar with using fixed appliances.
College members and non-members alike are encouraged to come and introduce themselves, to find out more about the College and have their queries answered.
Perhaps you have questions about your membership or how to access your benefits? Or want to know whether you’re eligible for Full Membership, Associate Fellowship or Fellowship? Or you wonder how to download your membership certificate, what Certified Practitioner status is, or how to add your qualifications to the Member Register?
Maybe you’re a former member of FGDP(UK) uncertain of your College status, or the correct way to present your Faculty post-nominals?
Or perhaps you’re a non-member who’s not yet heard much about the College and just wants to find out why we were set up, what our plans are or how we can help you in your career?
Whatever your query, senior College members and staff will be there throughout the conference to help you out, and we’ll have live access to our systems to help solve membership queries on the spot.
Or even if you don’t have a query, we’d be delighted to meet you!
The College will also be an education partner, hosting CPD lectures.
The British Dental Conference and Dentistry Show is the UK’s largest dental event, giving you access to 400 exhibitors and 10,000 fellow dental professionals, and offering over 200 lectures across 11 CPD theatres.
Registration for BDCDS27 will be FREE for all dental professionals.
A registration link will be added here once available.
We will welcome members and non-members alike to our CPD lectures, with experts in their fields sharing their knowledge on a range of subjects and giving advice to support the professional development of the whole dental team.
Details of College lectures at BDCDS27 will be added here once confirmed.
College representatives will also be available throughout the show at the CGDent exhibition stand to talk to delegates about our vision for the profession, the benefits of membership and fellowship, and to answer your questions.
BDCDS is the UK’s largest dental event. Attendees will have access to over 200 CPD lectures in all across multiple lecture theatres, and the opportunity to network among 10,000 dentists, dental therapists, dental hygienists, dental nurses, practice managers, dental technicians and laboratory owners.
Co-located with Dental Technology Showcase, it is also a great opportunity to meet new and existing suppliers, with 400 exhibitors on site, including all the industry leaders.
Registration for BDCDS27 will be FREE for all dental professionals.
A registration link will be added here once available.
The Advanced Orthodontics course is a comprehensive, 120-credit, Level 7 programme leading to the award of the CGDent Postgraduate Diploma in Primary Care Orthodontics.
Delivered by IAS Academy, it is designed to give General Dental Practitioners the skills and knowledge needed to treat more complex malocclusions, including extraction cases, taking them up to just below specialist training level. It covers all appliance systems – fixed functional, aligners, lingual and Inman – and includes both the theory and practical aspects of orthodontic care.
In addition to lectures, students will discuss multiple new cases, participate in hands-on practical sessions and receive one-to-one mentoring by specialists for ten treated cases. The syllabus, which is delivered across six 3-4 day training blocks as well as weekly online planning discussions, includes:
Records, assessment, diagnosis and treatment planning
Treatment planning for Class I, Class II div1, Class II div 2 and Class III malocclusions
Radiography – Ceph/OPG/CBCT
Fixed appliances
Lingual appliances
Removable appliances
Functionals
Retention
Aetiology of malocclusion, growth & development
Development of the dentition and tooth movement
Dental material & biomechanics
Multidisciplinary care, including restorative, periodontics & surgery
Critical reading skills
Health education, health & safety, legislation and audit
This training block is specifically for candidates accepted onto the 2026-28 cohort of the diploma course and is limited to 12 places. To ensure enough case-flow and experience, the course is recommended for dentists who have treated at least ten fixed cases, are treating a minimum of ten orthodontic cases per annum, and are familiar with using fixed appliances.
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