The College has been granted Arms by Letters Patent.
The Grant of Arms by Letters Patent to the College of General Dentistry
The Grant of Arms has been made under Crown authority by the College of Arms, the heraldic authority for England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Coming less than four years since CGDent opened its doors to members, it is a highly significant step towards fulfilment of the College’s aspirations to be incorporated under Royal Charter and to create a Royal College for dental professionals.
The Grant includes a Coat of Arms, Crest and Badge, which will soon start to be incorporated into the College’s certificates and awards, publications and a re-designed logo. Behind the distinctive design of the heraldic elements lies a rich story dating back to the 14th century, which has been documented by Sir Nairn Wilson CBE FCGDent, Honorary Founding President of the College. This will be published shortly on the College website, alongside the full text and images of the Grant.
The Grant also includes the College’s motto, sanitate oris venit fortitude (“Strength through oral health”).
Signed and sealed on vellum by the Kings of Arms – the King’s three most senior heralds – the Grant was recently received on behalf of the College by Sir Nairn, who called on the profession to support its mission through membership:
“It was truly a privilege to take receipt of the Grant of Arms on behalf of the College. This is a hugely significant moment not only for the members, who have supported the College to date, but for each and every existing and future dentist, dental therapist, dental hygienist, dental nurse, orthodontic therapist, dental technician and clinical dental technician with roles and responsibilities in oral healthcare throughout the UK and beyond. My message to all these colleagues is that the College of General Dentistry is now all the more established, and by joining the College you can be part of the historic mission to give our noble profession the independent, influential Royal College it has deserved and needed for so long.”
The Grant will be on display at the College’s Summer Reception which takes place on Friday 13 June 2025 in Sheffield. This is open to all dental professionals and others with interests in the future of dentistry, with discounted tickets for College members. For further information, and to book, click the button below.
Igor Blum FCGDent, Clinical Professor of Primary Care Dentistry and Advanced General Dental Practice at King’s College London and Editor of the Primary Dental Journal, and Sir Nairn Wilson CBE FCGDent, President Emeritus of the College and the journal’s first Editor, celebrate the publication of its fiftieth issue
Prof Igor Blum FCGDent (left)and Sir Nairn Wilson CBE FCGDent (right)
The latest issue of the Primary Dental Journal (PDJ) – the 50th to date – is a truly special ‘general dentistry’ edition marking this significant milestone.
Not only does the PDJ have a rich history of serving general dental practice, but it is also one of the premier journals for intellectual discourse on all aspects of primary dental care pertinent to members of the whole dental team.
First published in 2012, shepherded under the tenure as Editor-in-Chief of the then Professor (now Sir) Nairn Wilson, it brought together three publications of the former Faculty of General Dental Practice (FGDP[UK]): Primary Dental Care (a research journal for dentists), Team in Practice (a journal for Dental Care Professionals) and the newsletter First Hand.
The fourth volume of the journal, published in 2015, was produced with the assistance of a new Clinical Editor – Dr (now Professor) Igor Blum. In addition to themed issues on Consent (curated by Guest Editor, Andy Toy), Special Care Dentistry (Guest Editors, Debbie Chandler and Richard Valle-Jones) and Paediatric Dentistry (Guest Editor, Richard Welbury), the volume included the journal’s first ‘general issue’ with papers on a range of topics, including temporomandibular dysfunction, contemporary laboratory work, tooth surface loss, the effects of bisphosphonates in implant dentistry, reducing harm (iatrogenic damage) in the provision of care, risk assessment and the prevention and management of dry sockets.
Volume 6, issue 1 was a special, one-off, commemorative issue of PDJ to help mark and celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the formation of the FGDP(UK). In addition to a ‘conversation’ between Professor Nairn Wilson and the then Dean of the Faculty, Mick Horton, and a photo montage of the history of the faculty, the issue included commissioned papers by leading dental experts in the UK. This commemorative issue and the subsequent two themed issues – Dental Emergencies (Guest Editor, Russ Ladwa) and Extended Integrated Care (Guest Editor, Kathy Fan) were Professor Wilson’s last contributions to PDJ before passing on the baton to Dr Blum in 2017.
Professor Blum’s first issue as Editor-in-Chief was the December 2017 (Volume 6, issue 4) themed issue on Removable Prosthodontics (Guest Editor, Graham Stokes). Professor Blum’s vision for the journal was to evolve, grow and, in the process, continue to go from strength to strength. A further vision was to make the journal accessible on an international level, rather than limiting it to the readership in the UK, for the benefit of primary dental care teams and their patients around the world.
Within each annual volume, two or three issues are themed on specific and relevant fields of interest, and one or two ‘general dentistry’ issues cover a wide range of topics. Each issue offers a combination of research, clinical best practice papers and scenario articles which allow the whole dental team to work together to improve standards of patient care. In Spring 2021 the PDJ published its 10th Volume Anniversary special issue celebrating this remarkable milestone.
After nine years’ publication by the FGDP(UK), the College took over in 2021, and this 2025 Spring issue marks fifty issues of the journal as a source for dissemination of contemporary research, clinical and non-clinical articles relevant to general dental practice.
Since its inception, the PDJ has evolved substantially and earned an established place as an authoritative source in today’s dental literature. As such, it provides CGDent with one of its most valued membership benefits. While its purpose has been constant – to be a professional development journal for the whole dental team, and a record and source of news about the College – its editorial and production processes and standards have evolved over the years.
Most significantly, in 2019 the FGDP entered into a contract with Sage Publishing and the PDJ has progressed from an in-house ‘cottage industry’ publication to an internationally accessible publication with an electronic editorial management platform, ScholarOne. As such the journal benefits from the resources available through our publisher, which has facilitated its continued growth.
Over the years, we have watched with great pleasure how the PDJ has grown and gained ever-increasing standing and status in becoming an internationally recognised and esteemed journal, aimed at the whole primary care team. The journal is now indexed in PubMed/MEDLINE and Scopus, and 1,500 papers – past and present – are available online to CGDent members through the PDJ Library and in over 10,000 academic institutions worldwide.
With the current international exposure of articles published in the PDJ, there have been many thousands of downloads and citations of articles. This confirms that the PDJ has an international reach and impact on the dental team and clinical practice, both nationally and internationally, improving standards of patient care.
As a result, the PDJ has started to attract international dental experts as guest editors. In the context of a new membership organisation borne out of a more established one, the journal has also played a central role in providing reassurance and continuity of service to members over the last four years and has developed an important role in supporting the College’s membership retention and growth.
Looking back, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to the very many authors, guest editors, peer reviewers, staff and others who have contributed to each of the 50 issues to date and enabled us to reach this important milestone.
Special thanks must be extended to the former and current managing editors of the journal – Amy Brewerton, Hillevi Sellén, and Lily Atkins; to a member of the founding Editorial Board, Ario Santini FCGDent, who continues to provide highly rated abstracts of relevance to the contents of each issue of the journal; and to Darren Westlake, who has designed the covers and laid out the figures in each and every issue.
We are confident that we have created an attractive, distinctive, reader-friendly journal and it is our hope that you will enjoy the 50th issue and join the previous and current editorial team in celebrating all it stands for.
A list of the themed editions within the first 50 issues of the PDJ is available here
The titles and abstracts of PDJ papers are available to all dental professionals via the searchable PDJ homepage, with full paper access available to College members through the PDJ Library
The 50th issue of the Primary Dental Journal, ‘General dentistry’, is now available to view online.
This latest PDJ marks the fiftieth issue since its initial publication in 2012, under the College’s predecessor organisation, the Faculty of General Dental Practice – FGDP (UK). In their editorial, current Editor-in-Chief, Prof Igor Blum, and Chair of the first Editorial Board, Professor Sir Nairn Wilson, celebrate this milestone with a nod to all who have contributed, by reflecting on the early days of the PDJ and where the journal is now in improving standards of patient care:
“Not only does the journal have a rich history of serving general dental practice, but it is also one of the premier journals for intellectual discourse on all aspects of primary dental care pertinent to members of the whole dental team.”
This special ‘bumper’ issue includes a wide range of General dentistry topics, such as an assessment of how artificial intelligence (AI) can assist in the evaluation of patients’ medical histories; a guide to skin cancer and what to look for in protecting your patients; how digital innovations can enhance occlusal diagnostics and treatment precision; the role of hypnosis in patient stress and pain management; and minimum intervention oral care (MIOC). A full list of papers is below.
Full online access to the majority of articles is reserved for College of General Dentistry members and Primary Dental Journal subscribers, who can also expect their printed copies to arrive around the end of May. New joiners wishing to receive a copy of this issue can let us know by emailing [email protected]
For non-members / non-subscribers, at least one paper in each issue is made available online free of charge, with all other articles available to purchase via the links below.
An annual print subscription to the PDJ is included with membership of the College, which also includes online access to over 1,500 current and past articles in the PDJ Library and a range of other benefits.
On behalf of the College, the PDJ editorial team would like to express its gratitude to all the authors and peer reviewers who have contributed to this issue.
The College has announced the results of recent elections to six seats on its Council, with five new members elected and one re-elected.
(l-r, top row first) Re-elected CGDent Council Member Eldo Koshy and newly-elected Council Members Martin McKinstry, Charlotte Jeavons, Pejman Khaki, David Offord and Laurie Powell
Charlotte Jeavons FCGDent, Head of the School of Human Sciences at the University of Greenwich, has been elected to the National seat, which represents College members from across the UK. She began her career as a dental nurse before moving into oral health improvement with the Community Dental Service, and has been a Dental Public Health Lead and Dental Services Manager for two NHS Primary Care Trusts. With 25 years’ experience of teaching and academic leadership, she was previously the Programme Lead for Greenwich’s BSc in Public Health and MSc in Global Public Health. She holds a Certificate in Oral Health Education, a Postgraduate Certificate in Medical and Dental Teaching and Learning and an MSc in Public Health (all from Queen Mary University of London), as well as a BSc in Health and Social Care from the Open University and a PhD in Dental Public Health Ethics from City University. A Fellow of the College, she is also a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, an Honorary Member of the Faculty of Public Health, a past Chair of the National Oral Health Promotion Group and current President of the British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry.
She succeeds Helen Kaney FCGDent, who is standing down after six years’ service on the College Council and its predecessor, the national board of the former Faculty of General Dental Practice UK (FGDP).
Dr Jeavons is the first Dental Care Professional in the history of the College to be elected in a seat representing members in all dental team roles. All registered dental professionals are eligible to become Associate Members of the College, and can qualify for Full Membership, Associate Fellowship and Fellowship – which enable them to stand and vote in elections to regional seats – on equal terms.
There are two other dental nurses on the College Council, both in role-based seats – Jane Dalgarno AssocFCGDent, the elected Dental Nursing and Orthodontic Therapy representative, and Debbie Reed FCGDent, Chair of the College’s Faculty of Dental Nursing and Orthodontic Therapy.
Pejman Khaki FCGDent, Principal Dentist at a private general practice in Crawley, has been elected to the South Thames (formerly South East and South West Thames) seat. Having initially graduated with a BSc in Neuroscience from King’s College London (KCL), he qualified BDS from Bart’s and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry in 2004 before working in corporate dental practice. He has since gained Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (RCPS), both a Postgraduate Diploma and MSc in Dental Implantology from the University of Salford, and Fellowship of both CGDent and the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS). Actively involved in dental education, he has been an Educational Supervisor for Dental Foundation Training, ITI study club director for West Sussex, an MJDF examiner, deputy lead for the MFDS Part 2 examination and an undergraduate teacher at KCL.
He succeeds Roshni Karia MCGDent, who represented the seat on the FGDP Board and Council from 2017 until becoming President of the College last year.
Martin McKinstry FCGDent, a general dental practitioner and owner of a mixed NHS-and-private practice in Glasgow, has been elected to represent West and North Scotland. A Fellow, Foundation Member and Certified Membership Facilitator of the College, he is also a committee member of CGDent Scotland, an MFDS tutor, a VT Trainer (Educational Supervisor) and VT Adviser (Training Programme Director), and a committee member of Greater Glasgow and Clyde LDC. He graduated BDS from Glasgow in 2006 and also holds certificates in orthodontics and dental sedation, the Diploma of Membership of the Joint Dental Faculties of the RCS, a Master’s in Medical Education from the University of Sunderland, an MSc in Advanced Restorative Dentistry from the University of Manchester, and both the Diploma in Implant Dentistry and the Membership in Advanced General Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
He succeeds Patricia Thomson FCGDent, who is standing down after completing the maximum nine years’ service, which included two terms as Vice President of the College.
David Offord FCGDent, CEO of a large referral-only dental practice with clinics in Edinburgh and Kelso, has been elected to the East of Scotland seat. Born and bred in Greenock, he was in the last year group to graduate from the University of Edinburgh Dental School in 1994 and is a specialist oral surgeon. In addition to working in general practice in Edinburgh, he has been a Senior House Officer in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery units, held staff grade roles in a District General Hospital, spent two years working as a dentist in Australia and Singapore, and for five years combined oral surgery staff grade jobs with working in specialist practice. A Fellow of CGDent, he holds a Diploma in Conscious Sedation from the University of Newcastle and the Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the RCPS, and is currently working towards a PhD at the University of Ghent. For four years, he represented Scotland on the board of the Association of Dental Implantology.
He succeeds Yann Maidment FCGDent, who has represented the region since 2016 and has served as the College’s (and former FGDP’s) Research Lead since 2017.
Laurie Powell FCGDent, a GDP and partner in a three-surgery, mixed NHS-and-private practice in Bicester, has been elected to represent Wessex and Oxford. He qualified from Sheffield Dental School in 1993 and holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Restorative Dentistry from the University of Bristol, where he was also a part-time clinical lecturer for undergraduate dentists and dental therapists for five years. A keen advocate of clinical research, he has been Principal Investigator for three practice-based University of Dundee studies into treatments for toothache and deep tooth decay, and is the Primary Dental Care Research Champion for Thames Valley and South Midlands. He is also currently an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Primary Care Dentistry, studying for a research-based Master’s in Primary Care at the University of Manchester. He is a Fellow of both the College and the Higher Education Academy, Chair of Oxfordshire LDC and represents primary care on the NHS Integrated Care Board for Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West.
Eldo Koshy FCGDent, a prosthodontist and implant dentist in Kerala, India, has been re-elected to the Overseas seat, which he has represented since the College opened, having previously held the same seat on the FGDP Board from 2019-2021.
The Council is the voice of the College’s members, overseeing its role as a professional body and guiding its development to fulfil its mission. Elections are held annually on a rotational basis, with the Northern Ireland seat due for election in 2026.
Elected Council members serve three-year terms, and are then able to stand for re-election – subject to a lifetime limit of nine years’ service on the Council, including any past service on the FGDP Board.
Those elected this year will be inaugurated at the next Council meeting, which takes place in Sheffield on Friday 13 June on the day of the Inaugural College Lecture and Summer Reception.
Roshni Karia MCGDent, President of the College, said:
“Many congratulations to Martin, Charlotte, Pejman, David and Laurie on their election to Council, and to Eldo on his re-election. My sincere thanks on behalf of the whole College to Patricia, Yann, Helen and Sami, all of whom have served on Council since its establishment and on the FGDP Board before that. They have all remained dedicated to the College and I am grateful to them all for their hard work and steadfast commitment. I look forward to working with our new representatives of our growing membership as we continue to build the College the general dental professions need and deserve.”
Senior College members took part in a recent meeting of dental leaders from across the UK to share learning on how best to support the careers and professional development of the future dental team.
College panellists, speakers and presenters at the Dental Leadership Network: (l-r) Roshni Karia, Manish Prasad, Ewen McColl and Catherine Rutland
Dr Roshni Karia MCGDent (President of the College) and Dr Manish Prasad FCGDent (Clinical Director at MyDentist and a CGDent Certified Membership Facilitator) both participated in a panel discussion on the question of ‘How do we align the needs of the sector with the expectations of new dental professionals?’.
Dr Karia, who was previously an early careers observer on the board of the former Faculty of General Dental Practice UK (FGDP) and more recently was a member of the College’s Career Pathways Programme Board, noted that new dental professionals are looking for support and guidance to enable them to have fulfilling careers offering flexibility, a sustainable work-life balance and opportunities for growth and recognition. She added that the College is in the process of developing structured pathways for all members of the dental team which will align these desires with the needs of the sector by recognising appropriate education, experience and skills acquisition at each career stage.
Professor Ewen McColl FCGDent (Chair of the Dental Schools Council, member of the College Council and Editor of the College’s Standards in Dentistry publication) gave a presentation on “How do we prepare BDS students for practice?” and took part in a panel discussion on “Ensuring development opportunities that meet the needs of individual dental professionals“.
The sessions took place at the most recent ‘Dental Leadership Network’ day convened by the General Dental Council to facilitate shared ownership in addressing key challenges facing the profession.
Dr Catherine Rutland FCGDent (Clinical Director at Denplan) closed the event, and was also a facilitator of the final workshop session alongside Fiona Ellwood BEM (Executive Director of the Society of British Dental Nurses, Associate Member of the College and former Honorary Fellow of the FGDP).
Held in London on 25 March on the theme of ‘Future dental team: their expectations, development and career’’, the event followed a previous meeting on workforce challenges involving Dr Abhi Pal FCGDent (then President of the College), Dr Debbie Reed FCGDent, Dr Catherine Tannahill MCGDent (Director of Clinician Engagement of Portman Dental) and Ashley Byrne FCGDent (Board Member of the Dental Laboratories Association).
The College has issued an open invitation to all College members and other dental professionals to attend its 2025 Summer Reception.
The Summer Reception, incorporating the fourth annual College Fellows’ Summer Reception, will be an opportunity to network with your peers in the grand surroundings of the historic Cutlers’ Hall, and all dental professionals and those with professional interests in contemporary dentistry are invited to attend, with discounted tickets available to College members.
The College Summer Reception takes place from 5pm to 8pm on Friday 13 June in Sheffield, with registration open from 4.30pm.
It will be preceded from 2pm by the Inaugural College of General Dentistry Lecture, to be delivered by Martin Kelleher FCGDent, Consultant in Restorative Dentistry at King’s College Dental Hospital. Intended to stimulate and provoke healthy debate, this will challenge the notion of the ‘ideal treatment plan’ and contend that subconscious bias and possible self-interests can lead some supposed experts to confuse their version of a questionable ‘gold standard’ with what is really in a patient’s overall best interests and with what the law expects. This is also open to all dental professionals to attend, and CPD certificates will be provided.
Tickets are available for the reception only, lecture only, or combined lecture and reception. ‘Early Bird’ rates currently apply.
The new issue of the Primary Dental Journal, ‘Implant dentistry (part two)’, is now available to view online.
While Implant Dentistry (part one) covered the roles of dental team members in managing implant patients within dental primary care, this part 2 issue focusses on clinical aspects of implant dentistry, including complications and adverse events, and recent technological advancements in the field, providing strategies for dental professionals.
The issue’s Guest Editor is Professor Ilser Turkyilmaz, Associate Dean of Digital Innovation, Professor and Chair at USA Case Western Reserve University’s School of Dental Medicine. Professor Turkyilmaz explains the thinking behind the collection of topics in the part 2 issue:
“As we continue to advance in the field of implant dentistry, clinicians face an ongoing challenge to adopt and incorporate modern tools and materials that elevate the quality of patient care while simultaneously reducing the complexity of their workflows. Our goal with this issue is to enrich the knowledge base of both new and experienced practitioners, empowering them to achieve optimal patient outcomes…in the dynamic field of implant dentistry.”
Papers included in this issue cover a range of digital and analogue workflows, with the core emphasis on the importance of thorough treatment planning, reinforced by advanced imaging techniques. A full list is below.
Full online access to the majority of articles is reserved for College of General Dentistry members and Primary Dental Journal subscribers, who can also expect their printed copies to arrive around the end of January. New joiners wishing to receive a copy of this issue can let us know by emailing [email protected]
For non-members / non-subscribers, at least one paper in each issue is made available online free of charge, with all other articles available to purchase via the links below.
An annual print subscription to the PDJ is included with membership of the College, which also includes online access to over 1,500 current and past articles in the PDJ Library and a range of other benefits.
On behalf of the College, the PDJ editorial team would like to express its gratitude to all the authors and peer reviewers who have contributed to this issue.
Nominations are now open for elections to six seats on the College Council, and all Full Members, Associate Fellows and Fellows of the College are invited to nominate themselves as candidates.
Nominations are sought for the following seats:
East of Scotland
National representative
Overseas representative
South East & South West Thames
Wessex & Oxford
West & North of Scotland
Candidates for regional seats must live or work within that region, and be registered with that region with CGDent. Candidates for the National seat must live or work in the UK, and have a registered UK address with CGDent. Candidates for the Overseas seat must practice dentistry wholly outside the UK, and have a registered overseas address with CGDent.
All eligible members as at 16 January 2025 have been emailed a link to the nominations website by the College’s election services provider, Mi-Voice. If you are interested in standing for election, you will need to complete the nomination process via that link, where you will be asked for further information, the names of two supporting members, and to submit an election statement.
Members may stand simultaneously for both the National seat and the regional seat for which they are eligible (if applicable) by submitting a separate nomination form for each seat.
Further information on the role, nomination requirements and the election timetable can be found via the button below.
The deadline for receipt of nominations is Sunday 16 February 2025.
If you think you might like to put yourself forward as a candidate and would like further information before deciding, we would be pleased to have a confidential discussion and to answer any questions you may have about the role and the process. Please get in touch via [email protected]
Earlier this week, the College and Haleon presented The Dental Health Barometer – the organisations’ joint report on improving the provision of preventative oral healthcare – at a breakfast briefing held in Parliament.
Jon Elliott, Roshni Karia MCGDent, Simon Thornton-Wood PhD, Kate Fabrikant FCGDent
The meeting was one of a series of discussions being held with stakeholders to communicate and gather support for the recommendations identified in the report, which are based on the experience and insight of general dental professionals on how to bridge the gap between intentions and practical delivery of preventative care.
The research underlying the report included a survey of 2,000 UK dental patients and over 500 dental professionals which highlighted inconsistencies in the provision of preventative oral healthcare advice, and rich discussions held with 77 oral health professionals, in all dental team roles, in focus group meetings hosted at eight general dental practices throughout the UK.
Attendees at the meeting were:
Sadik Al-Hassan MP (Labour, North Somerset)
David Arnold (Director of Communications, Oral Health Foundation)
Lewis Atkinson MP (Labour, Sunderland Central)
Professor Avijit Banerjee FCGDent (Professor of Cariology & Operative Dentistry at King’s College London and Chair of the College’s Faculty of Dentists)
Jon Elliott (Head of Corporate Affairs for Northern Europe, Haleon)
Dr Kate Fabrikant FCGDent (Medical Affairs Director for Northern Europe, Haleon)
Dr Elizabeth Fisher (Programme Lead for Children and Young People’s, Nuffield Trust)
Dr Roshni Karia MCGDent (President of the College)
Professor Philip Preshaw (President, British Society of Periodontology)
Simon Thornton-Wood PhD (Chief Executive of the College)
Dr Jason Wong MBE FCGDent (Chief Dental Officer, NHS England)
Philip Worsfold (Head of Dental Public Health, Department of Health and Social Care)
The latest issue of the Primary Dental Journal, ‘Implant dentistry (part one)’, is available to view online now.
The implant dentistry theme has been split across two consecutive journal issues – parts 1 and 2. Papers in this part 1 issue include the role of the general dental practitioner in the care of the implant patient; dental nursing in implant dentistry; the hygienist’s role in the management of the implant patient in primary care; and dentolegal considerations in implant dentistry. The main objective of this first issue is to provide readers with a cutting-edge update on the topics, and to raise awareness of the need to manage implant patients in primary care.
The guest editor of this part 1 issue is Amin Aminian FCGDent, a Specialist in Prosthodontics in Greater Manchester. Amin explains the impetus for the collection of papers, and urges readers to share these Implant dentistry issues with all colleagues:
“My aim…was to highlight how implant therapy can, and should, be predominantly provided in primary care. The articles highlight how implant dentistry can positively impact our patients’ quality of life, regardless of the care setting.
“I sincerely hope you enjoy the two implant dentistry issues. At the outset, they were intended for all members of the primary care team, be it those who have yet to begin their implant journey or those more experienced in all aspects of the treatment. The articles highlight the important role all members of the team need to play, with the patient central to the care plan.”
Implant Dentistry – a journey from the beginnings to what has become an established discipline
Prof Igor Blum’s editorial introducing the PDJ implant dentistry issues is available to read here.
Part 2 – which is due out in winter and guest-edited by Professor Ilser Turkyilmaz of New York University – will have a greater focus on clinical aspects of implant dentistry, including complications and adverse events, and recent technological advancements in the field.
Full online access to the majority of articles is reserved for College of General Dentistry members and Primary Dental Journal subscribers, who can also expect their printed copies to arrive in the next 2–3 weeks.
For non-members / non-subscribers, at least one paper in each issue is made available online free of charge, with all other articles available to purchase via the links below.
An annual print subscription to the PDJ is included with membership of the College, which also includes online access to over 1,400 current and past issues in the PDJ Library and a range of other benefits.
On behalf of the College, the PDJ editorial team would like to express its gratitude to all the authors and peer reviewers who have contributed to the publication of this issue.
Joining gift: Implant Dentistry parts 1 & 2
To mark the publication of the first of our new PDJ issues on implant dentistry, anyone joining the College or its Register of Mentors in Implant Dentistry before 31 December 2024 will receive a printed copy. They will also be sent part 2 once available.
The College is currently recruiting a new Editor for the Primary Dental Journal. To find out more, click here
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