Tag: Professional Development

Sunday 9 August 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic caused dental practices across the world to close for several months. As practices started to re-open, dentists, dental care professionals and governments tried to work out the optimum way in which dental care could resume, while ensuring the safety of patients, staff and the community. The volume of information that came out could be challenging to navigate for the practising dentist and this webinar provided practical and evidence based guidance for the safe return to practice. 

This webinar was developed in particular for dentists and dental care professionals practising outside the UK, with the opportunity to address the most popular and relevant questions, and was hosted in association with the Faculty of General Dental Practice, Sri Lankan Dental Association, Kenya Dental Association, Prodental CPD and the Nepal Dental Association.

The Panel members are from the task group which developed the CGDent-FGDP(UK) guidelines, Implications of COVID-19 for the safe management of general dental practice, and several have experience of dental practice in South Asia.

Chair:

• Dr George Jacob, Aesthetic Dentist Endodontist

Panellists:

• Dr Abhi Pal, GDP, Chair of the FGDP(UK) Professional Affairs Committee and Past Vice-Dean of FGDP(UK)
• Dr Mick Horton, GDP, Trustee of the College of General Dentistry and Past Dean of FGDP(UK)
• Dr Andy Edwards, Consultant in Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgery and Vice President of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
• Prof Phil Taylor, Professor in Prosthodontics at the University of London and Dean Elect of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
• Dr Chet Trivedy, Consultant in Accident and Emergency Medicine

Participants were invited to submit two questions on registering, and the most popular questions were selected for the panel to answer.

7 July 2020, webinar

This webinar, held in conjunction with ProDental CPD and the Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK), looked at safe working in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic.
 

Panellists: 

• Jason Wong, Deputy Chief Dental Officer for England
• Eimear O’Connell FFGDP(UK), President, Association of Dental Implantology
• David Cottam MFGDP(UK), Chair, BDA General Dental Practice Committee
• Susan Nelson MFGDP(UK), Vice Dean, Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK)
• Reena Wadia MFGDP(UK), Board member, Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK)
• Ian Mills FFGDP(UK), Dean, Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK), and Trustee, College of General Dentistry
• Roshni Karia MFGDP(UK), Board member, Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK)
• Mick Horton FFGDP(UK), Trustee, College of General Dentistry 

CPD will be available:

Aims:

• To look at safe working in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic
• To understand the concept and application of the risk based approach

Objective:

• At the end of this webinar the participant will have a greater understanding of the application of the risk based approach and safe working practices during the COVID-19 pandemic.

GDC Learning Outcomes:

• A, B, C, D

Wednesday 3 June 2020, webinar

Earlier this week, the Faculty of General Dental Practice (FGDP(UK)) and College of General Dentistry published Implications of COVID-19 for the safe management of general dental practice – a practical guide.

In this webinar, questions about the guidance were answered by members of the development group:

• Dr Ian Mills FFGDP(UK), Dean, Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK)
• Dr Mick Horton FFGDP(UK), Trustee, College of General Dentistry
• Dr Onkar Dhanoya, Chair, Forward Planning Task Group
• Dr Roshni Karia MJDF, Vice Dean, Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK)
• Diane Rochford, DCP representive, British Association of Private Dentistry, and representing nine national DCP membership organisations (TBC)
• Dr Chet Trivedy FDS RCS Eng, Consultant in Emergency Medicine

This event has finished. Details of a recorded version will be posted shortly.

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