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CPD Educational Programme

We're delighted to bring you this CPD programme, with the aim of supporting the ongoing CPD needs of dental healthcare professionals in improving and maintaining the oral health of their patients.

Through our programme, we aim to deliver recent clinical findings, useful information for in-practice management of oral diseases and patient communication strategies for improved preventive home care, as well considering the effects of lifestyle and other external influences on your patients’ oral health

  • Support of prevention

    The aim of this article is to consider how the dental team can engage patients regarding the advantages of preventive dentistry, and effectively communicate the potential lifelong benefits of, for example, making healthy food and drink choices, and a three-step home care regimen

  • The causality of periodontitis

  • Adjunctive support for plaque control

  • How to help avoid litigation

    Data on written complaints in the NHS reveal that between 1 April 2016 and 31 March 2017, 13,493 complaints were made in England about NHS dentistry.1 This is almost double the figure calculated for 2015/2016, which stood at 7,664 complaints,2 indicating what might be a worrying trend. But why should this be?

  • Plaque biofilm – dealing with a microbial community

    The aim of this article is to revisit the main causes of periodontal disease, explore the evidence supporting an effective three-step home-care regimen and look at up-and-coming preventive options that may prove themselves worthy in the near future as an adjunct to mechanical cleaning.

  • Oral health, pregnancy and the first year

    The aim of this article is to explore the oral health needs of pregnant women and how to raise patient awareness in that regard, as well as looking at the first year following the birth for both mother and child.

  • Revisiting the BPE

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