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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

  • Oral health and systemic disease

    This piece will consider the evidence linking gum disease to other non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and heart disease and consider why treating inflammation may not only help manage periodontal diseases but also with the management of other chronic inflammatory conditions. Practical, evidence-based guidance will be offered to help with this challenge.

  • Pouring energy into caries

    This article examines the caries ‘epidemic’ in relation to the consumption of sports and energy drinks by children in the UK, as well as exploring how to communicate effectively in an effort to help them achieve and maintain a good level of oral health.

  • Reclassifying periodontal disease

    This article will share with readers the outcome of the BSP’s new guidelines and consider how the differ from previous ones, as well as looking at the BPE and the practical implications for DHCPs and patients.

  • Upping the ante on antibiotics

    This article will introduce the UK Dental Antimicrobial Stewardship toolkit, exploring the guidance, audit and patient-facing resources for clinicians. Using the ‘I’ve got toothache, I need antibiotics’ Thompson et al 12018 article as a springboard (http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0103-64402018000400395&script=sci_arttext), it will also practical advice to clinicians faced with patients demanding antibiotics irrespective of whether that is appropriate treatment for their problem. It will also touch upon The British Association of Oral Surgeons (BAOS) Antimicrobial Stewardship new e-learning resource for DHCPs to test their knowledge of antibiotic prescribing.

  • Smoking cessation and the dental team

    This article will consider the adverse effects of tobacco use on oral health, as well as offering some insight into what is known so far about e-cigarettes. It will then move on to how to engage patients, to motivate them to want to quit smoking when possible – and knowing when not to push any further. For those patients who are amenable, it will also share appropriate advice and support, for example by understanding why people want to quit and identifying how then to help them on an individual basis.

  • Overcoming fear for better oral health

    The aim of this article is to explore how fear of attending dental appointments can adversely affect oral health, and offer practical ways for clinicians to help their anxious patients.

  • Securing children’s dental future

    The aim of this article is to explore how dental health care professionals might best guide children and their parents to help achieve improved oral health.

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