Name: CDS Group Conference 2024 - 2 day rate
Start: 2024-10-10T08:45:00Z
End: 2024-10-11T16:30:00Z
Location: Murrayfield Stadium, Roseburn Street, EDINBURGH, EH12 5PJ

IN-PERSON EVENT, hosted by the BDA CDS Group

What to expect

This year's BDA CDS Group Conference will be held at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh on Thursday 10 and Friday 11 October 2024.

Topics include:

Addressing dental care barriers for bariatric patients
Conscious sedation or general anaesthesia for special care patients?
Dentistry for the homeless
Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ)
Oral health improvement in prisons
Realistic dentistry in older people
Saving the sixes
Self care

Please find the programme below under 'Further information' and you can download a copy here

How to book

To book to attend the 2 day rate please use this web page.

To book to attend the Thursday or Friday or one of the social events please use the links below:

Thursday only

Friday only

Booking deadline: Monday 30 September 2024 - Wednesday night quiz and dinner

Booking deadline: Monday 30 September 2024 - Thursday Black tie dinner

Please note: If you are a non-member FD/VDP and you are being charged the non-member rate please email [email protected] with your name and GDC number so we can verify your status.

Booking via a Trust?

Please complete the booking form here and email it to [email protected] so we can provisionally hold a place for you whilst you wait for approval. If your Trust requires an invoice to pay for your place please request an invoice request form when you submit your booking form.

Meet the speakers

Susan Baines Consultant in Special Care Dentistry, NHS Lothian

Carole Ann Boyle Clinical Lead in Sedation and Special Care Dentistry

Natalie Bradley Consultant in Special Care Dentistry and Clinical Director

Gillian Greenwood Retired Consultant in Special Care Dentistry

Marie-Therese Hosey Professor of Clinical Paediatric Dentistry

Niall McGoldrick Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Dental Public Health

Joanna Morrison Specialist Dental Officer, Additional Needs and Priority Groups, NHS Ayrshire and Arran PDS

David Rahman Author, Speaker and Mind Coach

Charlotte Waite Director, BDA Scotland

Susan Baines

Carole Ann Boyle

Carole is a Glasgow graduate but has spent her professional career in England. She has worked at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust since 1997 and has been a Consultant in Special Care Dentistry (SCD) since 2008. She is on specialist lists in both SCD and Oral Surgery. Her clinical interests include using sedation for people who require special care dentistry, teaching sedation both to undergraduates and postgraduates and providing dental care under general anaesthesia.

Carole has over 30 publications in the fields of special care dentistry, sedation, oral surgery and dental education.

She is the course director SAAD (Society for the Advancement of Anaesthesia in Dentistry the largest provider of conscious sedation teaching in the UK. As SAC Chair ( Specialty Advisory Committee in SCD) Carole led the development of the new curriculum in SCD and now chairs the Advisory Board Speciality Training in Dentistry. She is a member of Dental Council Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and dental editor for Surgeons News.

Natalie Bradley

Natalie is Consultant in Special Care Dentistry at Kings College Hospital and Clinical Director for Dentaid the Dental Charity. She holds a Masters in Special Care Dentistry from Kings College London where her thesis looked into models of dental care for people who experience homelessness. She has had a wide range of clinical experience working in general practice, community and hospital dental services and in 2018/19 completed a fellowship with the Office of the Chief Dental Officer. She is Chair of the BDA's Young Dentist Committee and a deputy chair of the Managed Clinical Network for Special Care Dentistry in London. Her blog 'A Tooth Germ' has reached over 1 million views.

Gillian Greenwood

Gillian qualified from the Royal London Hospital in 1985. Her initial career followed the path of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgery (OMFS), with Senior House Officer, Registrar, and Honorary Consultant posts in OMFS.

In 1994, Gillian took a sideways career step into Special Care Dentistry (SCD) in Hertfordshire, including a Clinical Directorship in Community Dental Services.

Moving to East Yorkshire in 2004, Gillian’s SCD career led to a Consultancy and a Training Programme Directorship.

Gillian’s particular interest in Oncology within Special Care Dentistry, led to her winning the Community Care Award for Patients Experience National Network Awards (PENNA) in 2015.

Gillian has been both Chair and President of the British Dental Association Community Dental Services Group, including representing the group on the Advisory Committee for Community Dentistry (ACCD) for the Royal College of Surgeons of England. She has also been President of The British Society for Disability and Oral Health, an Examiner, a Reviewer and National Lecturer in SCD.

In February 2024, Gillian has been formally elected as the new Chair of ACCD, as ACCD re-establishes its role within the Royal College of Surgeons of England, post The Pandemic.

Marie-Therese Hosey

Marie is Head of Department of Paediatric Dentistry at the King’s College Dental Institute. She holds honorary Professorships in the University of Warsaw and the University of Jordan and is the Deputy Chair of the pan-London managed Clinical Network in Paediatric Dentistry.

Graduating in Glasgow in 1985, she is among the few dentists in the UK with training in administering general anaesthesia, and she is a world-recognised expert on paediatric dental sedation and as such has authored the British, European and Brazilian guidelines. Her research interests are the pharmacological and behavioural management of anxious and socially and economically disadvantaged and excluded children, especially this who need general anaesthesia and sedation, and the genetics of children with clefts. She is co-founder of a UK-Brazil collaboration named CEDACORE (Children Experiencing Dental Anxiety Collaboration on Research and Education). Her research funding has been mainly for Phase III randomised controlled clinical trials from NIHR and the Scottish Chief Scientist office. She is currently the independent Chair of the CHOICE Trial Steering Board.

Marie completed both her higher specialist training in Paediatric Dentistry and her Doctorate in Birmingham, England. She spent a year as a Fellow in the Children’s Hospital, Washington DC. A Senior Lecturer and later Reader in 1998 in the University of Glasgow, she was appointed to the Chair in Paediatric Dentistry at King’s College London in 2008. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow and was an examiner for the Intercollegiate Fellowship Specialty Examination in Paediatric Dentistry for eleven years. She has previously served as the Glasgow representative on the ADA Board.

She has contributed and edited dental and medical textbooks and is a reviewer/ external assessor for NIHR, New Zealand, Middle Eastern, Singapore and Hong Kong institutions and is currently a member of the American Academy of Paediatric Dentistry and the International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry boards.

Niall McGoldrick

Niall graduated from the School of Dentistry, University of Dundee in 2013. He has completed foundation and core training in a range of dental specialities including General Dental Practice and Community Dentistry. Niall’s final year of core training was spent working with the Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme as the first Dental Core Trainee in Quality Improvement and Clinical Practice.

Niall completed Specialty Training in Dental Public Health with NHS Fife/NHS Lothian in 2022. He completed his Master of Dental Public Health degree during Specialty training and is a Fellow (Dental Public Health) by examination of the Faculty of Dental Surgery, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

Niall was appointed Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Dental Public Health at the University of Dundee in August 2022. He leads NHS Scotland’s Oral Health Improvement Programmes for Homelessness, and Scottish Prisons. His research interests include inclusion oral health, and he is part way through his PhD focused on the early detection of oral cancer. He is Deputy Programme Lead for the Master’s in Dental Public Programme at the University of Dundee and teaches Dental Public Health on the School’s undergraduate programmes.

David Rahman

With bachelor degrees in biochemistry and optometry, David is a speaker, author of the book 'Let It Go' and an expert mind coach since 2004. He has worked with U.K. and European Universities, U.K. Government, the U.K. Parliament, British Dental Association (David's dental training 'Attitude Is Everything' is an accredited BDA CPD training for dental professionals.), Police forces and an assortment of International businesses. David has delivered over 500 mindset trainings and workshops in the last 10 years. He doesn't believe in standing still and has just launched a Mind Coach training school and an empowerment active wear clothing company all in the same month!

Charlotte Waite

Charlotte has been the BDA Scotland Director since November 2022.

She graduated from the University of Dundee in 2001, before completing general professional training in the East of Scotland, locuming in Australia and then working for the Community Dental Service.

Before taking up her current position, she was an elected representative on a number of BDA committees and held the position of Chair and Vice Chair of the BDA England Community Dental Services Committee, where she advocated for the profession but also spoke up for vulnerable patient groups, where much of this work involved stakeholder and political engagement.

In 2019, she secured a Westminster Public Accounts Committee inquiry on NHS penalty charges or ‘Patient fines’. A change in policy followed this hearing with the UK Department of Health abandoning its ‘fines first’ policy which was based on the presumption of guilt.

She also represented the BDA as part of a coproduction project to promote the use of Makaton in the dental setting, to help break down barriers to communication for dental patient’s with learning disabilities. A second phase of this collaboration launched a dedicated website ‘Team Smile’ in 2024.

As BDA Scotland Director, a key role for Charlotte is to support BDA representatives in negotiations with the Scottish Government and overseeing outreach to the Scottish Parliament, officials, the press and wider stakeholders.

Joanna Morrison

Joanna is a Specialist Dental Officer for Additional Needs and Priority Groups within NHS Ayrshire and Arran PDS. She completed her Speciality training with NHS Tayside PDS and achieved the tri-collegiate Diploma of Membership in Special Care Dentistry (MSpec Care Dent) in 2017.

As well as obtaining her MFDS from RCPSG and Diploma in Special Care Dentistry from RCSEng, Joanna also has a Postgraduate Certificate in Healthcare Professions Education and enjoys supervising Core Trainees in her current role and regularly examining for the MSpec Care Dent examinations. She is also an External Adviser on behalf of the Academy of Medical Colleges and Faculties in Scotland and is regularly involved in recruitment panels for senior community posts in Scotland.

Clinically, Joanna manages the care for a wide range of patients under the remit of Special Care Dentistry and has a keen interest in comprehensive dental care for adults with additional needs under General Anaesthetic. She recently sat on a national Short Life Working Group looking at guidance documents and risk assessment criteria for bariatric services within the Public Dental Services in Scotland and regularly organises online meetings for Scottish Special Care Specialists to build connections and share knowledge and experiences.

Date

Thursday 10 Oct 2024 — Friday 11 Oct

Time

08:45 to 16:30

CPD hours*

9.5

Location

Murrayfield Stadium, Roseburn Street, EDINBURGH, EH12 5PJ

Booking fees

Dentist member £300.00
Senior member £235.00
Student member £235.00
Student non member £235.00
Non-member £390.00
Dental care professional £100.00
Graduate FD/VT member £235.00
Graduate FD/VT dentist (non-me £235.00

Contact details

For questions or if you require assistance, please contact:

Tel: 020 7563 4590
[email protected]

Currently you can’t book a place for someone else using your own website login, or make group bookings online – to book additional people, please call or email us.

T&Cs

Full terms and conditions, including cancellation policy.

Anyone working in dentistry can register to use our website - this enables you to book events online and collect your CPD certificates from our from our CPD Certificate portal.

More information

An allocation of bedrooms has been secured at a variety of hotels by Mice Concierge. To check available hotels and prices please visit their website here

The HQ hotel this year is Leonardo Royal Hotel Edinburgh Haymarket The hotel is located a short walking distance from Haymarket train and metro station.

Please email [email protected] with any dietary requirements.

There are two categories:

Clinical Case Poster – All members of the dental team working within a salaried primary care dental service (SPCDS) including trainees

Service Poster – All members of the dental team working within a SPCDS including trainees

An application form and abstract should be submitted before the closing date of Monday 12 August 2024. Full competition criteria available here.

Thursday 10 October 2024

Murrayfield, Edinburgh

08:45 Registration, refreshments and exhibition

09:15 Introduction, Valedictory address and Installation of President

09:30 Welcome to Edinburgh

09.50 Saving the sixes - The judgement calls

Aim

To give an update on modern approaches to cariology with particular emphasis on managing compromised first permanent molars in children.

Learning objectives

Participants will gain knowledge of the ICDAS cariology classification system and care planning as well as managing Molar Incisor Hypoplastic/Hypomineralised enamel defects in children’s first permanent molars
Discuss current orthodontic management guidelines for FPMs and the challenge of determining the long term prognosis.

Learning content

A lecture presenting previous and recent research, publications and case examples.

Development outcomes: C

Marie-Therese Hosey, Professor of Clinical Paediatric Dentistry, King’s College London

10:50 Refreshments, exhibition and poster display

11:15 Hard to reach people, or hard to reach services?

Aim

People who face social exclusion face significant barriers to accessing dental care. 36% of people who experience homelessness have accessed Accident & Emergency departments for dental issues and 15% have resorted to pulling their own teeth out because they weren't able to get to a dentist. We will learn which groups face social exclusion and why they find accessing dentistry challenging. The talk will give practical solutions to overcome barriers to care and the innovative and inclusive approach Dentaid has to caring for these communities.

Learning objectives

Understand barriers to dental care for these groups
Discuss practical solutions for dental professionals to overcome these barriers
Learn about the services Dentaid the dental charity offers in the UK.

Learning content

A lecture with the opportunity to ask the speaker questions at the end

Development outcomes: A, B, C, D

Natalie Bradley, Consultant in Special Care Dentistry and Clinical Director, King’s College London

12:15 Lunch, exhibition and poster display

13:15 BONJ - MRONJ - The light bulb moments - A clinicians experience and personal perspective over several decades

Aim

To highlight the development of knowledge around the us of MRONJ drugs and how they may impact on short, medium and long term dental care. This will be illustrated by short vignettes.

Learning objectives

Understand about the drugs that are implicated in MRONJ
Outline the factors to consider in the short, medium and long term dental treatment planning for those patients on or about to commence MRONJ inducing drugs
Discuss possible alternative treatment plans as a patient centred approach to care.

Learning content

A lecture with the opportunity to ask the speaker questions at the end.

Gillian Greenwood, Retired Consultant in Special Care Dentistry

Development outcomes: A, B, C, D

14:15 Panel discussion – Careers in the CDS/PDS

Aim

A panel discussion to discuss the career paths and experiences in CDS/PDS dentistry

Learning objectives

Understand the experiences of newly-qualified practitioners
Discuss whether the specialty remains an attractive career
Explore the changing nature of working in the CDS/PDS.

Learning content

A panel discussion with the opportunity to ask the speakers questions.

Development outcomes: B, D

Susan Baines, Consultant in Special Care Dentistry, NHS Lothian
Helen Devennie, Specialist Practitioner (Medically Compromised and Oral Surgery), Inverness Dental Centre
Hannah Walsh, Specialist in Paediatric Dentistry, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals

15:15 Save the date – CDS conference 2025

15:20 Refreshments, exhibition and poster display

15:50 Realistic dentistry in older people

Aim

The aim of this talk is to discuss dental care for older people from the experiences of a special care hospital dental team. Case examples will be provided to demonstrate the variety and complexity of dental presentations. Access to care will be considered alongside the need for multi-disciplinary working, with reference to some principles of realistic dentistry in planning and delivering care.

Learning objectives

At the end of this session, delegates will be able to:

Describe the importance of multidisciplinary working to achieve optimum outcomes
Describe some of the potential challenges of the future in our older patients
Explain how concepts of realistic dentistry might be applied for treatment planning and service delivery for older patients.

Learning Content

A lecture with case examples and the opportunity to ask the speaker questions at the end.

Development outcomes: A, C

Susan Baines, Consultant in Special Care Dentistry, NHS Lothian

16:50 Close

08:45 Registration, refreshments and exhibition

09:15 Welcome and housekeeping notes

09:30 Conscious sedation or general anaesthesia for special care patients?

Aim

One of the most challenging decisions in special care dentistry is how to provide safe and effective dental care for patients who are unable to tolerate even an examination whilst awake. This presentation will describe the decision making process and discuss the advantages and limitations of general anaesthesia, and conscious sedation. The talk will be illustrated with clinical cases.

Learning objectives

Participants will gain increased understanding of conscious sedation techniques for special care patients and indications for treatment under general anaesthesia.

Learning content

Description of sedation techniques and general anaesthesia illustrated with clinical case

Development outcome: C

Carole Ann Boyle, Clinical Lead Sedation and Special Care Dentistry Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

10:30 Poster competition presentation

10:45 Refreshments, exhibition and poster display

11:15 Accessing self care and why it is a superpower

Aim

Self-care in dentistry is not a luxury but a necessity. It enables oral healthcare professionals to sustain their physical health, navigate emotional challenges, and maintain mental resilience, ultimately ensuring the delivery of high-quality patient care in a sustainable manner. The aim of this talk is to deliver actionable tools and techniques for attendees to take away and implement immediately.

Learning objectives

Understand the importance of emotional resilience in dentistry
Explore techniques for managing stress, fostering mindfulness, and developing coping mechanisms to navigate the emotional challenges inherent in patient care
Learn strategies to maintain mental well-being, such as establishing healthy work boundaries, seeking professional support, and cultivating a positive workplace culture.

Learning content
An interactive session with the opportunity to ask the speaker questions at the end.

Development outcome: B

David Rahman, Author, Speaker and Mind Coach

12:15 AGM

12:30 Lunch, exhibition and poster display (or 12:15 for non-members)

Raffle prize winners on display

13:30 Weighing up the issues: Addressing dental care barriers for bariatric patients

Aim

To highlight the potential barriers faced by patients seeking bariatric dental care services, the risk assessment criteria that need to be considered when delivering such a service and to address how current access issues within dental services may affect this group of patients.

Learning objectives

Understand the physical, logistical, medical and social barriers to accessing dental services for patients with a high BMI
Outline risk assessment criteria that should be considered when delivering a bariatric dental service
Discuss how current access issues within NHS dentistry may impact on bariatric referral criteria and availability of specialist services
Understand how dental treatment planning may be impacted for patients with a high BMI, taking into account the principles of realistic dentistry.

Learning content

A lecture with the opportunity to ask the speaker questions at the end.

Development outcome: A, C

Joanna Morrison, Specialist Dental Officer, Additional Needs and Priority Groups, NHS Ayrshire and Arran PDS

14:30 The patients who need us most - Ensuring equitable access for vulnerable patient groups in the CDS and PDS

Aim

The presentation will provide participants with a better understanding of how the BDA works to influence external stakeholders and lobby on behalf of the Community Dental Service (CDS) and Public Dental Service (PDS).

Learning objectives

Understand the political drivers underpinning the provision of dentistry for vulnerable patient
Explore how political decisions regarding dental service provision in the CDS and PDS are made
Discuss process of stakeholder engagement and how this is key to influencing political decision
Explain which stakeholders the BDA engages with, to further patient causes
Summarise elements required to develop a successful campaign.

Learning content

Participants will gain a broader understanding of the stakeholder engagement work undertaken by the BDA to promote the needs of CDS/PDS, as well as their patients.

Development outcome: B and D

Charlotte Waite, Director, BDA Scotland

15:00 Refreshments, exhibition and poster display

15:30 Oral Health Improvement in Scotland’s Prisons: Where have we been and where are we going?

Aim

To explore the history of NHS Scotland’s Oral Health Improvement Programme, the current focus, and vision for the future.

Learning objectives

Explore the journey to the current position of NHS Scotland’s Oral Health Improvement Programme in Scottish Prisons
Understand the components of the programme and how it is currently led and delivered
Explore current barriers and facilitators to oral health improvement in prisons
Explore possible options to develop oral health improvement interventions for people with experience of the justice system both within and outside of prisons.

Learning content

A lecture with the opportunity to ask the speaker questions at the end.

Development outcome: C

Niall McGoldrick, Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Dental Public Health, School of Dentistry, University of Dundee

16:30 Close

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The topics were relevant to our current practice in the CDS and I like that I can easily apply what I’ve learnt straight away.

Most engaging day of lectures for some time. Lots of ideas and insights. It’s always good to catch up with colleagues from other areas too.

Very passionate speakers and each talk had a strong message to deliver. Many efforts to enhance opportunities and awareness in special care dentistry.

BDA CDS Group Conference 2024

What to expect

How to book

Booking via a Trust?

Meet the speakers

More information

Accommodation

Dietary requirements

Poster competition

Programme - Thursday 10 October 2024

Programme - Friday 11 October 2024

Venue location

What to expect​

How to book

Booking via a Trust?

Meet the speakers

More information

Accommodation

Dietary requirements

Poster competition

Programme - Thursday 10 October 2024

Programme - Friday 11 October 2024

Venue location

What to expect