What to expect
Caroline Lappin will outline the implications and requirements related to the derogation specific to Northern Ireland under EU Regulation 2024/1849 and current implementation plans. Followed by Trevor Burke, who will trace the demise of dental amalgam and discuss potential 'viable alternatives'. He will also include various types of resin composite materials and GICs if their physical properties can be improved.
Timings
18:45 Registration and exhibition
19:00 To 2035 and beyond - The phase out of dental amalgam in Northern Ireland - Caroline Lappin
20:00 Refreshments and exhibition
20:15 End of the road for dental amalgam? Is there a like-for-like replacement? - Trevor Burke
21:15 Q&A
21:30 Close
Learning objectives
To 2035 and beyond - The phase out of dental amalgam in Northern Ireland - Caroline Lappin
- Understand the terms of the 10-year derogation specific to NI under EU Regulation 2024/1849
- Awareness of implementation plan to date
- Understand the exemptions to the phase-out of dental amalgam
- Awareness of communication plans for public and patients.
End of the road for dental amalgam? Is there a like-for-like replacement? - Trevor Burke
- Awareness of why dental amalgam’s days are numbered
- Discuss the most recent developments in resin composite materials
- Awareness of the clinical performance of most recent GIC materials in loadbearing situations in posterior teeth.
Development outcomes
A, C and D
