Periodontal management for general dental practice – April 2024

Friday 26 April 2024

08:30 Registration and refreshments

09:00 Concepts of periodontal disease aetiology

• Periodontal prognosis exercise
• Aetiology and risk factors.

10:30 Morning refreshments and exhibition

11:00 How to assessment and diagnose periodontal diseases effectively

• How to assess and diagnose periodontal diseases effectively
• Periodontal diagnosis, including the new classification with case examples.

12:30 Lunch and exhibition

13:30 Understand the S3 treatment guidelines and the implications for practice

• Periodontal management and the S3 periodontal treatment guidelines
• Contemporary periodontal treatment.

15:00 Afternoon refreshments and exhibition

15:30 How to instruct and motivate patients in self-care

• Contemporary periodontal treatment cont'd
• Adjunctive therapies
• Understanding the value of supportive care and what that actually looks like.

17:00 Close of seminar

Ian qualified from Leeds in 1998. He went into NHS general practice after qualifying and was a general dental practitioner for many years. During that time, though a part time teaching role at Liverpool University, he developed a passion for periodontology and concentrated his postgraduate studies and teaching activities on perio whilst maintaining a busy general practice list. This culminated in him pursuing an MSc in Periodontology and ultimately becoming the Teaching Lead in Periodontics at Liverpool University and gaining a place on the GDC Specialist List in Periodontology. 

Ian continues to maintain a busy referral network on the North West working between Liverpool and Wilmslow. He has been the Honorary Editor and Webmaster for the British Society of Periodontology and lectures nationally through the UK, having spoken at most of the major UK dental conferences.

Ian qualified from Leeds in 1998. He went into NHS general practice after qualifying and was a general dental practitioner for many years. During that time, though a part time teaching role at Liverpool University, he developed a passion for periodontology and concentrated his postgraduate studies and teaching activities on perio whilst maintaining a busy general practice list. This culminated in him pursuing an MSc in Periodontology and ultimately becoming the Teaching Lead in Periodontics at Liverpool University and gaining a place on the GDC Specialist List in Periodontology.

Ian continues to maintain a busy referral network on the North West working between Liverpool and Wilmslow. He has been the Honorary Editor and Webmaster for the British Society of Periodontology and lectures nationally through the UK, having spoken at most of the major UK dental conferences.

Rajan is a Specialist Periodontist, his clinical work is dedicated to periodontology and implant dentistry. He is based in the East Midlands, working within private referral practices and multi-disciplinary teams at The Campbell Clinic (Nottingham), Derby Dental Specialists and Ascent Dental Care (Loughborough). Rajan is also a lecturer on the PerioCourses team.

Rajan is the Immediate Past President of the British Society of Periodontology and Implant Dentistry (BSP) and is on the BSP Faculty. He has previously served on BSP Council and was the inaugural Chairman of the Society’s Early Career Group.