08:45 Registration, refreshments and exhibition
09:15 Introduction, Valedictory address and Installation of President
09:30 Welcome to Wales
09.40 How we make the dental GA experience special in North Wales
Aims
Highlight how a dental GA service can deliver safe, high-quality, patient-centred care through thorough assessment and holistic planning
Emphasise the importance of collaborative working across community, primary, and secondary care to support a positive experience for patients with complex needs.
Learning objectives
Appreciate the importance of identifying the different features of a malocclusion and be able Undertake a basic orthodontic assessment.
Understand the different types of orthodontic service provider along with the types of clinical cases they manage.
Appreciate the principles of the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need (IOTN).
Learning content
An overview of dental GA pathways and services in North Wales, using Ty Nerys and its unique approach as an example. The session will explain effective GA assessment and best interests planning, outlines the patient journey on GA day, present mini cases illustrating key issues that commonly arise in practice, and explores core challenges in delivering Special Care Dentistry GA across the region and wider local community.
Development outcomes
A, B, C, D
Daniella Garcia Lucas and Zoe Greenwood, Specialists in Special Care Dentistry, North Wales Community Dental Service
10:40 Refreshments, exhibition and poster display
11:10 From Boundaries to Bridges - Caring for our population
Aims
Consider how the needs of the population are changing within the current political and social climate
Describe the changing profile of oral and systemic disease with consequences for health demand on a population basis
Review current structure of services, benefits, strengths and opportunity for change
Understand the importance of effective acquisition and use of data
Learning objectives
Describe a systems approach to how the Community Dental Services can function
Identify where there may be opportunities to work differently to move towards change
Bring a health inequalities perspective to delivery of care
Appreciate the demands on those leading and delivering Community Dental Services and how to build capacity to adapt.
Learning content
Lecture and discussion points designed to stimulate reflection and encourage establishment of informal and formal networks.
Development outcomes
A, B, C, D
Suzanne Burke, Clinical Director, Liverpool University Dental Hospital
12:10 Dental radiography for special care - A bag of tricks
Aims
Review the varied challenges when carrying out radiographs for patients with additional needs
Discuss some approaches to minimising these challenges
Discuss the use of skill mix in radiography.
Learning objectives
Describe the challenges which may be encountered when taking radiographs for patients with additional needs
Apply some different techniques to aid successful radiography
Identify areas where skill mix can be applied to aid dental radiography.
Learning content
Patients with additional needs face many and varied challenges when approaching dental care. Dental radiography is a key tool to help aid diagnosis and treatment planning. Being able to achieve good quality radiographs, or sometimes any radiographs requires a clinical team to use all of the resources at their disposal. This session will aim to provide some practical tips and tricks as well as to outline how skill mix is applied in our service.
Development outcomes
A, B, C, D
Jessica Bell-Davies, Specialist in Special Care Dentistry and Deputy Clinical Director, North Wales Community Dental Service, Karen Windsor, Enhanced Dental Nurse and Chelsey Wright, Enhanced Dental Nurse
12:55 Lunch, exhibition and poster display
13:55 A patient’s journey with oral cancer
Aim
To raise awareness of what treatment a patient has to undergo whist being treated for oral cancer.
Learning objectives
To understand the link between the HPV16 virus and oral cancer and the importance of vaccination.
Learning content
A personal journey using photographs, scans and statistics of the diagnosis and treatment of oral cancer caused by the HPV16 virus.
Development outcome
C
Bryan Webber, Retired GDP
14:55 Undertaking an orthodontic assessment and orthodontic referrals
Aims
Explore the fundamentals of an orthodontic clinical assessment
Discuss the various types of orthodontic service provider, their role, and the types of treatment they provide
Provide an overview of Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need.
Learning objectives
Appreciate the importance of identifying the different features of a malocclusion and be able to undertake a basic orthodontic assessment
Understand the different types of orthodontic service provider along with the types of clinical cases they manage
Appreciate the principles of the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need (IOTN).
Learning content
A lecture with the opportunity to ask the speaker questions at the end.
Development outcomes
A, C
Ben Lewis, Consultant Orthodontist, Wrexham Maelor and Glan Clwyd Hospitals
15:35 Save the date – CDS conference 2027
15:40 Refreshments, exhibition and poster display
16:10 Aetiology of malocclusion and interceptive measures to improve outcomes
Aims
Discuss variations in dental and facial development which would benefit from intervention and when to appropriately refer to a specialist
Explore the aetiology of a range of dental malocclusions and some of the interceptive measures which can be undertaken
Discuss clinical guidelines relating to orthodontic problems.
Learning objectives
Appreciate variations in dental and facial development which would benefit from intervention and when to appropriately refer to a specialist
Understand the aetiology of a range of dental malocclusions and some of the interceptive measures which can be undertaken
Appreciate the range of clinical guidelines available relating to orthodontic problems and associated interventions.
Learning content
A lecture with the opportunity to ask the speaker questions at the end.
Development outcomes
A, C
Ben Lewis, Consultant Orthodontist, Wrexham Maelor and Glan Clwyd Hospitals
17:00 Close
