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D aniel Davis has been elected as the 19th Pres- ident of the British Den- tal Health Foundation. The news was announced at the Foundation’s Annual Gener- al Meeting, held on March 24 at the Royal Society for the Promo- tion of Health in London. Daniel, Operations direc- tor at dental supplier Plandent Limited, follows in his father’s footsteps, John Davis, who was instrumental in setting up the Foundation back in 1971 and became the first non-dentist Chairman in 1989. After the ceremony Daniel began his two-year term by thankingpredecessorChrisPotts and said he was looking for- ward to moving the Foundation forward during his presidency. He commented: “The com- ing years see an exciting chal- lenge for the Foundation both in the United Kingdom and in- ternationally. The audience to which we are promoting good oral health messages to is grow- ing all the time and with the implementation of newer and more efficient strategies I hope this trend will continue. As President, Daniel will lead the trustee board and act as a figurehead for the British Dental Health Foundation. The charity has been work- ing hard to improve the public’s oral health, raising awareness and encouraging healthy life- styles. Daniel added: “I would like thank the board and Foun- dation’s members for electing me and hope 2010 will prove a great success.” DT T he UCL Eastman Dental Institute (EDI)would like to congratulate Purvi Shah, an SpR in Paediatric Dentistry at the Eastman Dental Hospital (EDH) on winning the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD) Poster Prize at the National meeting in September 2009. The prize is awarded annually to a BSPD member for the best poster presentation of the conference. Entitled Double teeth: A review of cases at the Eastman Dental Hospital, the post- er was based on work she undertook as part of her training. The prize-winning project had been su- pervised by Dr Paul Ashley of UCL Eastman Dental Institute, Mr Joe Noar and Mrs Prabhleen Anand of EDH, who were all co- authors of the poster. The Eastman Dental Hospi- tal is part of University College London Hospitals NHS Founda- tion Trust. For more information on taught or research programmes, please contact the Admissions Of- ficer on 020 7915 1092 or academ- ic@eastman.ucl.ac.uk. DT Eastman paediatric dentist wins prestigious award Image from left to right: Paul Ashley, Prabhleen Anand, Purvi Shah and Joe Noar. T he deadline for joining the Special Care Dentistry List is fast approaching. The General Dental Council’s (GDC) Special Care Dentistry list opened on 1 October 2008 and the transitional period will close on 30 September 2010 There are now only six months until the end of the tran- sitional period for joining the Special Care Dentistry list. After this date, UK applicants will need to hold a Certificate of Completion in Specialist Train- ing to join the list. Registered dentists can currently apply to join the list on the basis of the relevant specialist training, qual- ifications and experience they have acquired to date. Special care dentistry is con- cerned with improving the oral health of individuals and groups in society who have a physical, sensory, intellectual, mental, medical, emotional or social im- pairment or disability, or a com- bination of these. In particular, this area of den- tistry focuses on adults and ado- lescents requiring special care. A spokeswoman for the GDC said: “Since the list opened in October 2008, 119 dentists have joined it. But we would strongly encourage other appropriately trained, qualified and experi- enced dentists who wish to join the list to submit their applica- tions as soon as possible to avoid unnecessary delays or missing the deadline of the transitional period on 30 September.” Dentists wishing to join the list can download an applica- tion pack from the GDC website www.gdc-uk.org or contact the GDC registration team by email assessments@gdc-uk.org or by phone on 020 7344 3741. DTThe General Dental Council (GDC) website www.gdc-uk.org Specialist Care Dentistry deadline approaches New President for British Dental Health Foundation 19th BDHF President Daniel Davis April 19-25, 20106 News United Kingdom Edition

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