Dental Tribune United Kingdom Edition

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Group Editor Lisa Townshend Tel: 020 7400 8979 Lisa@dentaltrib- uneuk.com Editorial Assistant Laura Hatton Laura..hatton@dentalt- ribuneuk.com Advertising Director Joe Aspis Tel: 020 7400 8969 Joe@dentaltribuneuk. com Sales Executive Joe Ackah Tel: 020 7400 8964 Joe.ackah@dentalt- ribuneuk.com Design & Production Ellen Sawle Ellen@dentaltrib- uneuk.com Dental Tribune UK Ltd 4th Floor, Treasure House, 19–21 Hatton Garden, London, EC1N 8BA 3NewsMay 16-22, 2011United Kingdom Edition C oming back to civil- ian life after leaving the services, not through choice but through disability caused in the line of duty, can be a challenging period for a former Royal Marine and the adjustment may be fraught with hurdles and disappointments. One example that has been re- ceiving attention recently is the offer to the hundred or so medi- cally discharged Royal Marines leaving annually, who have been kept dentally fit by the Armed Forces, a choice of free dental care in the community where they settle. Now, sympathetic dental practices can join a national scheme, The C Group and SmileStar, formerly known as the Marine Dental Care Cam- paign, to help some of those former Royal Marine personnel with free basic dental care for life. Already more than 60 prac- tices around the UK are signed up to the scheme. The inspiring scheme is being run by The C Group, a Royal Marines charity whose mission is to mobilise the busi- ness community to support the Royal Marines together with Smilestar Ltd, an organisation with charitable status based in Devon. Royal Marines ap- plicants will be introduced to the scheme through the nor- mal resettlement process and those who are interested will be passed through to SmileStar for appropriate administration and details of their nearest partici- pating practice. Colonel Hutton, the Chief Executive of The C Group, who has supported the scheme from its inception, explained: “Com- ing home and trying to settle into normal life is harder than people imagine and routine pro- cedures such as going to a den- tist can be immensely daunting. What SmileStar and its network of supporting dentists are offer- ing is choice. A man can decide whether to go with the NHS sys- tem or take the opportunity to receive basic private dental care for free. This is a great offer and will help those who live in areas where NHS surgeries are work- ing at capacity or where travel requirements may be excessive. There are numerous reasons to help these men who have served their country so bravely. This scheme will offer an extra helping hand to aid their reha- bilitation. Practices around the country are signing up to the scheme to help in their area – we’ve been totally overwhelmed by the support the campaign is receiving already.” At the launch of the scheme, which will take place on June 22nd in Ashburton, presenta- tionswillbegivenbyColonelJim Hutton of the Royal Marines. Sixty four practices around the country have already joined the scheme including the Devon Dental Centre of Excellence, the Plymouth Dental Centre of Excellence and other Devon based practices such as Totnes’s Riverview Dental and Bovey Tracey’s Quality Dental Care. Of the 27 Marines that have taken up SmileStar’s offer we have currently managed to place 15 of them and are waiting for practice’s to come up in the fol- lowinarea’s to place the other 12 Marines. Newport Portsmouth Yeovil Poole x3 Lympstone Gwent South Wales Dover Bournemouth Taunton, Somerset Mid Glamorgan, Wales Interested practices can find out more or register by calling Sam Cutts, Smiles- tar at sam@mpc-ltd.co.uk or 01364654070. DT A call from the front line O rganised by health- care learning provider Smile-on, the AOG and the Dental Directory, the Clinical Innovations Confer- ence 2011 impressed dele- gates yet again with its topical programme of lectures cover- ing many of the latest develop- ments in restorative and aes- thetic dentistry. More than 350 attendees gathered at the Royal College of Physicians for the two-day con- ference and exhibition which featured some of the leading names in dentistry today includ- ing the likes of Dr Julian Web- ber, Dr Eddie Scher, Dr Wyman Chan, Dr Tif Qureshi and Dr Wolfgang Richter. This year’s event also played host to the London Dean- ery’s Annual DCP Conference, which featured several highly relevant lectures for dental care professionals on subjects such as risk management, decon- tamination and medical emer- gencies. The turnout was high and the atmosphere electric but nevertheless the confer- ence’s relatively small size made for a more personal ex- perience, featuring several ‘hands-on’ lectures and a com- pact exhibitors’ area where del- egates could speak to suppliers in person. Along with picking up plenty of valuable new skills and techniques, attendees were also able to receive up to 14 hours of verifiable CPD along the way. For more information about the event call 020 7400 8989 or visit www.smile-on.com DT Eighth Clinical Innovations Conference Hailed A Success Dr Wyman Chan presenting at the event