Journal of Disability and Oral Health

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Cover Date:
September 2009
Print ISSN:
1470-8558
Vol:
10
Issue:
3

Editorial - Time for vision

This time last year I wrote about the rapidly approaching establishment of a Specialist List in Special Care Dentistry, held by the General Dental Council in the UK. A landmark then, after many years, when on 3 September 2008 Special Care Dentistry was formally recognised as a speciality in the UK, alongside other, long established specialties such as Orthodontics and Restorative Dentistry. For those who have not undergone formal training programmes, of which there have been few, the period of mediated entry onto the Specialist List will cease at the end of September 2010. The Specialist List in the UK contains, at the time of writing, 63 names. All these have undergone a rigorous application process and review by a number of peers who are well-established within the speciality, on behalf of the General Dental Council who have the ultimate responsibility to decide on an applicant’s suitability to enter a Specialist List. Much of the energies of specialist organisations in Special Care Dentistry have been channelled, and continue to be so in many countries, towards recognition of what special care dentists do. Never has this been more important in this time of financial exigencies when funding for public services and the vulnerable patients whom Special Care Dentistry encompasses, is under real threat. That notwithstanding, the formal establishment of a speciality, in the UK at least, throws the spotlight on the need for well founded training programmes. In the UK, these will be training programmes starting in September 2009 that will provide the range of education and skills training to ensure that future specialists will be able to demonstrate successful completion of three-year, full time courses in order to gain entry to the Specialist List. To gain access to JDOH online:

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  1. Editorial - Time for vision
  2. 98
  3. 98

  1. Provision of oral healthcare and support in care homes in Scotland
  2. 99
  3. 106

  1. The placement of implants in patients who are medically or intellectually compromised.
  2. 107
  3. 114

  1. Proposals for a dental care professional qualification in special care dentistry: results of a UK survey
  2. 115
  3. 121

  1. Oral health status and oral impact on daily performance in an adult population with leprosy living in rural Tanzania
  2. 124
  3. 130

  1. Cowden’s syndrome impacting on oral health: considerations for the oral healthcare worker
  2. 131
  3. 134

  1. Cognitive behavioural therapy and severe needle phobia – a case study
  2. 135
  3. 138

  1. Hajdu Cheney syndrome: a case report
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  3. 143

  1. Diary Dates 2009-2010
  2. 144
  3. 144

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