Journal of Disability and Oral Health

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Cover Date:
April 2002
Print ISSN:
1470-8558
Electronic ISSN:
1754-2758
Vol:
3
Issue:
1

Editorial - The Year of Special Care Dentistry?

Whatever your views on the true start to the Millennium, this is an auspicious year for Special Care Dentistry. January saw a joint meeting, on Clinical Advances in Special Care Dentistry, between the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, the A d v i s o r y Committee for Community Dentistry, the British Society for Disability and Oral Health and the BDA Community Dental Services Group. In the following month there was another meeting, in a series hosted by the Royal Society of MedicineÂ’s Forum on Learning Disability, at which dental care was very much in evidence supported by many members of BSDH as speakers. This is a year of educational initiatives too; the Membership examination in Special Needs Dentistry of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh continues with its diet of examinations, both in the UK and in North America. We are hopeful too that the Diploma in Special Care Dentistry of the Royal College of Surgeons of England will, this Spring,. receive final approval from both the Education Committee of the General Dental Council and the Board of the Faculty. It was a particular honour to have the Chief Dental Officer, Dame Margaret Seward open the December meeting of the Society in London. Commenting on the day that marked the Jubilee celebrations for the Society, Dame Margaret looked forward to significant achievements in our next 25 years. We are fortunate too that the Minister of Health will open the BSDH meeting in May, in Birmingham, so keeping Special Care Dentistry on the health agenda. C o n t i n u i n g the theme of education and training, Professor Raman Bedi, as the President of BSDH, will devote most of the spring meeting of BSDH to Special Dental Care Education. More details of this meeting are published in the calendar in this issue of the Journal.

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June Nunn

Articles from this issue

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  1. Editorial - The Year of Special Care Dentistry?
  2. 2
  3. 2

  1. The use of oral midazolam and metoclopramide as premedication prior to day stay general anaesthesia: an audit of premedication for adult patients with severe learning disabilities
  2. 3
  3. 6

  1. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A review and guide for dental professionals
  2. 7
  3. 13

  1. Electrocardiographic findings and history of medical diseases in hospitalised dental patients
  2. 13
  3. 19

  1. Prion disease: implications for Special Care Dentistry
  2. 20
  3. 24

  1. Case Report – Delayed deciduous teeth exfoliation in a Down syndrome patient
  2. 25
  3. 26

  1. Certificate in Special Care Dental Nursing
  2. 27
  3. 29

  1. Guidelines for the oral care of patients who are dependent, dysphagic or critically ill
  2. 30
  3. 33

  1. BSDH News
  2. 34
  3. 47

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