Past Issue

Issue: Volume 15, Issue 2
Release Date: 1 Jun 2022

In this issue:

•   View Article Making a difference Leigh H Hunter discusses the launch and growth of Growing Smiles.
•   View Article Fluoride within water supplies and prevalence of dental caries in young children Holly Weir Holly is a final year student undertaking the Oral Health Science Degree at the Universiy of Highlands and Islands.
•   View Article The trials and tribulations of a newly qualified clinician Hazel Rushworth reviews the start of her practising life.
•   View Article A day in the life of an undergraduate student…who became a medical emergency patient Victoria Kirven recalls her experience of anaphylaxis during a basic life support lesson as a first year dental therapy student.
•   View Article Year zero to dental therapist The entry to undergraduate dental therapy training programmes has changed over the years, but for those that do not have the traditional A-level qualifications to apply for dental therapy – there is still an option.
•   View Article Verifiable CPD Paper The Importance of Periodontal Screening in Paediatric Patients Rachel Oliver, BDS, Dental Core Trainee, Liverpool Dental Hospital. AA Adeyemi, BDS, MSc, PhD, MFDS (RCSEd), MPerio, RCSed, FHEA, Senior Lecturer in Periodontology, School of Dentistry, University of Liverpool and Liverpool Dental Hospital. SMG Lee, BDS, FDSRCS, FDS(PaedDent), RCSEdin, Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital and Liverpool Dental Hospital. N Gallichan, BChD, MJDF, RCS (Eng), Academic Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Dentistry, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital and Liverpool Dental Hospital.