BACD Annual Conference Day 2

The second day of the conference kick-started by the energetic Dr Elliot Mechanic, just stepped off the plane from Montreal. He has a unique style of presentation being entertaining, making people laugh, while delivering useful practical information via complex case studies. Following Dr Mechanic was not going to be easy, but the precise and knowledgeable lecture by Dr Michael Zybutz on Gum Aesthetics was really useful and showed the great cosmetic gum surgery that can now be done and how it could benefit many of our patients.

SimplyEndo

Sophie is coming to the end of her first year at SimplyEndo. Lots of hard work and studying learning the best techniques for endodontic treatment (root canal treatment). More work to come, Exams in January! For more information about endodontic treatment and SimplyEndo see SimplyEndo.com

Trick or Treat

Halloween is almost on us. With many of us enjoying more treats it is worth reminding yourself about how to keep your teeth healthy and still enjoy your Halloween haul.

The British Dental Health Foundation have some great advice here.

Being Halloween the American had to do it better, well differently, see their video below.

Sporting Summer

What a great summer of sport.

Bradley Wiggins winning the Tour de France was the perfect start to what was an unmissable and amazing Olympics at London 2012.

Watching such events it is clear that these brilliant sports people have amazing support behind the scenes, but being dentists we couldn't help but worry about their teeth. Many amateur and professional sport people we see as patients have high rates of tooth decay caused by the need for abundant energy during training.

Often this energy is provided by regular consumption of energy drinks, energy gels and nutrition bars.

Regular and frequent consumption of sugar sources provides perfect conditions for tooth decay to run rampant.

Prevention is better than cure, and it is the sugars we eat little and often that cause highest rates of tooth decay.

We urge all our patients to reduce their frequency of sugar intake, and would advise all sports people, trainers and budding Olympians to try and reduce the number of times in a day that sugar is eaten.

For more information on the causes of tooth decay, read the British Dental Health Foundation's advice on Diet.

MouthHealthy

Great new patient information website launched by the American Dental Association (ADA) with really good information about your mouth, looking after your teeth and keeping your mouth healthy. Patient education is a really important part of our daily jobs as dentists.

Great Kids section too!

Take a look at www.mouthhealthy.org

Michael Wise Study Day

Great day of continued professional development in London at The Royal College of Medicine. A scientific review of lots of current dental journals, a presentation and discussion on the trend of using Zirconia in dentistry and a review of aesthetic analysis in advanced restorative Dentistry.

Having completed the year course five years ago, and carried on with quarterly study days since, I would recommend the course to any dentist striving to achieve the highest quality dentistry. The course is the most in depth and up to date course I have been on and I honestly believe that even the most experienced dentists would learn a great deal.