Friday 26th November 2010

Details of these meetings are posted on our Postgraduate Courses page.

This meeting was held at The Headland Hotel, Newquay on Friday 11th December 2009 and covered subjects as diverse as prions and washer disinfectors, irrigation methods in root canal therapy, achieving ideal contact points with posterior composites and caries prevention in the geriatric patient.

 

The Annual General Meeting was held at Bustophers, Lemon Street, Truro, on Wednesday 25th November.

The future of Cornwall IDP was discussed in detail.

Peter Hodgkinson wanted to stand down as chairman and Craig Jeffrey as treasurer.

It was decided that, from December 2010, Mike Adams will become chairman and Dean Mooney will become treasurer.

On Friday 3rd July 2009, 45 delegates had an extremely entertaining and informative day with Professor St. John Crean, who is Professor of Medicine at the Peninsula Dental School. He was the first member of staff at the Peninsula Dental School to speak to Cornwall IDP and we were delighted to welcome him.

The meeting took place at Bedruthan Steps Hotel, Newquay.

St. John concentrated on oral manifestations off systemic disease in the morning, and covered management of collapse in the dental chair in the afternoon.

The relatively new venue surpassed our expectations with excellent service and the sun shone throughout the day, highlighting the beautiful coastal setting.

The next Cornwall Dental Ball will be held at Bedruthan Steps Hotel on Saturday 30th January 2010.

The band will be Rhythm Machine, who were so good at the last Dental Ball in 2008.

There will also be entertainmemt by Gary Mac, who is a close up magician, and there will be roulette and blackjack. The evening will end with a disco.

Further information about about ticket prices, etc. will be posted here soon.

Two members of Cornwall IDP have recently won a national award for the excellence of their practice.

Richard and Sally Hudson, of Green Room Dentistry, Newquay, were the overall winners of Dental Practice magazine's WOW! Awards for 2009. They were also the winners of the Small Town Practice category.

For further information about the WOW! Awards click here

IDP Chairman, Peter Hodgkinson, reports -

We had a great meeting at St Mellion with John. There were 53 delegates present.

He gave us a précis of his week, having first spent two days touring York before speaking to the BDA section in Hull.

He showed us before and after radiographs of his recent knee replacement in zirconium, and explained the similarities between orthopaedic surgery and restorative dentistry.

He gave us a complete history of enamel, dentine and 'wet' bonding, and explained that the 7th generation of bonding agents were not as effective as the 5th. He was not a great supporter of the all-in-one bonding systems, and preferred to maintain the etch, conditioner, bond process.

He spent a long time explaining why dentine should always be sealed whenever it has been cut, or even polished, and showed lots of histological images to support how porous the dentine becomes after it has been modified.

There were many questions throughout the day, and although full of content and evidence-based material, John had a very relaxed style, making the day very entertaining and enjoyable.