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WELCOME
Welcome
Welcome to the eighteenth issue of the Dental Institute’s enewsletter.
Yet again, the enewsletter is full of good news stories, which bring great credit to the Dental Institute. The
range and impact of the various achievements is tremendous, adding greatly to the national and international standing of our world-class
institution, which is delighted to be an important, highly regarded part of the 2010 Sunday Times University of the Year.
Welcome to the eighteenth issue of the Dental Institute’s enewsletter.
Yet again, the enewsletter is full of good news stories, which bring great credit to the Dental Institute. The
range and impact of the various achievements is tremendous, adding greatly to the national and
international standing of our world-class institution, which is delighted to be an important, highly regarded
part of the 2010 Sunday Times University of the Year.
A special, warm welcome is extended to all new students of the Institute. You are to be congratulated on winning
a place to study at King’s. It is to be hoped that you will both enjoy and excel in your studies. The Institute is most
anxious that all its students have a good student experience, and realise their full potential as students of the
College.
In looking forward to the 2010-11 academic session, I wish everyone a very successful year ahead.
Nairn Wilson
Dean and Head of the Dental Institute
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
Professor Tim Watson awarded Colyer Prize
Professor Timothy Watson has won the Colyer Prize of the Section of Odontology of the Royal Society of
Medicine (RSM).
Professor Timothy Watson has won the Colyer Prize of the Section of Odontology of the Royal Society of
Medicine (RSM).
The prize is awarded for the best original work in dental science completed in the last five years in the United
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Kingdom.
Professor Watson is Director of Research and Head of the Biomaterials, Biomimetics & Biophotonics Research
Group at King's College London Dental Institute. His winning entry, entitled ‘Towards better diagnosis, better
caries removal and better restorations in Operative Dentistry’ gives insight into the recent research relating to
Operative Dentistry that has evolved in his research group and laboratory.
The group and its activities in the last five years have established new methods for caries detection, new methods
for selective caries removal and, developed adhesive techniques that can seal the caries affected dentine with
minimal tissue removal and maximum tissue preservation.
The presentation of the Colyer Prize took place on Monday 13 September at the 2010 Presidential Meeting of the
Section of Odontology of the RSM.
On receiving this prestigious award, Professor Watson commented: ‘It is fantastic to have so much hard work
recognised and rewarded by such a prestigious prize awarded by the esteemed RSM. It is a tribute to the friends,
students and superb colleagues in my research group who have made it all possible’.
In the picture: From L-R: Professor Nairn Wilson, Professor Timothy Watson and immediate past president of the Odontological Section of the RSM Dr Vivian E
Rushton (Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology, The School o fDentistry, Manchester).
Dental one-in-a-million
More than £1million has been left to King’s College London by a former student who studied dentistry in the
1940s.
More than £1million has been left to King’s College London by a former student who studied dentistry in
the 1940s.
Diana Trebble (née Jennings), who died in February last year, left two thirds of her estate to King’s and
her gift will be used to create an open scholarship for postgraduate dental students called the ‘Diana
Trebble PhD Scholarship’.
Diana joined Guy’s at the end of the 1940s, one of a very small number of female students in the post-war era,
graduating as a Licentiate in Dental Surgery in 1953. She went on to take over her family’s dental practice in
Ealing, eventually moving to Minehead in Somerset.
Professor Nairn Wilson, Deputy Vice-Principal (Health) and Dean and Head of the Dental Institute comments:
‘The Dental Institute is thrilled to receive this most generous gift from the late Mrs Trebble which will create an
endowed postgraduate scholarships to undertake cutting edge research in various aspects of oral and dental
science.’
The College receives a proportion of charitable gifts in the form of legacies which are made not only by alumni
but by current and former staff, as well as by parents of students and patients of the Health Schools.
‘Diana Trebble’s fantastically generous legacy is a huge benefit to the College and the Dental Institute,’ said Jas
Chahal, the College’s Legacy Officer. ‘The legacy programme relies on gifts of all kinds. Many people ensure
their loved ones are provided for and leave King’s a proportion of what’s left. Some chose to donate their full
estate to the College. Every single gift made in a will, whatever its size, means a great deal and goes a long way
in giving future support at the College.’
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The Dental Institute at King’s College London trains a fifth of all dentists in England and Wales and, with its
innovative approach to online learning provide professional training to dentists from 40 countries world-wide.
Excellence in teaching and research is reflected by top ratings in the last QAA and RAE reviews.
For more information about legacy giving please contact [email protected].
GDC visit the Dental Institute
Members of the General Dental Council (GDC) visited the Dental Institute on
29 September to gain an insight into the Institute’s activities and facilities,
and arrangements for dental education in general.
Members of the General Dental Council (GDC) visited the Dental Institute on 29 September to gain
an insight into the Institute’s activities and facilities, and arrangements for dental education in
general.
The unique visit was an opportunity for the GDC members to visit a dental school and hospital and
to meet some of the Institute's key players.
Professor Nairn Wilson, Dr Mark Woolford, Professor Stephen Challacombe and Dr Barry Quinn gave
presentations highlighting the teaching, research and clinical service within the Dental Institute. In
addition, Rob Hale informed the visitors about King’s College Hospital and Sara Holmes spoke about
the new University of Portsmouth Dental Academy.
Following the presentations, the visitors were invited to take a tour of the Dental institute in Guy’s
Hospital, viewing the clinical skills facilities on Floor 20, the clinics on Floor 21, the new sedation
unit on Floor 26 and the research laboratories on Floor 27.
Professor Nairn Wilson, Dean and Head of the Dental Institute, who hosted the visit said: ‘The
Dental Institute was delighted to host a visit for members of the General Dental Council, in
particular, those members that had not previously had opportunity to visit a dental school and
associated hospital. The Institute was pleased to have opportunity to impress on the visitors the
range and relationships between the many, varied activities of a dental school and associated
hospital. A highlight of the visit was a reception at which the visitors were able to meet staff and
students at all levels.’
The GDC is the organisation that regulates dental professionals in the UK. The Council is made up of
24 members and a Chair. Twelve are members of the public (lay members) and twelve are
registrant members. The Appointments Commission appointed all members.
Institute host VIP lunch
On 22 October, a VIP lunch was held in the Robens Suite on Guy’s Campus with the purpose of informing
influential people about the varied work of the Dental Institute.
On 22 October, a VIP lunch was held in the Robens Suite on Guy’s Campus with the purpose of informing
influential people about the varied work of the Dental Institute.
The lunch was attended by 15 guests including, Kay Glendinning MBE, Patron of the Dental Alumni and Dunhill
Medical Trust, Sue Gregory, Deputy Chief Dental Officer at the Department of Health, Dr Judith Husband,
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Deputy Chair on the Executive Board of the British Dental Association, Ryan Wain, President of King’s College
London Student Union, and the members of the Council of Governors of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation
Trust.
The informal gathering, hosted by the Dean, Professor Nairn Wilson, and the Vice Dean and Director of External
Strategy, Professor Stephen Challacombe, was an opportunity for guests to meet some of the Institute's senior
members of staff, all of whom have contributed greatly to making the Dental Institute one of the most influential
academic centres in the world.
Following the lunch, the guests took a tour of the Dental Institute at Guy's, to gain an insight of the Institute's
activities in the three main areas of education, research and clinical.
The next VIP lunch will be held on 15 April 2011.
EDUCATION
Dental Academy opens to visitors
The new University of Portsmouth Dental Academy marked its successful launch as an innovative centre
for dental training by opening its doors to a host of visitors and students on 15 September.
The new University of Portsmouth Dental Academy marked its successful launch as an innovative centre
for dental training by opening its doors to a host of visitors and students on 15 September.
The Dental Academy is a brand new purpose-designed facility to train final-year undergraduate dentists
and dental care professionals. It represents the innovative educational partnership set up between the
University of Portsmouth and King's College London Dental Institute.
Professor Nairn Wilson CBE, Dean and Head of the Dental Institute, joined colleagues and students from
Portsmouth in welcoming the first cohort of fifth-year dental undergraduates from the Dental Institute and
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meeting representatives from the local dental community.
Students attended their first seminars in the building and had their first sessions in the brand new stateof-the-art clinic. Meanwhile over 80 people from local dental practices toured the new £9 million facility
and had an opportunity to see for themselves where dental professionals of the future are being trained.
Staff, students and representatives from the South’s dental practices also converged to hear a lecture by
Professor Wilson on the Vision for the Future of Dentistry.
The arrival of the first cohort of 20 students from the Dental Institute marks a significant milestone and the
successful culmination of over two years preparatory planning. Professor Wilson said that it was a
pleasure to welcome the new students from the Dental Institute and returning students from the University
of Portsmouth to the Dental Academy where he looked forward to a long and successful partnership.
Every year around 80 student dentists from the Dental Institute will join dental hygiene therapy and
nursing students from Portsmouth to train and work together in a team-based model of primary care
dentistry for 10 weeks each. Together they will provide high quality, prevention-based minimal intervention
care to a diverse range of patients in and around Portsmouth, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
The Dental Academy plans to work with key stakeholders including local dental professionals, health and
other organisations to raise the oral health aspirations of local communities. It will also offer a proactive
and dynamic programme of continuing professional development training events for local dental care
professionals.
Building and set up costs were funded by grants from the Higher Education Funding Council for England
and the NHS. The additional annual running costs will be funded by contracts with the local NHS and the
Dental Service Increment for Teaching.
The official opening of the new facilities will take place on 2 February 2011.
For further information visit: www.port.ac.uk/dentalacademy
Professor Wilson and colleagues with the new students from the Dental Institute and the returning students from the University of Portsmouth.
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hapTEL Virtual Dental Lab celebration
More than 50 educators, researchers, students and policy makers gathered on 20 September at the Dental Institute to celebrate the
Phase I achievements of the hapTEL project.
More than 50 educators, researchers, students and policy makers gathered on 20 September at the
Dental Institute to celebrate the Phase I achievements of the hapTEL project.
The event launched the ‘curriculum beta version’ of the project’s haptic mouth, which allows dental
students to practise drilling teeth in a 3-D touch-sensitive simulation rather than on expensive plastic
teeth, thus saving money and enhancing the students’ learning.
The £1.5m ESRC/EPSRC funded project has an interdisciplinary team of 20 researchers, led by Professor
Margaret Cox at King’s in partnership with colleagues at the University of Reading and Birmingham City
University. The team designed not only the technology, but also the curriculum to go with it.
The Principal, Professor Rick Trainor opened the proceedings by pointing out that the evening’s
programme reflected the rich interdisciplinary and multi-institutional flavour of the project.
Professor Nairn Wilson, Dean of the Dental Institute, spoke of the hapTEL’s ‘significant advancement of
the possibilities in relation to simulation in dental education’, which has sparked commercial interest that
could well influence the dental profession. Next a series of project staff discussed the project’s various
pedagogical, dental and technical impacts.
The Principal and Project Director Professor Margaret Cox, then, officially opened the laboratory, followed
by a demonstration of the hardware and software in action from the evening’s MC and Project Manager Dr
Jonathan San Diego, along with senior researcher Dr Alistair Barrow and PhD student Mr Brian Tse.
Project Manager Dr Jonathan San Diego commented: 'The virtual dental training simulator was designed
to meet the requirements of clinicians, tutors and students. We adopted the terminology that is used in
practice when operating with human patients in order to support a smooth transfer from virtual to real
world scenarios.
'The students perform virtual operations on an accurate three-dimensional reconstruction of the anatomy
of teeth and jaw. The students are able to feel that they are cutting different tooth tissues as a result of the
tactile feedback provided through a real dental drill attached to a modified gaming device.'
For more information about the projecct visit the HapTEL website.
The Principal, Professor Rick Trainor and Project Director, Professor Margaret Cox officially opening the laboratory.
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Teacher recognised for India outreach work
Dr Subir Banerji has been awarded the prestigious Annual Award of Achievement (Education) by the India
International Foundation.
Dr Subir Banerji has been awarded the prestigious Annual Award of Achievement (Education) by the India
International Foundation.
Dr Banerji was presented with his award by His Excellency Nalin Surie, who is the High Commissioner
of India to the United Kingdom. Subir is Deputy Director of the Unit’s MSc in Aesthetic Dentistry and is a
senior clinical teacher for the MClinDent in Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics and the Unit of
Primary Dental Care.
Since 1990 Dr Banerji has been involved in setting up training facilities for both dental and medical
practitioners in India. With Professor Brian Millar, Director of Distance Learning at King’s College
London, he has set up two master’s programmes in India allowing Indian dental surgeons to study and
train for a world class master’s degree from King’s College London without having to leave India. These
programmes have now been running for six consecutive years and are recognised by the Dental
Council of India.
In 1998 he was involved in the opening of a charity dental hospital in Chitracoot, which is one of the
poorest areas in India on the border of Uttar and Madhya Pradesh. It provides oral surgery and dental
treatment free to villagers in the area and training for local resident surgeons. In 2008 with the help of
Bill Sharpling, also of King’s College London, a state-of-the-art laboratory was set up at this hospital.
Dr Banerji is also an Advisor to and Executive Director of i2itelesolutions, India, a company which has
developed software enabling medical diagnosis of infant retinopathy, cardiology and ultrasound reporting,
facilitating specialist medical care to reach the very poor and remote regions of India.
Picture: Dr Subir Banerji (left) receiving his award from the High Commissioner of India, His Excellency Nalin Surie (centre) and Mr Hardyal S Luther,
President of the India International Foundation (right).
Festival of Learning
King's College London, in collaboration with the University of Warwick, hosted a Festival of Learning on 14
September. Contributing to the day was the hapTEL team in which members presented posters and gave
oral presentations about the project and the results of the studies conducted so far.
King's College London, in collaboration with the University of Warwick, hosted a Festival of Learning on 14
September. Contributing to the day was the hapTEL team in which members presented posters and gave
oral presentations about the project and the results of the studies conducted so far.
The Director of hapTEL, Professor Margaret Cox, spoke about the strategies to incorporate new technologies
within the dental curriculum, innovation on haptics in technology-enhanced learning and case study examples of
e-learning across the College. Senior Research Officer and Project Manager, Dr Jonathan San Diego, explored the
psychometric skills enhanced through the use of technology-enhanced learning (TEL) that learners’ deploy
when completing dental-clinical tasks. In their joint presentation, posters and workshop, they reported on the
range of qualitative and quantitative methods being used in the project and the stage 1 results on 144 Year 1
students at the end of the Autumn term in 2009. One main result show that the students who were only taught
using the hapTEL virtual system and had never treated a real or plastic tooth, performed as well as the
traditionally taught students when removing caries on a plastic tooth.
The Festival was the culmination of the King's Warwick Project drawing on the outcomes as well as wider
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examples of innovation in teaching and learning from other schools.
The Principal, Professor Rick Trainor, opened the Festival and four renowned national and international
academics at the forefront of curriculum change acted as keynote speakers. Professor Steve Fuller (Warwick),
David Hays (Chicago), Professor Bryan MacGregor (Aberdeen) and Professor Amy Tsui (Hong Kong) challenged
our notions of curriculum.
The seminars, poster presentations and table demonstrations on innovative teaching and learning took place in the
afternoon and the festival closed with entertainment from the all male cappella group All the King’s Men.
ADEE Annual Meeting 2010: Digital Dentistry
The 2010 ADEE (Association of Dental Education of Europe) Annual Meeting was held at the newly
opened ACTA dental school building in Amsterdam with approximately 400 attending this pan European
conference.
The 2010 ADEE (Association of Dental Education of Europe) Annual Meeting was held at the newly
opened ACTA dental school building in Amsterdam with approximately 400 attending this pan European
conference.
A total of 77 poster presentations were given under the themes: learning (digital) environment; clinical dentistry
and skills; simulation, haptics and virtual; society and behaviour; and assessment.
The Dental Institute’s contribution was significant at the conference – UDENTE presented two posters, hapTEL
had five posters and two oral presentations. The Education Directorate was represented by Dr Mark Woolford,
Director of Education, who presented Investigating formative and summative assessment methods for technologyenhanced learning (TEL) of dental clinical skills, Dr Barry Quinn, Director of St Thomas’ Dental Polyclinic, who
presented three papers on “Incorporating technology enhanced learning within a university dental undergraduate
curriculum: contextual and pedagogical issues,” “Are 360˚ assessments effective for the dental team”, and “A
sociological inquiry on the tensions of having an increasingly female profession on interprofessional education
and leadership” and Richard Johnson, Honorary Senior Clinical Teacher and Head of Nursing, Dental Hygiene
and Therapy, who presented “Patient satisfaction in an interdisciplinary education outreach dental polyclinic
setting”.
King’s College London was also a listed sponsor and had presentations at separate satellite presentations on
UDENTE, flexible learning degrees and hapTEL.
In total the Dental Institute presented eight posters where the first author came from the Institute, representing just
over 10% for all poster presentations.
RESEARCH
New sociology book published
Sasha Scambler, Lecturer in Sociology as Applied to Dentistry at the Dental Institute and Graham
Scambler, Professor of Medical Sociology in the UCL Division of Population Health at University College
London, have recently edited a new book on the theory and research in disability studies.
Sasha Scambler, Lecturer in Sociology as Applied to Dentistry at the Dental Institute and Graham
Scambler, Professor of Medical Sociology in the UCL Division of Population Health at University College
London, have recently edited a new book on the theory and research in disability studies.
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New Directions in the Sociology of Chronic and Disabling Conditions: Assaults on the Lifeworld charts the new
directions in theory and research in disability studies, giving purpose and shape to the emerging confluence of
ideas between traditionally opposed groups.
This collection uniquely brings together leading international scholars in medical sociology and disability
theory to critically review the sociology of chronic and disabling conditions and disability studies. Examining the
ways which we define, live with, treat and contest the 'assaults on the lifeworld' occasioned by enduring illness
and disability, this collection will prove indispensible to all those interested in cutting-edge,
innovative scholarship in the field.
New Directions in the Sociology of Chronic and Disabling Conditions: Assaults on the Lifeworld is published by
Palgrave Macmillan.
Research paper published
Katy Kabenge's research study that won first prize in Amsterdam last year at the IADMFR conference
Research Awards competition has been published in print.
Katy Kabenge's research study that won first prize in Amsterdam last year at the IADMFR conference
Research Awards competition has been published in print.
Katy's paper won the first prize at the Research Award competition at the biennial International
Congress of DentoMaxilloFacial Radiology, which took place at the end of June, 2009, in Amsterdam.
Katy completed her distance learning MSc in Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology in 2009. Dr Suk Ng,
Course Director, supervised her research project.
Prize awarded for best poster presentation
Dr Yoko Tanaka has been awarded the prize for the most outstanding poster presentation in a basic
research subject at the recent 20th congress of the International Association for Disability and Oral Health,
held in Ghent, Belgium for her presentation titled ‘Establishment of a mouse caries model by Down
syndrome model mouse.’
Dr Yoko Tanaka has been awarded the prize for the most outstanding poster presentation in a basic
research subject at the recent 20th congress of the International Association for Disability and Oral
Health, held in Ghent, Belgium for her presentation titled ‘Establishment of a mouse caries model by
Down syndrome model mouse.’
Dr Tanaka is a visiting scientist in the Department of Craniofacial Development at the Dental Institute from
Tokyo, Japan. Supervised by Professor Paul Sharpe, her study involves using mouse genetics to model dental and
craniofacial abnormalities in Downs Syndrome.
CLINICAL SERVICE
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New alliance for a cavity-free future
Professor Raman Bedi and other worldwide leaders in dentistry and public health have launched a global
campaign to stop cavities at the FDI World Dental Congress in Brazil.
At the recent FDI World Dental Congress in Brazil, Professor Raman Bedi, Director of the Global Child
Dental Health Taskforce at the Dental Institute, along with other worldwide leaders in dentistry and public
health, launched a global campaign to stop cavities, the Alliance for a Cavity-Free Future (the Alliance).
The Alliance calls for global collaborative action to challenge global leaders and other regional and local
stakeholders to learn the importance of caries as a disease continuum, by recognizing that early cavities (known as
caries) are preventable and initially reversible, and developing comprehensive programs for prevention and
management.
Tooth decay is the most common chronic disease on the planet, affecting five billion people, or nearly 80 percent
of the world’s population. As dietary patterns around the globe shift, some countries struggle to manage the
growing prevalence of caries in their populations. This results in diminishing oral health; reduces overall
well-being, self-esteem, employability and social mobility; and affects both individuals and countries from an
economic standpoint.
‘The level of resources and intervention from both a public health and clinical perspective is inconsistent around
the world,’ said Professor Bedi, who is Co-Director of the Alliance for a Cavity-Free Future and Chairman of the
Global Child Dental Fund. ‘This means that millions are suffering from a problem we know how to stop. Caries
deserves greater attention in order to elevate it as an important health issue.’
As part of the events at FDI, worldwide leaders signed a global declaration committing to the goals of the
Alliance. The Alliance aims to continue driving a dialogue with global health organizations, as well as executing
the campaign on a local level. The first initiative completed is a free, online resource that provides professionals
and communities with evidenced-based tools and support materials for local action.
The Alliance for a Cavity-Free Future is a worldwide group of experts who have joined together to promote
integrated clinical and public health action in order to stop caries initiation and progression in order to move
towards a Cavity-Free Future for all age groups.
For more information, visit the Alliance website.
Read the full press release.
Professor Raman Bedi signing the declaration.
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Refurbishment of Sedation and Special Care clinic
Carole A Boyle, Consultant in Special Care Dentistry, reports on how the refurbished Sedation and Special
Care clinic will better serve patients.
The Department of Sedation and Special Care Dentistry is pleased to announce that the clinic on Floor
26, Guy’s Tower Wing, has been completely refurbished to better serve the increasing number of patients
who are referred to us for dental care.
This unique department provides oral health care for a challenging group who are unable to receive dental care in
the primary care setting. The group includes those with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, dental phobia,
compromising medical conditions and an increasing number with head and neck cancer who are receiving
oncology treatment at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust .
'We provide ordinary dental treatment for a group of extra-ordinary people.' David Craig, Head of Department.
The new clinic has thirteen surgeries specifically designed to meet the needs of our patients: each surgery has
piped gases for the provision of inhalational sedation and full monitoring equipment for intravenous sedation. An
innovation is a computer screen above every dental chair displaying relaxing images. This provides distraction for
anxious patients and augments the soothing green shade of the clinic chairs and cabinets.
'My friend Roger has attended the Special Care Clinic for more than thirty years and has been cared for
brilliantly by two just excellent consultants and the other staff in a way that overcomes an awful lot of the anxiety
that he feels. He now self administers his initial nasal sedation - brilliant. He is treated with sympathy and dignity
with an eye to the whole spectrum of his needs - we cannot thank the staff enough.' John Dennis
The established Margaret Melville surgery with its wheelchair access platform has helped provide care for
wheelchair users who cannot transfer from their own chair. Patients travel long distances to use this facility.
'The wheelchair platform is a wonderful help, being able to stay in my wheelchair while having my treatment is
superb, the platform is very special. I like it so much better than laying down on a couch. I travel from
Northamptonshire to Guy's Hospital, because it is so much better staying in my wheelchair, rather than being
lifted on to a couch.' Dorcas Munday MBE
As part of the refurbishment, the surgery now has a bariatric chair to provide care for those who cannot be treated
safely in ordinary dental chairs due to their weight.
I treat a number of obese patients and think they feel much more secure in the bariatric chair.
The department was extremely fortunate that Pepe Shirlaw, our Clinical Director, was able to secure funding for
this major refurbishment in this difficult financial climate.
We look forward to treating all our patients in a much improved environment and making dental care a more
enjoyable experience for them.
Carole A Boyle
Consultant in Special Care Dentistry
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Priya Patel and Sneha Mehta, Group 5.5, on the refurbished Sedation
and Special Care clinic.
Dental Polyclinic opens following refurbishment
The Dental Polyclinic at St Thomas’ Hospital has reopened following a £800,000 refurbishment.
The Dental Polyclinic at St Thomas’ Hospital has reopened following a £800,000 refurbishment.
The Polyclinic under the leadership of Director Dr Barry Quinn and Dental Sister Suzanne Chambers is an area
where undergraduate BDS and Dental Care Professional students experience situated learning in an environment
similar to that of a general dental practice. Students are taught fully-integrated and high-quality interdisciplinary
restorative adult care in a dental team setting. The Polyclinic also hosts postgraduate student and consultant staff
specialty clinics. The Polyclinic has 24 surgeries and has a small on-site laboratory and radiography facilities.
The Polyclinic is always busy and each year over 8,500 patients are cared for by the interdisciplinary team. The
clinic surgeries have been redesigned with new cabinetry and Belmont Cleo chairs, giving the patient and the
dental team more comfort room to work in.
The Polyclinic is a vital dental practice for our local population, who require general dental practitioner services,
inpatients and outpatients that require input from specialist services such as the haematology service provided by
Dr Chris Dickinson, and the sleep service provided by the Director of Education Dr Mark Woolford.
Director, Dr Barry Quinn, explained: 'Our patient feedback emphasised that we needed to update our clinical
space to improve its comfort for patients and their relatives. It also enables us to work more efficiently. Over
recent years we have expanded the interdisciplinary dental team as our patient numbers have steadily increased.
We are delighted that the clinic refurbishment is now finished. The final result makes it a more pleasant
environment for everyone – patients, students, nurses, dentists and our administration team.'
Richard Johnson, Head of Nursing; Dental Hygiene and Therapy, said: 'The refurbished clinic compliments the
high standard of care patients receive from the interdisciplinary team.'
Dr Quinn with student Dhanujah Cellappah.
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Dr Quinn with student Vishal Mohal.
UNDERGRADUATES
Research prize for Najam Imam
Najam Imam, 5th year dental student, has been awarded the prestigious Junior Colgate Research Prize of
the British Society of Oral and Dental Research.
Najam Imam, 5th year dental student, was awarded the prestigious Junior Colgate Research Prize of the
British Society of Oral and Dental Research (BSODR) at the recent meeting of the International
Association for Dental Research (IADR) held in Barcelona.
The prize was for the best research presentation by an undergraduate student and was awarded for his presentation
"The Role of MicroRNA in Tooth Development" based on research he carried out during his intercalated BSc
under the supervision of Dr Atsushi Ohazama and Professor Paul Sharpe in the Department of Craniofacial
Development and Orthodontics.
As part of the prize, Najam will go forward to represent the British Division in the Junior Hatton Awards of the
IADR, and will receive an all expenses paid trip to the IADR General Session in San Diego, California, in March
2011, to take part in this competition.
Commenting on his achievement, Najam said: ‘It is a great honour and privilege to be awarded this prize. I am
grateful to the BSODR to acknowledge many months of hard work by both my supervisors and myself. Receiving
the award was a fantastic added bonus to what was already an exciting and unforgettable experience in
Barcelona at my first international conference.’
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50 students attend EAOM conference
The European Association of Oral Medicine recently sponsored 50 students to attend their biennial conference. Harriet Brookman reports
on the day.
The European Association of Oral Medicine (EAOM) recently sponsored 50 students to attend their
biennial conference. Held at Westminster’s magnificent Central Hall from the 23-25 September with each
day devoted time to a different aspect of this speciality.
The first focused on ‘The Diagnosis and Management of Common Oral Mucosal Diseases’ and was chaired by
Mrs Elizabeth Jones and Mr Nigel Fisher (Dean and Associate Dean of The London Deanery). Alongside dentists
from primary and secondary care, the students enjoyed detailed, but comprehensible talks on Oral Lichen Planus,
potentially malignant disorders of the oral mucosa and non dental orofacial pain to name but a few. Speakers
included our own Professor Saman Warnakulasuriya who imparted valuable lessons in the importance of detection
of precancer and its management.
The following day was centred on the ‘Restorative Rehabilitation of the diseased mouth’ and students were
grateful to receive evidence-based advice on treatments for a variety of conditions. Highlights included the
provision of implants to patients on bisphosphonates and to those with oral mucosal disease.
The conference concluded with interesting presentations on ‘Infectious Diseases in Primary Care’ and included
talks on infection control by Dr Caroline Pankhurst and Dr Chris Dickenson; a discussion on the oral cavity and
sexually transmitted diseases by Revd Dr John Philpott-Howard, and a lecture by Professor William Wade on
water borne pathogens.
Running concurrently to the CPD sessions for dentists and dental care professionals was the World Workshop in
which a transatlantic symposium was held. Major landmarks in European and American Oral Medicine were
celebrated and the areas that require further research were identified.
Having attended the conference, students left not only with a greater knowledge of this diverse subject, but were
also inspired by international expertise and proud to be a part of King's College London Dental Institute.
For more information visit The European Association of Oral Medicine website.
Harriet Brookman (4.4)
From L-R: Harriet Brookman, Bella Dave, William Blundell and
Jonathan Hulbert.
POSTGRADUATES
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Researcher awarded grant for tooth wear studies
Dr Rupert Austin, Clinical Research Fellow in Primary Dental Care, has been awarded £1350 from the
Glaxo Smith Kline Research Grants Programme by the Oral and Dental Research Trust, to support research investigating the potential for
fluoride varnishes and dentine bonding agents to provide enamel protection from multi-factorial tooth wear in vitro.
Dr Rupert Austin, Clinical Research Fellow in Primary Dental Care, has been awarded £1350 from the
Glaxo Smith Kline Research Grants Programme by the Oral and Dental Research Trust, to support
research investigating the potential for fluoride varnishes and dentine bonding agents to provide enamel
protection from multi-factorial tooth wear in vitro.
Dr Austin’s PhD research focuses on the prevention and management of erosive tooth wear, specifically
the role of fluoride products in protection against early enamel tooth wear. The funding will support a study
which has required development and validation of advanced imaging techniques, in collaboration with
researchers from the National Physical Laboratory, to measure tooth wear at the sub-micron level. Using
these techniques to model and measure multi-factorial tooth wear, this project will complete a series of
investigations into surface protection of enamel in a laboratory studies.
On receipt of the award, Dr Austin said: ‘I would like to thank the Oral and Dental Research Trust for this award,
and to especially thank my supervisors, Professor David Bartlett, Dr Rebecca Moazzez and Professor Stephen
Dunne. All their hard work in providing support and encouragement for my research has made it possible to
achieve this research grant.’
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