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The Irish Division of the International Association of Dental Research (IADR) held its annual scientific meeting on the 5th February 2021. Due to the current COIVID-19 pandemic this meeting was held virtually.

This 16 month training programme offers an opportunity to those currently employed as trainee dental nurses to achieve a formal award. Successful completion of this programme, commencing August 2021, will lead to a Diploma in Dental Nursing (Trinity College Dublin) and will permit entry onto the Voluntary Dental Council Register for Dental Nurses in Ireland.

Dublin Dental University Hospital will be accepting applications for the Certificate in Orofacial Pain until 15th December. This is a year-long, part-time programme, designed to equip general dentists and dental specialists with knowledge and skills in the areas of neuropathic orofacial pain, headache disorders and temporomandibular disorders. Applications for the programme should be made online at: https://www.tcd.ie/courses/postgraduate/az/course.php?id=DPCDE-OPAI-1P01. Interviews for shortlisted candidates will take place via Zoom on 18th December.

Congratulations to final year students Varsha Lal, Alison McCullagh, Shahd Busnaina, Saoirse Kilgarriff and Eszter Lujber who each represented Dublin Dental University Hospital and were runners-up in this years RAMI Student Research Awards.

Dublin Dental University Hospital will be accepting applications for the Clinical Doctorate in Dental Surgery (D.Ch.Dent) full-time (3-year) and part-time (5-year) programmes commencing in September 2021 from 1st November until 30th November 2020 (inclusive). Applications for these programmes should be made online at www.tcd.ie/courses/postgraduate/how-to-apply

Dr Alison Dougall has been inaugurated as the president of  the International Association of Disability and Oral Health (iADH) at its general assembly meeting last Saturday 3rd of October. Dr Dougall has had a long and active involvement with iADH, beginning as an emerging young researcher later involved as chair of the education committee, the secretary, the editor and finally chair of the executive board. Alison is Consultant for Medically Compromised Patients at Dublin Dental Hospital and Director of the 3 year Special Care Dentistry taught Doctorate programme at Trinity College Dublin. Dr Dougall was the co-author of the iADH curriculum for training at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and has taught SCD and sedation to dentists, hygienists, therapists and dental nurses for over 20 years. She is a passionate advocate, campaigning for increased access to services for people with disabilities and also recognition and rights for the teams that care for them.

Dear All, Thank-you so much to the attendees of this academic years Odontology Section RAMI meetings. Despite the pandemic lockdown restrictions, we enjoyed a very successful year, which included a packed house and a very warm welcome for our locally and internationally acclaimed speakers at our February meeting. The audience was clearly overwhelmed following the powerful clinical presentations from Dr Gerry Cleary, Dr PJ Byrne, Dr Marielle Blake and Dr Patrick Palacci which highlighted the possibilities and new heights which can be reached when interdiciplinary colleagues combine their efforts to realise clinical excellence.  Some photos from the evening are on twitter.  Looking forward to seeing you all at the next meetings during the 2020-2021 academic year. Best wishes, David McReynolds Odontology Section Secretary RAMI

Letter in Irish Times from Mouth Head & Neck (MHN) Cancer Awareness Ireland Group - representing MHN Cancer Survivors, Irish Cancer Society, Dental Health Foundation, Irish Dental Association, Spunout, Cork Dental Hospital, National Cancer Control Programme and Dublin Dental University Hospital.  Mouth Cancer Awareness Day will be on Wednesday 16 September 2020.  The focus of our information and advice in 2020 will be on older people to increase awareness about prevention and early detection of MHN Cancer: