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The Restorative Department of the Dublin Dental University Hospital will provide a three-day update course in preparation for the Irish Dental Council’s Statutory Examination Bench Test.

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 September 2020, 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.

Yvonne Howell appeared on Ireland AM on January 7th showing viewers how to do a plaque test on a child with the help of a young volunteer, Laoise.

Dr Anne O’Connell has been awarded the Arthur J. Nowak Distinguished Visiting Professor for 2020.

The Dublin Dental University Hospital is now accepting applications for the Clinical Doctorate in Dental Surgery (D.Ch.Dent) Periodontology programme full-time (3-year) commencing in September 2020.  Applications will now be accepted until 29th November 2019 (inclusive).  Applicants may apply online via the following https://www.tcd.ie/courses/postgraduate/az/course.php?id=DPSDE-DSUR-1F09

The Dublin Dental University Hospital have extended the closing date for the Clinical Doctorate in Dental Surgery (D.Ch.Dent) Special Care Dentistry programme full-time (3-year) and part-time (5-year) commencing in September 2020.  Applications will now be accepted until 6th December 2019 (inclusive). 

The School of Dental Science runs a Day Programme each year for Transition Year students, taking a maximum of 50 students for the programme. Students will be selected from a range of schools around the country to maximise school participation. The date for the 2019/20 Transition Year Programme is Friday 29th November 2019. Students wishing to attend must complete this online application process and include Junior Certificate results and a personal statement. In the event of the programme being oversubscribed, places will be offered competitively on the basis of Junior Certificate results and personal statement highlighting the reasons for your interest in participation. Normally only one student per school will be selected. Places will not be offered until after the closing date for applications. The closing date for application is Sunday 17th November 2019.

The FDI Word Dental Federation at the  recent FDI/ADA Congress in San Francisco awarded Professor John Clarkson the Charles Godon Medal of Honour. The Award is the highest given by FDI and is made to oral health professionals who have made an outstanding contribution in the field of dentistry. He is the first recipient of the Award. Professor Clarkson has worked in general practice, the public health service, as Executive Director of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) and as Professor/ Consultant and also Dean of the Dental School in Trinity College. He was elected President of IADR and represented them on the FDI Science Committee for many years

The Dublin Dental University Hospital will begin 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 2020 from 1st October 2019 until 31st October 2019 (inclusive).  Applicants may apply online via the following https://www.tcd.ie/courses/postgraduate/az/course.php?id=DPSDE-DSUR-1F09