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On February 13th the Platform for Better Oral Health in Europe launched its 2024-2029 manifesto ‘Smile your way to a Healthy Life’ in the European Parliament. The event was sponsored by MEPs Stelios Kympouropoulos (EPP, Greece), István Ujhelyi (S&D, Hungary), and Deirdre Clune (EPP, Ireland) and launched by Platform members, the Dental Officer at the WHO, representatives of civil society and EU policymakers. DDUH was represented by Prof Brian O’Connell (PER-IADR) and Max Walsh (EDSA).

  

Please note that the Bench Test Preparatory Course is currently fully booked. Should you wish to be added to the waiting list and informed of any cancellations, please email postgrad.admin@dental.tcd.ie.

Trinity College School of Dental Science is inviting applications to the Professional (Higher) Diploma in Orthodontic Therapy, to commence 2nd September 2024 for a 12-month full-time course. The Professional (Higher) Diploma in Orthodontic Therapy

On Friday 6th & Saturday 7th October 2023, the Prosthodontic Society of Ireland and the Dublin Dental University Hospital held a joint conference, entitled, "Prosthodontics 2023 - A Vision for the Future."

Congratulations to Bisola Aloba who graduated from TCD with her Ph.D. on Friday the 1st of December 2023. Bisola’s Ph.D. project involved the application of state-of-the-art whole-genome sequencing to investigate the emergence, dissemination, and evolution of Panton-Valentine leukocidin toxin–producing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains in the community and healthcare settings in Ireland and internationally. Bisola worked under the supervision of Professor David Coleman and Dr. Brenda McManus from the Dublin Dental University Hospital Microbiology Unit, Division of Oral Biosciences.

Dr. Patrick Quinn, a third year Clinical Doctorate Student in Dental Public Health at the School of Dental Science, Trinity College Dublin & Dublin Dental University Hospital, has been awarded the inaugural British Fluoridation Society Career Development Fellowship.  The Fellowship, which is funded by The Borrow Foundation, aims to aid the career development of dental professionals with an interest in community water fluoridation and grow expertise in this area.  Dr. Quinn's successful application built on work undertaken on the doctoral programme to date and will involve spending time at institutions abroad with international experts in the field as well as undertaking patient and public involvement (PPI) research relating to the availability of fluoride monitoring data to key stakeholders such as the public, dental professionals and researchers.  The Fellowship is for a period of two years and will culminate in a final report and a publication in a recognised academic journal.  Further information on the Fellowship is available on the British Fluoridation Society website at https://bfsweb.org/career-development-fellowship-funding-open/.  

Dublin Dental University Hospital will be accepting applications for the September 2024 intake to the Clinical Doctorate in Dental Surgery (D.Ch.Dent) full-time (3-year) and part-time (5-year) programmes until 30th November 2023 (inclusive). Applications for these programmes should be made online at https://www.tcd.ie/courses/postgraduate/courses/dental-surgery-dchdent/.

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