The successful candidate for this post will have a clinical and teaching background.  The postholder will be expected to run and teach on the orthodontic therapy postgraduate diploma programme.  Applicants will hold, as a minimum, a specialist qualification in Orthodontics and experience of course organisation/teaching.  Applicants should be on, or eligible to be on, the specialist list in Ireland. This position is available one day a week on a two- year, fixed term contract after an initial set-up period of one month.

Informal enquires with regard to this position can be made to: Dr Ebrahim Al-Awadhi, Director of Teaching and Learning (Postgraduate) on 01 6127303 or Professor June Nunn, Dean of the Dental School on 01 6127306.

Interested candidates should submit a letter of application together with four copies of their Curriculum Vitae to:

Human Resources Department

Dublin Dental University Hospital

Lincoln Place

Dublin 2.         

CLOSING DATE FOR POSTS: 5pm, Friday 31^st May 2013.

Shortlisting will take place.

Dublin Dental University Hospital is an equal opportunities employer.

Four of the finalists represented the DDUH and the winner of the competitions was Sultan Ahmed ( 5th year Dental Science).  Pictured below is Professor O’Mullane presenting the silver medal and cash award to Sultan Ahmed with D Finucane (past president).

Pictured above are finalists in the O’Mullane competition:  Eimear Hurley (UCC), Carmel Parnell ( HSE/UCC), Sultan Ahmed (DDUH), Kellie O’Shaughnessy (Mayo), Yvonne McAuley (DDUH) and Mary McGeown (DDUH) Missing from picture is Joe Hennessy (DDUH)

Each year the Odontology Section of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland awards a Bronze Medal for the best dissertation by a Final Year dental student.

This year four students were selected to present their dissertations at this prestigious event which took place on Wednesday 24^th April 2013 in the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland.  The students selected were:

Niamh Rice : Surgery is no longer required for managing osteoradionecrosis of the jaws.  

Junaid Nayyar: There is no longer a need to remove retained root fragments following attempted extraction or incidental radiographic findings.

Ahmed Sultan: Does the dentist have a role in identifying patients with undiagnosed diabetes mellitus?

Jessica Rice: Systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials do not predict the effectiveness of a large scale public health measure.

Trinity College Dublin School of Dental Science and the Dublin Dental University Hospital are proud to announce that the winner of this year’s Bronze Medal was Ahmed Sultan.

The aim of this summer’s fellowship is to visit Professor Paul Mark’s epigenetic laboratory in Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital, New York to undergo applied training in cell biology/chromatin techniques associated with analysis of the regulators of cell pathways governing proliferation, death and migration in dental pulp mineralization. It is hoped that the introduction of new techniques will further develop research in the area of pulp regeneration at the material interface in DDUH.

The proposed fellowship complements the existing PhD theme investigating a potential role for epigenetic modifying agents (Histone deacetylase inhibitors) in regenerative vital pulp treatment. The current PhD research is being supervised by Professor’s Paul Cooper and Tony Smith in Birmingham, UK and Dr Garry Fleming in DDUH”. 

Fifteen doctoral students received their certificates as part of their structured PhD programmes. The Innovation Academy offers taught- and project-based modules in innovation and business areas such as business planning, creative capital, intellectual property and opportunity recognition and generation. There are currently 240 PhD students taking modules through the Innovation Academy, which was set up in 2010 under the TCD UCD Innovation Alliance partnership. Aisling Miller, A PhD student from the Dublin Dental University Hospital Microbiology Unit, Division of Oral Biosciences was among the first cohort of graduates. Aisling is engaged in applied and translational research on developing novel, environmentally friendly disinfection technologies to minimise infection risks in hospital water distribution networks and associated medical devices. In the Dublin Dental University Hospital, Aisling is part of Professor David Coleman’s research group working on the development of intelligent and automated systems for controlling microbial biofilm contamination in water networks, clinical washbasins and taps and in the development of novel disinfection approaches for medical devices.

Prospective applicants are advised that applications for all of our 2014 D.Ch.Dent programmes must be submitted via my.tcd.ie no later than October 31^st 2013.

We offer six strands within the D.Ch.Dent programme: Orthodontics, Oral Surgery, Paediatric Dentistry, Prosthodontics, Periodontology and Special Care Dentistry.

Full details of these D.Ch.Dent programmes can be found on our website at this link: www.dentalhospital.ie/education/post-graduates/taught-programms/dental-surgery/

Orla’s research focused on detailed population analysis of MRSA isolates recovered in Irish hospitals between 1971-2010 using high-throughput DNA microarray profiling. Her research showed that different strains of MRSA predominated in Irish hospitals at different time periods with regular strain replacement. Orla’s research also contributed to the development of advanced typing systems to discriminate between highly-clonal strains of the currently predominant MRSA ST22 strain. ST22s are notoriously difficult to track and Orla’s research has helped to provide valuable practical tools for tracing routes of strain transmission. Other research focused on investigating increased prevalence and mechanisms of resistance for the antibiotics mupirocin and fucidic acid that are used routinely to decolonise patients and staff carrying MRSA. Orla also contributed to the identification of a new multidrug resistance gene cfr in human MRSA. This gene is normally associated with animal staphylococci and its emergence in human strains is very significant.

Overall, Orla’s research has contributed significantly to the molecular epidemiology of MRSA in Ireland and internationally. She has published four papers to date in the American Society for Microbiology journals Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (Impact Factor 4.84) and The Journal of Clinical Microbiology (Impact Factor 4.15). Orla is currently employed as a Project Manager in the Method Development Department at Charles River Laboratories, Ballina, Co. Mayo.

Brian, Wan Ying and Abdulrahim are pictured with the Provost after the announcements in Front Square on Trinity Monday, 8th April 2013.  Pictured with the Provost, Professor Patrick Prendergast are (L-R):  Brian Dunne, Wan Ying Lim and Abdulrahim Mohamed

Dr Omer received his BDS degree from the University of Khartoum in 1981.  In 1986  he obtained an MSc from Manchester University and this was followed by a PhD in 1991 on a research project entitled ‘The Edge Strength of Posterior Composite Restoratives’.  Dr Omer joined the staff at the DDUH in 1991 as a Lecturer/Registrar and became a Senior Lecturer/Consultant in 2001.  He obtained his fellowship of Dental Surgery (FDS) from the RCSI in 1993 and in recent years became Faculty of Dentistry Board member.

The Faculty of Dentistry at the RCSI was founded in 1963.  This year is of special significance as it marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Faculty of Dentistry (1963 – 2013).  The Faculty is responsible for the maintenance of the highest standards of postgraduate training, for dentistry as a duty delegated from the Dental Council.  The Faculty has more than 1,000 Fellows and Members throughout the world.

If there is sufficient interest (minimum 10 participants, maximum 20 participants), the Bench Test Preparation programme 2013 will run for three and a half days, from Tuesday April 2^nd to Friday April 5^th. The final half day will be used for a trial bench test, with feedback from the instructors.

It will be take place in the “state of the art” teaching facilities at the Dublin Dental School and will consist of supportive lectures with extensive supervised opportunity to carry out appropriate restorative exercises, including class 1 & 2 amalgam restorations, all ceramic anterior crown preparation and temporisation.

On the final day, participants will have the opportunity to complete preparations under examination conditions, and the preparations will be evaluated by the instructors. Formative feedback will be provided for all the participants.

The fee for the course is €2,000.  Closing date for application is Tuesday 28^th February 2013.  A completed Bench Test Application form 2013 and fee must be returned to Agnes Hagan, Dublin Dental University Hospital, Lincoln Place, Dublin 2 or email agnes.hagan@dental.tcd.ie before this date.