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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

The Dental Radiography programme is now open for applications for the programme commencing in January 2020 until June 2020. This programme is approved by the Dental Council of Ireland and successful applicants will receive a Certificate in Dental Radiography from the Dublin Dental University Hospital. This programme is delivered in association with Diagnostic Imaging, UCD School of Medicine and Medical Science.

Researchers from the Dublin Dental University Hospital at Trinity College have found that 3 year olds in Ireland are consuming on average 10 level teaspoons of ‘free sugar’ a day. Free sugars includes those sugars added during the production or processing of food and sugars naturally present in honey, syrups, fruit juices and fruit juice concentrates. Dietary free sugars are the most important risk factor for dental caries and can contribute to excess energy intake with little nutrient benefit.

The Lancet Series on Oral Health led by University College London (UCL) researchers brought together 13 academic and clinical experts from 10 countries to better understand why oral diseases have persisted globally over the last three decades, despite scientific advancements in the field, and why prevalence has increased in low- and middle- income countries (LMIC), and among socially disadvantaged and vulnerable people, no matter where they live.

Many Congratulations from the Dental Health Foundation (DHF) to Ms Ioanna Politi for winning the Annual ISDH/DHF Student/ Newly Qualified Professional Award for her project ‘Atraumatic Restorative Technique: An evidence based approach for the management of caries in older adult patients’.

Please note, there will be no disruption to Hospital services as a result of the current proposed SIPTU industrial action scheduled for Thursday 20th June 2019.

CONGRATULATIONS TO.... Aoibheann Wall and Rona Leith at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Irish Society of Dentistry for Children in Portlaoise last week. Aoibheann won the O’Mullane Competition Prize for her oral presentation on her research  project with Dr Leith ‘the perception and clinicalmanagement of MIH by Irish Dentists'.