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New dental degree in Ireland receives regulatory support

Plans to launch a new Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree in Ireland have progressed, with the course having received the necessary regulatory support to begin in 2025. The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) University of Medicine and Health Sciences has received regulatory support from the Dental Council to launch a new Bachelor of … Continued

Ireland’s first community-based collaborative dental programme announced

RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences has signed a long-term collaborative agreement with the University of Plymouth’s Peninsula Dental School.   The partnership will support RCSI in delivering a new undergraduate Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) degree programme. This will be the first community-based undergraduate dentistry degree programme in Ireland.  Peninsula Dental School’s award-winning … Continued

Powerful, blended, interactive learning

Irish Dentistry reports back from Dental Care Ireland’s first educational learning event this year – Communications Masterclass 2023.  In January 2023, Dental Care Ireland held its first education event of 2023 in Wineport Lodge, Athlone, Co Westmeath. The event brought together 25 Dental Care Ireland dentists and team members to engage in peer-to-peer experiential learning. … Continued

Training and competency in dental hygiene

Joe Ingham looks at expanding your horizons as a dental hygienist in training and competency From the comfort of the front passenger seat, anyone who doesn’t have a driving licence might reasonably observe that driving is a fairly straightforward process. The wheel is turned in the required direction of travel and the feet operate pedals … Continued

Northern Ireland practice receives Worldhost accreditation

Photo: From left to right – Lynda Willis (customer sense), Philip McLorinan and Debbie McLorinan (Dunmurry Dental Practice) and Alderman Allan Ewart (Lisburn City Council) Dunmurry Dental Practice has become the first dental business in Northern Ireland to receive Worldhost Business Recognition. Worldhost is a customer service training programme that was developed for the Northern … Continued