2015 sees the return of the Annual Conference to the City of Cork.
On behalf of the Irish Dental Association it gives me great pleasure to welcome you all to Cork in April 2015. Our conference takes place from Thursday April 16 to Saturday April 18 next at the Rochestown Park Hotel and promises to be both a highly educational and entertaining event.
I’m very grateful to the members of the conference committee who have worked hard to produce an outstanding programme of world-class speakers from home and abroad. I am particularly pleased to welcome such well-known speakers as Professor Terry Donovan, restorative expert from the University of North Carolina, Dr Linda Greenwall, aesthetic and tooth whitening expert from London, and composite expert Dr David Clarke from the US, and I am delighted to welcome back Dr Tim Donley, a periodontist from Kentucky who visited us in 2012 in Kerry, and Professor Ken Kurtz, a prosthodontist from New York who was with us in 2009 in Kilkenny. I am also delighted to have on the programme Dr Ben Goldacre, medical doctor and author of books such as Bad Science, who controversially looks at the misuse of science to back up medical theories. The best of local talent from both academic and practitioner disciplines will also make very practical presentations, from which everyone should have some take-home gems.
We will continue with the revised format of 2014, with two parallel sessions on both Friday and Saturday. Friday will continue to offer a programme relevant to all members of the dental team but there will also be an alternative programme for those interested in more clinical subjects.
As in previous years, the dental trade show will showcase new and advanced products, equipment and technology from the dental industry. All members of the dental team will have the opportunity to discuss new products and the various advancements in products and services with our trade colleagues.
No conference is complete without a varied and exciting social programme, and this year will include the trade show party on Thursday night, our annual fun run, golf and our flagship social event – our Annual Dinner on Friday evening.
A busy, vibrant and lively city, Cork offers visitors the very best in hospitality to create a great location for ‘Evidentaly’ in 2015. Put the dates in your diary now.
See you in Cork!
Anne Twomey President Elect
TEACHTAIREACHT ÓN UACHTARÁN
I 2015, fillfidh an Comhdháil bhliantiúil ar Chathair Chorcaí.
Ar son Chumann Fiaclóirí na hÉireann, is mór an onóir dom fíor chaoin fáilte a chur romhaibh go Corcaigh in Aibreán 2015. Beidh an chomhdháil ar siúl idir Déardaoin, 16 Aibreán agus Satharn, 18 Aibreán ag Óstán Páirc Bhaile an Róistigh. Tá an cuma ar an gcomhdháil go mbeidh sí oideachasiúil agus taitneamhach.
Táim an bhuíoch do Choiste na Comhdhála a d’oibrigh go dian chun clár d’aoichainteoirí den scoth a eagrú. Beidh siad ag teacht ó chian is ó chóngar.
Táim thar a bheith sásta fáilte Uí Cheallaigh a chur roimh An tOllamh Terry Donovan, saineolaí chaomhnaithe ó Ollscoil Carolina Thuaidh, An Dr Linda Greenwall, saineolaí aeistéitiúil agus bánú na bhfiacal ó Londain, agus saineolaí ar líonta bána, An Dr David Clarke, ós na Stáit Aontaithe. Cuirim fáilte roimh An Dr Tim Donley, saineolaí na ndrandal ó Kentucky, a thug turas orainn i 2012 i gCiarraí agus an tOllamh Ken Kurtz, saineolaí chaomhnaithe ó Nua Eabhrac, a bhí inár dteannta i gCill Chainnigh i 2009.
Tá ríméid orm, An Dr Ben Goldacre a bheith ar an gclár, doctúir agus údar ar leabhair mar Bad Science, a fhéachann go conspóideach ar míúsáid na heolaíochta chun tuairimí leighis a neartú. Beidh togha na bhfiaclóirí áitiúla, idir fiaclóirí acadúla agus gairmiúla ag tabhairt taispeáintisí suimiúla ina mbeidh rudaí luachmhara le foghlaim uathu.
Leanfaimid leis an gcrut nua ó 2014 don chlár, le dhá sheisiún ar an Aoine agus ar an Satharn. Beidh clár ar an Aoine a bheidh oiriúnach do gach bhall den bhfoireann fiaclóireachta. Beidh clár eile ann mar rogha dóibh siúd le suim acu in ábhair cliniciúla.
Mar a bhíonn gach uile bhliain, beidh taispeántas ag comhlachtaí fiaclóireachta chun rudaí nua idir trealaimh agus an theicneolaíocht a chur ós ár gcomhair. Beidh seans ag na baill uilig den bhfoireann fiaclóireachta na táirgí a mheas agus an dul chun cinn sna táirgí nua agus na seirbhísí nua a phlé leis na comhlachtaí.
Ní bheadh aon comhdháil foirfe ann gan clár leathan d’ócáidí shóisialta, agus i mbliana, beidh cóisir leis na comhlachtaí fiaclóireachta ar oíche Déardaoin, an rás spraoi bhliantiúil, an ghailf agus an bhuachphointe, an dinnéar bhliantiúil ar thráthnóna Dé hAoine.
Is cathair gnóthach, spleodrach agus lán de bheocht í, Chathair Chorcaí. Is cathair í ina mbíonn fáilte roimh cuairteoirí i gcónaí. Is suíomh iontach í i gcomhair ‘Evidentaly’ i 2015. Cuir na dátaí id’ dhialann anois.
Cífeadsa sibh i gCorcaigh!
Fintan Hourihan CEO
INTRODUCTION
AGM
The Annual General Meeting of the Irish Dental Association and also the Irish Dental Union will take place at 6.00pm on Thursday, April 16, 2015 in the Estuary Suite. All members are urged to attend this important meeting.
REGISTRATION
Thursday8.30am – 5.00pm
Friday8.00am – 5.00pm
Saturday9.00am – 11.00am
All delegates must register before attending any of the conference sessions.
CONFERENCE BADGES (No badge – no entry)
Conference badges must be worn to gain admittance to any of the scientific sessions and trade show. Your co-operation would be appreciated.
INFORMATION DESK
An information desk is located in the Conference Centre to deal with any queries you may have. All workshops can be booked here. Social events may also be booked here.
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT(CPD)
Sessions have been approved for continuing professional development (CPD) points. Forms will be available for each morning and afternoon session at the accreditation desk in the Conference registration area. For each morning/afternoon session you attend, a separate form must be signed and must include your accreditation number (Dental Council Registration Number). It is the responsibility of each dentist to keep a record of his/her CPD points annually.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
ANNUAL DINNER
The Annual President’s Dinner Dance will take place on Friday April 17. Dress code is black tie. Tickets can be booked by contacting IDA House. (Tickets cannot be guaranteed after Wednesday, April 15.)
COURTESY
Please ensure that noise is kept to a minimum around the conference area during scientific sessions, so as not to disturb those attending the session.
MOBILE PHONES
Use of mobile phones is not permitted in the conference area. Please ensure that all phones are turned to silent during lectures.
PROGRAMME COLOUR CODE AND CONTENTS
Pre-Conference Programme6
Dental Team Day9
Dentists’ programme11
Dental nurses’ programme12
Dental hygienists’ programme12
Dental technicians’ programme12
Elaine Hughes
Donal Blackwell Chairman Judith Phelan Pat O’Driscoll
Two half-day hands-on courses. 9.30am –1.00pm or 2.00pm –5.30pm Professor Ken Kurtz
One or two implants attached to a removable partial denture can create a stable and claspless aesthetic replacement for multiple missing teeth. Strategic placement of these implants with an understanding of additional future implants to allow for a definitive fixed prosthesis will be discussed. The importance of removable partial denture design will also be reviewed in detail. Participants in this hands-on course will attach locators to a complete denture base.
CROWN LENGTHENING – TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVING SUCCESS WILLOW SUITE IN RESTORATIVE AND COSMETIC DENTISTRY
This practical half-day, hands-on course will review the indications for and applications of clinical crown lengthening as an integral part of comprehensive diagnosis and treatment planning for your patients. The current surgical and non-surgical techniques will be reviewed with regard to obtaining the optimum functional and aesthetic results in your patients. Through a series of clinically based presentations, followed by practical hands-on teaching sessions on periodontal manikin head models, the presenters will guide participants through the techniques, help you to identify the easy from the difficult cases, illustrate the practical applications and limitations, guide you on what to avoid and encourage you on what to ‘take on’ in terms of clinical crown lengthening.
You will have the benefit of the clinical input of two experienced clinicians delivering this practical course, which will increase your exposure to the maximum variety of techniques.
PERIODONTICS
HANDS-ON WORKSHOP FOR DENTISTS:
TRANSLATING TECHNOLOGY INTO PRACTICE
LAUREL SUITE
Half-day course. 9.30am – 1.00pm Dr Tim Donley
It no longer needs to be confusing. Should you use hand instruments or ultrasonics? Will local antibiotic therapy be helpful? Would this patient benefit from host modulation therapy? In a busy office, these decisions have to made chairside many times a day. Evidence clearly suggests that there is a preferred way for clinical dentists and hygienists to manage periodontal disease. As the economic screws continue to tighten, the more successful practitioners will be the ones that can consistently deliver the highest level of care in the most efficient manner.
Learning how to formulate a clear approach as to what to use and how to use it is the focus of this very special half-day workshop. Attendees will leave with a clear vision of what to look for, what to say and what to do every time they sit down and pick up a probe. After learning the rationale behind maximally efficient diagnosis and therapy, attendees will have the opportunity to put these concepts to use in live patient demonstrations.
Attendees will learn:
1.A concise method for determining which sites to treat in which patients.
2.The strengths and weaknesses of the available methods of debridement.
3.How to use ultrasonic instrumentation properly.
4.How to become more comfortable with instrument selection and technique application – critical skills that will improve clinical efficiency and allow you to deliver more successful treatment outcomes in your day-to-day practice.
5.To identify various modifying factors which influence and/or change instrumentation protocols such as root anatomy, furcations and oral conditions:
n list criteria for the appropriate selection of ultrasonic inserts to address specific patient needs; and,
n demonstrate the correct technique for utilisation of the ultrasonic scaler to include insert and power selection, lavage flow, grasp, fulcrum, tip adaptation, and stroke.
6. A site-specific philosophy of debridement that can make the debridement visit more effective and more productive.
7. A treatment protocol that makes deciding what to use and when to use it easy:
a.using risk assessment to determine level of treatment aggressiveness;
b.when to use local antibiotic therapy; and,
c.when to use host modulation therapy.
8.What to say to help your patients and help your practice.
DENTAL TEAM DAY FRIDAY
TEAM PROGRAMMEESTUARY SUITE
9.00 – 10.00 How to use the oral systemic link to help your patients and your practice
2015 will see a complete revamp of the Dr Joe Moloney Award at our conference.
The Moloney Award will be awarded to an outstanding Irish presenter/lecturer at our conference, chosen by the delegates. The Award, kindly sponsored by the Dental Health Foundation, will be chosen on the final day of the conference when all delegates will have the chance to nominate their presenter of choice from the conference.
Tony Costello Memorial Medal
The competition for the Tony Costello Memorial Medal will be judged on a table demonstration or poster presentation of not more than 10 minutes on a subject applicable to general dental practice. Each of the three dental schools may enter a team of a maximum of two people. The presentation will be judged on: n clinical usefulness; n academic content; n presentation; and, n originality.
The Irish Dental Association will provide a grant of € 400 per demonstration.
The winner of the Moloney Award for 2014 was Dr Paul Moore, Galway.
Nana Ansong, dental student from Cork University Dental School & Hospital, receiving the Costello Medal from Dr Peter Gannon, IDA President, in 2014.
SOCIAL
THURSDAY, APRIL 16
President’s Golf Competiton
Cork Golf Club, Little Island
The President’s Golf Competition will take place from 2.30pm. For anyone who is registered for a pre-conference course on Thursday April 16, and who would like to play golf, there is the option to play on Wednesday, April 15, in the afternoon instead. Tee time: 2.30pm Green fees: €50
Playing in three balls
As well as conference delegates, accompanying persons and all trade exhibitors are also welcome to play. Only registered delegates can be eligible for the President's Prize.
Trade show opening party
The “Evidentaly” trade show will be officially opened by the newly inaugurated IDA President, Dr Anne Twomey at 8.00pm on Thursday evening (directly after the AGM) in the trade show area. All delegates and trade show sponsors are invited to attend. Fun, music and drinks will be provided for all. Come along and enjoy the party!
Buffet supper
Everyone is invited to join us for a buffet supper in the Rochestown Park Hotel from 9.00pm. Tickets are priced at €25 and are available from IDA House or on the enclosed registration form. Entertainment provided.
FRIDAY, APRIL 17
Annual Dinner
The Annual Dinner will take place on Friday evening. A drinks reception will take place at 7.30pm followed by dinner and dancing. Dress code is black tie. Tickets (€85)available from IDA House. The guest of honour will be Donal Óg Cusack, former Cork hurler, GAA pundit, and Chairman of the GPA. All dental team members, trade members and are friends welcome.
SATURDAY, APRIL 18
5K Dental Team Fun Run
2015 will see the continuation of the 5K fun run. Kick start Saturday April 18 with an energising run, jog or walk around the Douglas area of Cork City. Get the whole dental team involved. Prizes for best team effort. All proceeds to Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind. Registration on the morning.
Past Presidents’ Lunch
The Annual Past Presidents’ Lunch will take place in The Pulpit at 1.00pm.
The Pulpit
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Trade Exhibitor
GOLD G1GSK
SILVER
S1Swordfish Medical
S2Colgate
S3Coltene
S4Johnson & Johnson
S5Wrigleys
BRONZE
B1Biomet 3i
B2Southern Implants
B3Dentsply
B4McDowell & Services
B5DeCare
B6TBC
TRADE 1Optident 2NSK 33M
4Fast Braces 5Tekno Surgical 6Cattani
7Rentokil
8-9TeethRUs 10Karma
11Heraeus Kulzer
12-13Eurocast Ireland Ltd/Ardagh Dental 14Miele
15Septodont
16Nobel Biocare 17Voco
18Kerr Hawe
19Henry Schein
20Design Specific 21-22DMI
23Dental Protection 24Omega Financial Mgt
25MedAccount
26Handpiece Harry
27IDT Ireland
28Pamex
29TMJ NextGeneration™
30Meda
NICK
Former principal dental surgeon, HSE, and current member of IDA Quality & Patient Safety Committee.
Infection control – new guidelines
The presentation will cover the updated Dental Council Code of Practice relating to Infection Prevention and Control, which is due to be published in April. The main changes to the Code and means of compliance will be discussed in the lecture.
MICHAEL BENTLEY
Consultant,
Horton Consultants
Jack of all trades – the role of the dental nurse
In this presentation, Laura and Michael Bentley will share their knowledge and help the delegates to become effective at performing two roles or more in the practice. Many team members have multi-roles such as dental nurse and manager. This can lead to a feeling of being overwhelmed as the team member tries to ‘juggle’ several balls at once. Laura and Michael have been in this position and will share with you their tips to encourage a proactive work environment for the mutli-role team member.
PJ BYRNE
Practice limited to periodontics and oral surgery, Dublin
Crown lengthening – techniques for improving success in restorative and cosmetic dentistry
This practical half-day, hands-on course will review the indications and applications of clinical crown lengthening as an integral part of comprehensive diagnosis and treatment planning for your patients. The current surgical and non-surgical techniques will be reviewed with regard to obtaining the optimum functional and aesthetic results in your patients.
MAIREAD CASHMAN
Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Cork
Surgical extractions –practical tips to improve your clinical outcomes and avoid problems
This presentation will cover the assessment and removal of teeth which may require surgical extraction. Where do the main problems arise and how can can these problems be anticipated and managed? What are the key consent issues and pitfalls in this area of dentistry? Practical tips to ensure a successful outcome will be discussed.
HSE dental surgeon, Sligo, oral surgeon and part-time lecturer in dental radiology in Dublin Dental University School & Hospital
50 shades of grey –getting a diagnosis from your radiograph
This presentation will cover the principles of diagnosing pathology on radiographs.
Who wants to be a dental radiologist?
An interactive quiz to increase your knowledge of dental radiology.
DAVID CLARKE
Founder, Academy of Microscope
Enhanced Dentistry, Director, Newport Coast Oral Facial Institute
David will explore the exciting role of direct composites for single tooth and full arch aesthetic reconstruction of anterior teeth. Injection moulding with a single shade of composite using the infinity edge margin provides an alternative to traditional fussy layering. Learn why shape is more important to patients than shade. Elimination of the dreaded black triangle, papilla regeneration, and elimination of marginal staining will be explained in still and video imagery. Practical step-by-step details will help clinicians to implement these changes on ‘Monday morning’.
ANDREW BOLAS
ARMSTRONG
ALISON DOUGALL
Consultant in Medically
Compromised Patients at Dublin Dental University Hospital
Dementia –caring for our patients with dementia
Studies show that we have a higher proportion of older people in our patient cohort and that at least 20% of them will develop dementia. This presentation will discuss the role of the dental team, including decision making and treatment planning, and will offer practical and pragmatic solutions to address the medical, social and behavioural challenges that can threaten oral health and quality of life for our older patients.
STEPHEN FAYLE Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry
Dental caries for young children –what are the challenges, what are the answers?
This presentation will enable practitioners to better understand the current challenges presented by dental caries in children and explore how these challenges might be most effectively met.
Dental caries in young children: meeting the challenges –a team approach
HAL DUNCAN
Lecturer/Consultant in Endodontics, Dublin Dental University
Outcome in endodontics: who are we failing?
Conflicting evidence surrounds the success (or otherwise) of endodontic procedures. Technical excellence and biological know-how can deliver predictable results, so why are we failing to deliver predictable endodontic outcomes to all our patients? This lecture will analyse this discussion, while offering practical advice to maximise success in a range of endodontic procedures. The theme of evidence base will be tested, with a caustic and sympathetic look at some current literature on endodontic outcome.
Medical physician, author and columnist
Bad Science
Dr Goldacre dispenses fast and powerful relief from scaremongering journalists, pill-pushing nutritionists, flaky statistics and evil pharmaceutical corporations.
Consultant Sports & Exercise Medicine Physician, Cork
Head and facial trauma in sport
Trauma to the face, head and teeth is common in sport. Dental trauma may be a harbinger for underlying trauma. We discuss mandibular fracture, gum shield use, headgear use and concussion in sports such as rugby, boxing and cycling.
Prosthdontist and Specialist in Restorative Dentistry
White, whiter, whitest: success strategies for predictable tooth whitening
This course will discuss current tooth whitening techniques, and new innovations. It will describe the classification of bleaching techniques to assist with treatment planning and discuss how to obtain successful outcomes. Why tooth whitening is the practice of dentistry and not whitening kiosks will be discussed. How and what to evaluate for new patients will be covered, as well as bleaching-related sensitivity. The question of how white is white enough will also be discussed.
LINDA GREENWALL
BEN GOLDACRE
EANNA FALVEY
ROBERT HORROWITZ
Clinical Assistant Professor in Periodontology and Implant Dentistry at New York University
Peri-implantitis: prevention, risk reduction and treatment
Jack of all trades – the role of the dental nurses
Orthodontist, private practice, Dublin
Peri-implantitis is a destructive plaqueinduced condition in the alveolar process. In their 2008 paper, Zitzmann and Berglundh described it as a condition around an endosseous implant with greater than 6mm probing depth and bone loss of 2.5mm or more. Commonly seen symptoms are an increase in probing depth, bone loss and clinical attachment loss. The gums are often inflamed, bleed on probing and may exude purulence on palpation.
Professor and Associate Director of the Advanced Education Programme in Prosthodontics at NYUCD
Post and core: update 2015
A wide variety of alternatives exist for fabricating posts/cores to serve as a foundation for an onlay or crown. A review of prefabricated alternatives versus custom cast, and indications for this treatment modality,, will be presented.
Innovations in conservative anterior aesthetic treatment
Prosthodontists must embrace out-ofthe-box treatment philosophies as a preferred approach for patients with unique treatment issues.
In this presentation Laura and Michael Bentley will share their knowledge and help the delegates to become effective at performing two roles or more in the practice. Many team members have multi-roles such as dental nurse and manager. This can lead to a feeling of being overwhelmed as the team member tries to ‘juggle’ several balls at once. Laura and Michael have been in this position and will share with you their tips to encourage a proactive work environment for the mutli-role team member.
Practice limited to prosthodontics, Cork
Predictable aesthetics and longevity with veneers
Addressing the principles of aesthetics, veneer preparation, provisionalisation and seating, this lecture aims to give the clinician a better understanding of the veneer process as a whole. It is also intended to help clinicians achieve effective treatment outcomes through diagnostics, sequential treatment planning, and operative procedures. The techniques will be illustrated with a range of case presentations showing the multiple applications of porcelain laminate veneers.
The role of orthodontics in the comprehensive treatment of the adult patient
Adolescent orthodontics usually involves occlusally driven, standardised treatment protocols to achieve an angle class I occlusion. Adult orthodontics typically involves restoratively driven, prescription treatment protocols to achieve improved tooth position for the restorative dentist. This presentation will delineate the differences between adult and adolescent orthodontic treatment and illustrate several problems with adult tooth position that can be improved with adjunctive orthodontic treatment.
GLENN MCEVOY
Managing Director of Eurocast dental laboratory.
SEAN MCCARTHY
TOM HOULIHAN
KEN KURTZ
MICHELLE MURPHY
Consultant Dermatologist in South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital & Cork University Hospital, and Senior Lecturer in Medical Education, UCC
Dermatology for dentists
An overview of common dermatoses, and precancerous and cancerous lesions that occur on the lips and face.
TIM NEWTON
Professor of Psychology as Applied to Dentistry, King's College London
Psychological approaches to dental anxiety: a proportionate approach
Dental anxiety is common and interferes with dental treatment, as well as leading to stress in the dental team. The level of dental anxiety that presents in dental practice varies from mild to phobic. This lecture will explore the nature of dental anxiety and outline interventions aimed at alleviating dental anxiety that are proportionate to the level of anxiety experienced by the patient.
PAT O’DRISCOLL
Practice limited to endodontics, Cork
Top ten endodontic tips for general practitioners
General dental practitioners appear to either relish or dread the challenges presented by endodontics. Evolving techniques and materials will be presented to make the treatment less of a challenge and more of an enjoyable experience, both for the practitioner and the patient. The lecture will contain a number of tips, from diagnosis to completion.
