Periodontics for Practice

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Periodontics for Practice Ian Needleman Paul
Baker in association with DENTSPLY Ltd Tuesday
12th June 2007
 Paul A. Baker BDS MSc MClinDent MRDRCS(Eng)
FDSRCS(Eng) Paul is a specialist periodontist
who spends most of the week in specialist
practice in the West End of London. He completed
his specialist training at Guys Hospital in 2000
and continued to teach in the Periodontology
Department, part-time for five years. He is now
involved in specialist training for the British
Society of Periodontology and lectures in
periodontics on the certificate course at the UCL
Eastman Dental Institute, as well as tutoring and
mentoring for Astra Dental Implants. Paul is an
active member of the Council of the British
Society of Periodontology and also sits on the
SAC in Restorative Dentistry at the Royal College
of Surgeons.
Ian G. Needleman BDS MSc PhD MRDRCSEng FDSRCSEng
ILTM Ian is in specialist periodontal practice in
the West End of London and is Senior Lecturer and
Honorary Consultant in Periodontology at UCL
Eastman Dental Institute. His interests are in
improving the outcomes of treatment of patients
and in getting clinical research into practice.
He set up, and is Director of the International
Centre for Evidence-Based Oral Health (ICEBOH),
in the Unit of Periodontology. He is
internationally recognised for his work in the
UK, Europe and the USA and has provided training
and consultancy for the European Federation of
Periodontology, The American Academy of
Periodontology and the Swiss Dental Association.
 
Overview The day is focussed on helping general
dental practitioners and their teams, to develop
their success in managing patients with
periodontal problems. The course will look at
realistic situations and problems that arise in
general practice and discuss their causes and
management.   Ian Needleman and Paul Baker have
between them more than 25 years of experience in
periodontal practice. Their experience gives them
a unique insight into periodontal care for
patients.
8.30 am Registration / 9.00 am Start 5.00 pm
finish 6.5 Hours Verifiable CPD Regents College
Conference Centre Inner Circle, Regents
Park London NW1 4NS 195 incl VAT per
dentist 175 incl VAT per hygienist/therapist Lun
ch will be provided

• Key Learning Objectives
• Overcoming problems of diagnosis and prognosis
• Managing patients with poor plaque control
• Increasing the effectiveness of non-surgical
  therapy
• The role of teamwork in periodontics
• When is surgery needed?
• Which patients should be referred?
• What is the role of antibiotics and antiseptics?
• Designing a successful supportive periodontal
• maintenance programme