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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

Kids visiting dentist seven years late, says RCSI

Michael Watson looks at the impact of poor child oral health on dental visits and growing up healthy Children in Ireland are visiting the dentist for the first time seven years later than they should be, a conference in Dublin has heard. Children should have their first dental visit before their first birthday, but under … Continued

Ignoring fluoride evidence is ‘big health risk’

Ignoring the evidence that shows the damage non-fluoridated water can do to teeth is a ‘big health risk’, says Dr John Walsh, dean of Faculty of Dentistry, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (RCSI). Speaking at the opening of an international scientific meeting hosted by RCSI this week, Current controversies in dental practice, Dr Walsh warned: … Continued

RCSI hosts Dublin dentistry revision day

The Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (RCSI) Faculty of Dentistry is running an intensive revision course day on 6 September for the Diploma of Primary Care Dentistry and MFD examinations. The course will be examination focused and will provide helpful information and guidance to candidates undertaking the upcoming diploma and MFD diets. The course will … Continued