BDA CDS Group Conference 2025

The HQ hotel this year is The Europa Hotel which is located in walking distance of the Assembly Buildings.

The hotel is holding an allocation of bedrooms for the conference which you can book directly with them. Rates are £160 B&B per room per night single occupancy and £180 B&B double occupancy. To book please click here and enter the promo code BDACDS2025. Alternatively please call 02890 271066 or email [email protected] and quote the event name 'CDS Group Conference' and block ID '856795'.

Payment will be taken arrival but a credit card will be required to guarantee the booking at the time of booking. Rooms can be cancelled free of charge up to 72 hours prior to arrival.

Other hotel options

We also have an allocation of bedrooms at the Grand Central Hotel which is also in walking distance of the conference venue.

Rates are £180 B&B per room per night single occupancy and £200 B&B double occupancy. To book please click here and enter the promo code BDACDS2025. Alternatively please call 02890 231066 or [email protected] and quote the event name 'CDS Group Conference' and block ID '857027'.

Payment will be taken arrival but a credit card will be required to guarantee the booking at the time of booking. Rooms can be cancelled free of charge up to 72 hours prior to arrival.

Our appointed hotel agency Mice Concierge has an allocation of rooms at the Maldron Hotel and Ibis Belfast City Centre hotel here

Please email [email protected] with any dietary requirements.

There are two categories:

Clinical Case Poster – All members of the dental team working within a salaried primary care dental service (SPCDS) including trainees

Service Poster – All members of the dental team working within a SPCDS including trainees

An application form and abstract should be submitted before the closing date of Monday 18 August 2025. Full competition criteria available here.

08:45 Registration, refreshments and exhibition

09:15 Introduction, Valedictory address and Installation of President

09:30 Welcome to Belfast

09.45 To be confirmed

10:45 Refreshments, exhibition and poster display 

11:00 Childhood neglect - Improving outcomes

Session details to follow

Fiona Corbett, Social Worker, Social Work and Social Care Learning and Improvement Team, South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust

11:45 To be confirmed

12:45 Lunch, exhibition and poster display 

13:45 Are you skiving?

Aim
Prevention and oral health promotion may not be ‘sexy dentistry’ but this session will underscore prevention and promoting oral health over the life course. It will be a journey of opportunities and challenge you to reflect on your role in preventing disease and promoting oral health. What applies to all, what is specific for age/individual needs where oral health is viewed as a journey, not a destination.

Learning objectives
• Identify evidence-based prevention across the life course
• Discuss the role of ‘packaging’ advice and/or actions to improve oral health
• Organise preventive ‘packages’ for age and individual needs
• Describe key players to deliver better oral health across the life course.

Learning content
This presentation and interactive session will provide delegates with knowledge and resources to integrate prevention and oral health promotion into daily practice.

Development outcomes
A, B, C, D

Leigh Hunter, Oral Health Coach and Founder of GrowingSmiles.co.uk

14:45 Evolution within paediatric CDS from the anaesthetic perspective

Session details to follow

Conor Lamb, Consultant Anaesthetist, Ulster Hospital, South Eastern Health Trust

15:30 Save the date – CDS conference 2026 

15.45 Refreshments, exhibition and poster display

16:15 Pensions

Aim
To increase knowledge of pension saving in the UK, with a focus on the NHS/HSC Pension Scheme.

Learning objectives
• Familiarise yourself with the different types of pension available, and have a broad understanding of where the NHS/HSC Pension fits in
• Appreciate the differences between personal pensions and NHS/HSC Pension
• Gain an understanding of the basic operation of the NHS/HSC Pension Scheme and how to get further personalised information
• Be aware of how the tax regime interacts with pension savings.

Learning content
This lecture will help attendees feel more confident in their knowledge of their NHS/HSC Pension and retirement planning more generally.

Development outcome
B

Phil McEvoy, Head of Pensions, British Dental Association

17:00 Close

Friday 3 October 2025

08:45 Registration, refreshments and exhibition

09:15 Welcome 

09:30 Minimum Intervention Oral Care (MIOC) - The contemporary approach to managing dental caries in primary care

Aim
This lecture will outline and discuss the minimum intervention oral care delivery framework that should be used as best clinical practise in dental caries management in primary care.

Learning objectives
• Outline the minimum intervention oral care delivery framework
• Discuss the four interlinked clinical domains of the person-focused, susceptibility-related, team-delivered and prevention-based MIOC framework
• Outline the use of the oral healthcare team workforce to deliver such care to our patients.

Learning content
A lecture with the opportunity to ask the speaker questions at the end.

Avijit Banerjee, Professor of Cariology and Operative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences (FoDOCS), King’s College London and Consultant and Clinical Lead, Restorative Dentistry, Guy’s & St. Thomas’ Hospitals Foundation Trust, London,

10:30 Poster competition presentation

10:45 Refreshments, exhibition and poster display

11:15 Can you eat or run your way out of periodontitis?

Aim
After this presentation you should be able to initiate brief behavioural interventions to promote periodontal health through nutrition and physical activity.

Learning objectives
• Understand the importance of physical activity on health including periodontal health
• Describe the contribution of nutrition to general and periodontal health
• Understand how to incorporate brief interventions for nutrition and physical activity into daily encounters.

Learning content
A lecture with the opportunity to ask the speaker questions at the end.

Development outcome
C

Ian Needleman, Professor of Periodontology and Evidence-Informed Healthcare, University College London, Eastman Dental Institute

12:15 AGM - All BDA members welcome

12:30 Lunch, exhibition and poster display (or 12:15 for non-members)
Raffle prize winners on display

13:30 Prevention in older adults

Aim
Following this presentation delegates should know the following:
• The changing patterns in oral health amongst older adults
• The challenges of preventing and managing caries in older adults
• The options available for replacing missing natural teeth in older adults.

Learning objectives
• Learn how to work with your patients to plan appropriate preventative regimes
• Use evidence-based approaches to manage caries in partially dentate older adults
• Consider the most appropriate tooth replacement options for older adults.

Learning content
During this lecture, Gerry will discuss prevention of chronic oral diseases in older adults.

Development outcome
C

Gerry McKenna, Chair of Oral Health Services Research and Gerodontology/Consultant in Restorative Dentistry, Queens University Belfast

14:30 To be confirmed

15:00 Refreshments, exhibition and poster display

15:30 To be confirmed

16:30 Close