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IN-PERSON EVENT, hosted by the Cambridge Section

What to expect

The presentation will cover the demographic background of the dentate elderly, societal influences on the delivery of care, an example of evidence-based care and scenarios of the executions of treatment plans, including the management of tooth wear

The speaker will provide an overview of the context and modalities of delivery of oral care for the elderly dentate patient.

After the lecture the Section Annual General Meeting will be taking place. All BDA members welcome and encouraged to attend.

Timings

18:00 Registration, exhibition and networking

18:30 Buffet and networking

19:15 Lecture and Q&A - Francis Burke 

20:45 Section AGM (BDA members only)

21:00 End

Learning objectives

  • Understand the demographic background for the dentate elderly
  • Appreciate the societal factors impacting on planning of care
  • Develop an insight into the impact of evidence-based research on treatment options
  • Discuss different treatment scenarios, including non-invasive management of tooth wear.

Development outcome

C

Meet the speaker

Francis Burke Cropped 260X230 Francis Burke Retired Senior Lecturer, ‍Restorative Dentistry, University College Cork, Ireland

Francis Burke was Senior Lecturer/Consultant in Restorative Dentistry in University College Cork. He has worked previously in general dental practice in Dover, Kent and The Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry. Past appointments have included Chair of the Training and Education Committee of the Dental Council of Ireland, President of the British Society of Gerodontology, the British Association of Teachers of Conservative Dentistry and the Irish Division of the International Association for Dental Research. He has co-edited “Clinical Cases in Gerodontology” and published and over sixty peer-reviewed papers including editing the Dental Update series on Gerodontology.

More information

Please email [email protected] if you have any dietary requirements.

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If you feel at all unwell, we encourage you to take a lateral flow test the evening before you are due to arrive - should your test result be positive, we ask you not to attend.

If your test is negative, but you do have symptoms of COVID-19 (a new, persistent cough; a high temperature; or loss/changes to your sense of taste or smell) we kindly request you consider not attending the event to mitigate any risk to other attendees.

Hilton Cambridge City Centre, 20 Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3DT

The nearest car park is the Grand Arcade car park, next door to the Hilton, and it is free to park here after 6pm and overnight.

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