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IN-PERSON SEMINAR

What to expect

This course will bring you up to date with the legislation concerning dental radiography and ensure you are aware of statutory responsibilities. Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2017 (IRMER) impose significant requirements for patient protection. Covering the principles of justification, optimisation and limitation this course satisfies both the IRMER regulations and core CPD requirements as recommended by the GDC.

Learning objectives

  • Understand the principles of radiation physics
  • Be aware of the risks of ionising radiation
  • Understand the radiation doses in dental radiography and the factors affecting them
  • Recognise the principles of radiation protection
  • Be up to date on the statutory requirements, selection criteria and quality assurance
  • Understand the various imaging modalities available including digital imaging and 3D (CBCT)
  • Consider the principles of radiographic interpretation and problems which may occur.

 

Development outcomes 

C and D 

Meet the speaker

Paul Nixon Paul Nixon Consultant in Maxillofacial Radiology, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and Royal Liverpool University Hospital

Paul Nixon is Consultant in Maxillofacial Radiology at Liverpool Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, and is an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Liverpool. He has many years of experience in lecturing on different aspects of Dental Radiology and is the author of several publications in this area.

More information

This event will be held in a well-located central London venue. 

If you wish to stay overnight during the event please contact MICE Concierge - our appointed hotel booking agency:

Email: [email protected]
Phone: 01438 908770

Prefer to learn online?

We also offer an on-demand IRMER update course (5 hours CPD) which can be completed at a time convenient to you - further details can be found here. This can be accessed free of charge for BDA members.

Here's what previous attendees had to say about this event 

Clear concise content delivered in a very comprehensive manner.

Very good speaker, different approach to teaching the subject – Excellent!

Very knowledgeable and informative, made a potentially “dry” subject enjoyable.