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IN-PERSON EVENT, hosted by the Plymouth Section

What to expect

Join the Plymouth Section Committee and speaker Rachel Parkes who will be providing a brief overview of current concepts in paediatric dentistry focusing on biological and minimally invasive approaches to treating dental caries in children. 

Timings

18:00 Registration and refreshments

19:00 Lecture - Rachel Parkes

20:00 End 

Learning objectives

  • Discuss biological approaches to treating dental caries in children 
  • Explore minimally invasive techniques in paediatric dentistry 
  • Illustrate behaviour management techniques aiding dental treatments for children. 

Development outcome

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Meet the speaker

Rachel Parkes 3 Rachel Parkes Specialist in Paediatric Dentistry, Plymouth Community Dental Services

Having graduated from Cardiff Dental School in 2008, Rachel undertook training roles in maxillofacial and oral surgery, community dentistry and paediatric dentistry in South Wales before working in general dental practice. It was during this time that Rachel realised her passion for paediatric dentistry and was appointed onto the speciality training programme at Cardiff Dental Hospital which she successfully completed in 2016. Following this, Rachel worked at Cardiff Dental School as a Specialist and Senior Clinical Teacher until 2021. Missing Devon, Rachel relocated back to her hometown of Plymouth to work as a Specialist in Plymouth Community Dental Services. Her interests are behaviour management approaches to aid in treating anxious children, sedation for children and adolescents and minimally invasive dentistry

More information

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

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.

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Feedback from previous Plymouth Section events

Great combination of food, meeting colleagues and very interesting lecture

Excellent presentation with helpful take home tips to practice more conservative dentistry

Really liked that I could meet and socialise with other local colleagues