South Wales Branch - Achieving clinical excellence in dentistry

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

Email: [email protected]
Tel: 01438 908 770

Would you be interested in getting involved in the South Wales Branch?

We are looking for enthusiastic members to join the South Wales Branch. A role on the committee is a great way to get involved in the BDA at a local level and to help provide and shape local educational and networking events. It’s also great to have on your CV!

A brief description of the different roles in a committee is available here

The Branch has the support of the centrally-based Local Services team who are on hand to help and advise on any aspect of running the Branch and planning events.

If interested, or for more information, please contact Petros Mylonas, Branch President of the South Wales Branch, on the day, or email us at [email protected]

09:00  Registration, refreshments and exhibition

09:30  Welcome

09:40 Peri implantitis – a future time bomb

Aim

This session equips participants to diagnose and manage periodontal and peri-implant diseases, refer cases when needed, and treat peri-implant mucositis with simple oral hygiene techniques. It also covers the pros and cons of screw- and cement-retained restorations and explores new technologies to help patients maintain implant reconstructions.

Learning objectives

• Demonstrate how to diagnose peri implant diseases and the management
• Understand how to treat peri implant mucositis with simple techniques
• Examine how to treat mild peri implantitis
• Knowing when to refer.

Amit Patel, Specialist in Periodontics and an Implant Dentist

10:40 Making sense of patient behaviour: how psychology can transform dental care

Aim

This session will demonstrate how psychology can enhance dental care by helping practitioners understand and respond to patient behaviour more effectively. Through engaging activities and real-world examples, participants will explore how patients’ beliefs about their oral health influence decision-making and treatment adherence and introduce practical tools to better support this.

Learning objectives

• Explain how illness beliefs influence patient decisions
• Recognise the impact of anxiety on information processing
• Apply motivational interviewing techniques in dental consultations.

Rachael Pattinson, Lecturer in Psychology as Applied to Oral Health, Cardiff University

11:40  Refreshments and exhibition

12:00 Dental trauma assessment management and the endodontic consequences

Aim

Understand the epidemiology of dental trauma and how to perform an immediate assessment. Learn the classification of dental injuries and appropriate emergency management, including splinting techniques. Gain insight into long-term endodontic complications and case management to ensure optimal patient outcomes.

Learning objectives

• To gain an understanding of initial management of dental trauma
• To gain an understanding of varying dental trauma injuries
• To be able to recognize and assess the long-term complications of traumatic dental injuries
• To gain an understanding of endodontic complications and management.

Lyndon Meehan, Endodontic Specialist, Swansea Bay Health Board

13:00  Lunch and exhibition 

14:00  Finances for GDP 

15:00 Oral potentially malignant disorders

Aim

To outline the current list of oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMDs) and to discuss their aetiology, risk factors, clinical features, diagnosis and management. To understand what your role is and when to refer.

Learning objectives

• Know which conditions are termed ‘oral potentially malignant disorders
• Be able to recognise oral potentially malignant disorders
• Have a better understanding of how these conditions are diagnosed and managed
• Understand which conditions should be referred for assessment by a specialist and the urgency of this.

Melanie Simms, Oral Medicine Consultant, Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board/South and Wales Specialist Oral Surgery and Dental Implant Centre

16:00  Afternoon refreshments and exhibition

16:15 Surgical exodontia; tips and tricks from the coal face

Aim

Improve your knowledge of how to approach exodontia

Learning objectives

• Identify key tips and tricks for improving efficiency and outcomes in oral surgery procedures
• Apply practical techniques to enhance the extraction process as a GDP.

Craig Mallorie, Specialist Oral Surgeon and Clinical Director, South Wales Specialist Oral Surgery and Dental Implant Centre

17:15  Closing remarks and close of conference

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.

Radisson Blu Hotel Cardiff 
Meridian Gate
Bute Terrace
Cardiff CF10 2FL

Please note Google maps shows the location as 'Meridian Gate, Cardiff'

How to get there

From Cardiff Airport

By bus:
Buses from the airport to the hotel take about 50 minutes. You'll be dropped off within a few hundred meters of the hotel.
By car:
The hotel is only 24.7 km from the airport by car. Driving via A4232 is typically the fastest route.

From Cardiff Queen Street train station
The hotel is only a 650-meter walk from the Cardiff Queen Street train station.

From Cardiff Central train station
The hotel is a short 350-meter walk from Cardiff Central via Custom House Street.

Parking

At Radisson Blu Hotel Cardiff, our car parking facilities are limited and are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Unfortunately, it is not possible to make advance reservations for parking.

For all hotel guests, there is a parking fee of £25 for a 24-hour period and £10 up to an 8-hour period.  It's essential for all guests staying at the hotel to register their vehicle registration details at the reception upon arrival.

Please be aware that parking without authorisation, failing to register your vehicle, or not paying for parking will result in non-reversible consequences.

Public car parking is available as follows:

*St David’s 2 shopping centre -located on Mary Ann St, opposite the hotel

* Adam Street car park - located 3-minute walk from the hotel.

*Pellet Street car park - located 3-minute walk from the hotel.