Caries symposium (SW09-41)

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SubjectRestorative dentistry
Description'The rise and fall of the dental caries vaccine:so what happens now?' and novel and latest approach to caries clinical management. Bristol BDA Section
VenueLeigh Court, Bristol - Bristol & N Somerset  View details
Date & timeTuesday 3 November 2009, 18:00 to 22:00
LecturersProfessor Howard Jenkinson & Professor David Ricketts  View details
Target audience

Mandatory: Dentist

Development outcomeNo development outcome
Course styleLecture
Catering Meal
Core topic Not a core topic
CPD hours2:30
Cost£42.00
Aims

Lecture 1 (Prof H Jenkinson):To provide a concise summary of the approaches used towards producing a vaccine against dental caries, and of recent alternative methods for caries control.

Lecture 2 (Prof D Ricketts): To understand the problems associated with caries diagnosis in contempory practice.

Lecture 3 (Prof D Ricketts): To have an appreciation of how cavity design has changed over the last century.

Objectives

Lecture 1: Appraisal of the concept of a dental caries vaccine, and evaluation of alternative approaches for preventing dental caries.

Lecture 2: Know how to optimise caries detection with conventional aids.

                  Know about new caries detection devices and their advantages and disadvantages.

Lecture 3: Understand the rationale for caries removal in today's practice.

                   To address whether operative caries management should change from our current surgical and   mechanistic approach.