The BDJ hosted the first minimum intervention interactive panel session at the British Dental Conference and Exhibition in Manchester in May.

Led by Dr Stephen Hancocks OBE, the BDJ's Editor-in-Chief, and Professor Avijit Banerjee, Professor of Cariology & Operative Dentistry at King's College London Dental Institute, the panel explored the clinical, business, behavioural and medico-legal aspects of minimum intervention oral healthcare delivery. Panel experts Drs Bhupinder Dawett, Fariha Hussain, Len D'Cruz and Professor Tim Newton gave a breadth of insight into how the MI approach can be successfully incorporated in general dental practice, to benefit patients, dentists and the whole oral healthcare team. Highly active audience input generated meaningful data, discussions and ideas for case planning and practical implementation.

From left to right: Mr Tim Horwood (GCUK), Dr Henry Clover (CDO, Simplyhealth Professionals), Prof Avijit Banerjee (Programme Director, MSc AMID, KCLDI), Dr Thillai Viswapurna (Patricia Santos AMID Scholarship merit winner, 2017), Dr Stuart Grundy (Patricia Santos AMID Scholarship merit winner, 2017), Dr Stephen Hancocks (Editor-in-Chief, BDJ) and Dr Eva Castro-Perea (Oral B)

Professor Banerjee said: 'With MI dentistry now clearly on the professional, public, industry and government radar, this session helped hardworking oral healthcare practitioners to rationalise MI clinical decisions. Knowledge is expanding along with the scientific and clinical evidence base for the MI approach to patient-focused, team-delivered oral healthcare, and it is clear that all stakeholders must now engage with the process'.

After the session, two second year postgraduate students from Professor Banerjee's Advanced Minimum Intervention Dentistry (AMID) flexible-learning MSc course, Dr Thillai Viswapurna and Dr Stuart Grundy, received prestigious Patricia Santos Memorial Scholarship prizes for clinical academic excellence and celebrated with the industry partner sponsors, Simplyhealth Professionals, Oral-B and GC UK.

A themed issue on the topic of minimum intervention dentistry, guest-edited and part-authored by Professor Banerjee, will be published in the BDJ this summer.

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