Stephen Hancocks Credit: ©iStockphoto/Thinkstock

Vital celebrated its tenth anniversary with a drinks reception at the 2013 British Dental Conference and Exhibition held at ExCeL London in April.

Hosted by Vital's Editor Kate Maynard and Editor-in-Chief Stephen Hancocks, the event was attended by former Vital cover models including Sylvie Sturrock, Michelle Harvey and Ann Clark; members of Vital's reader panel; freelance journalist Caroline Holland who wrote for Vital in both 2003 and and will be writing in the autumn 2013 issue; and the Vital editorial, production and advertising teams, who are based at Nature Publishing Group in London.

Vital was launched in 2003 by the British Dental Association (BDA) with a view to providing news, views and continuing professional development (CPD) for dental care professionals (DCPs) ahead of the introduction of statutory registration in 2008. In 2008 Vital was relaunched with a fresh new look and its own verifiable continuing professional development (CPD) scheme. For the first time it was also sent directly to the target reader: 20,000 DCPs randomly selected from the General Dental Council (GDC) register.

Sylvie Sturrock, Ann Clark, Michelle Harvey Credit: ©iStockphoto/Thinkstock

Special thanks to Dr Ruth Doherty, BDJ Managing Editor, who helped Editor Kate provide 36 home made cupcakes for the event, which were very well received, and to Debs Daley for helping with preparation and clearing up!

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