If you are interested in personal development and would like to go on a course to help you in your job or to improve your job prospects, there are lots of places you can go to. Below is a list of courses and events for dental nurses, provided by the British Association of Dental Nurses.

Infection control and decontamination of instruments in dentistry

Current documentation and infection control regulations Thursday 30 November 2006, 7.00pm Colchester Postgraduate Medical Centre, Colchester General Hospital Mr G. Grawshaw Telephone 01206 742141

BADN Joint National Group Study Day Friday 1 December 2006 Menzies Hotel, Glasgow Contact Amanda on 01253 338364 or amanda@badn.org.uk for details

State of the art bone augmentation techniques Hands-on for one dentist and one dental nurse Friday 8 December 2006, 9.30am-4.30pm Norfolk and Norwich Institute for Medical Education (NANIME), Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital Professor L. Steier and Professor E. Lynch Telephone 01603 286884

Doing the small things well: improving endodontics Friday 15 December 2006, 9.30am-4.30pm Norfolk and Norwich Institute for Medical Education (NANIME), Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital Mr P. Briggs, Mr R. Porter and Miss T. Watford Telephone 01603 286884

For more information from the BADN see www.badn.org.uk , call 01253 338360 or email admin@badn.org.uk