Below is a listing of courses and events for dental therapists supplied by the British Association of Dental Therapists (BADT). Although not exhaustive, it does include useful ideas and leads.

The Scottish BADT Regional Scientific Meeting Featuring informative speakers who will contribute to dental therapists' continuing professional development. Topics will include: Aspects of periodontology of importance to dental therapists; information about the outreach scheme for therapy/hygiene students; a review of pulpotomies one year after the advice given by Dr Hosey; one therapist's views on aesthetics using her own skills as a dental technician. Courtesy of Oral B, Gary Edgar will discuss ‘the art of gentle persuasion to develop ways to persuade patients to accept and act upon advice about their own oral health and wellbeing’. Date: 3 December 2005 Venue: West of Scotland Postgraduate Centre, 378 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JZ Contact: Linda: telephone 0141 211 9771; email linda.mcchlery@northglasgow.scot.nhs.uk

Annual Scientific Meeting BADT Date: 16 - 17 June 2006 Venue: Marriott Hotel, Cardiff

International Conference of Dental Therapists Australia This will be the first conference of the Australian Dental and Oral Health Therapists Association (ADOHTA). Interested people are invited to contribute to the conference by presenting or submitting posters and spreading the word. Date: August 25 2006 More information: www.adta.net.au/conference2006/Contact: Dr Julie Satur, telephone +9341 1530; email juliegs@unimelb.edu.au

Schools of Dental Hygiene and Therapy in the UK and Ireland (updated March 2005) School of Dental Hygiene, School of Dentistry, Belfast www.qub.ac.uk/cd/ School of Dental Hygiene & Therapy, Birmingham www.dentistry.bham.ac.uk Bristol Dental Hospital www.bris.ac.uk/fmd Training & Education Centre for DCPs, Cardiff www.cardiff.ac.uk/dentistry Cork Dental Hospital www.ucc.ie/academic/denthosp/departments/restorativehygiene Dental Defence Training Establishment, Aldershot. Email: DDATE@milnet.uk.net School of Dental Science, Dublin http://web1.dental.tcd.ie Dundee Dental Hospital www.dundee.ac.uk/dentalschool School of Dental Hygiene and Therapy, Eastman Dental Hospital www.eastman.ucl.ac.uk Edinburgh Dental Institute www.epdi.org.uk School for Dental Auxiliaries, Glasgow Dental Hospital & School www.glasgow.ac.uk/schools/dental School of Dental Hygiene, Guy's & St Thomas' Trust/ School of Dental Hygiene, King's Institute of Dental Surgery Mabel.slater@kingsch.nhs.uk University of Leeds, Dental Hospital www.leeds.ac.uk/dental School of Dental Hygiene, Liverpool University Dental Hospital www.liv.ac.uk/luds Unit of Oral Health Sciences, School Of Dentistry, University of Manchester, www.dentistry.manchester.ac.uk School of Dental Hygiene, Newcastle Dental Hospital, www.ncl.ac.uk/dental School of Professionals Complementary to Dentistry, Portsmouth www.port.ac.uk/departments/academic/pimhs/dentistry School of Clinical Dentistry, Sheffield www.shef.ac.uk/dentalschool

The British Association of Dental Therapists can be contacted through the secretary on 0118 947 9399 or email: secretary@badt.org.uk