Three orthodontic nurses were presented with awards at this year's annual British Orthodontic Conference which took place in Harrogate. Hayley Stout won the 3M Unitek Dental Nurse of the Year award with her presentation An extended nursing role or are we just taking the pics? while Anita Curly won the TOC sponsored award for the best presentation of a topic in folder form with her presentation Orthodontic risk management: A review of DHE Services.
The British Orthodontic Society Award to an Orthodontic Nurse for Distinguished Service went to Mary Bardet from York District Hospital, who is also the membership secretary of the ONG.
The Orthodontic National Group for Dental Nurses and Therapists (ONG) is an organisation affiliated to the British Orthodontic Society. The awards were presented during the ONG's dedicated one day Nurses Programme.
Around 400 orthodontic nurses attended the programme which featured lectures on functional appliances, bonded retention, facial mapping and intra-oral distraction.
Orthodontic dental nurses are encouraged to attend the Conference and are eligible to attend lectures on all four days.
This year marks the centenary of the founding of the first of the five British Orthodontic Societies. These were amalgamated in 1994 to become the British Orthodontic Society.
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Success for orthodontic nurses. Vital 4, 9 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/vital676
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