Colgate Caring Dentist Awards 2022
The IDA is delighted to announce that the Colgate Caring Dentist Awards will continue in 2022.
Costello Medal 2022
The 2022 recipients of the Costello Medal, representing the Dublin Dental School and University Hospital, were Donald Ademaj and Cameron Price.
Mouth Cancer Awareness Day 2022
Mouth Cancer Awareness Day 2022 will take place on Wednesday, September 21.
Basic life support/sedation
Do you offer sedation at your practice? If so, you and your dental team need to keep up to date with specific medical emergency training for sedation.
Can you contribute to our Journal Editorial Board?
Expressions of interest are sought for membership of the Editorial Board of the Journal of the Irish Dental Association.
In memoriam – Fionnuala O’Brien
The officers and staff of the Irish Dental Association were greatly saddened to hear of the recent passing of Fionnuala O’Brien, a former member of staff at the Association.
Oral health must be political priority
According to a major new study on the absence of political priority for oral health in Ireland, "to avoid repeating historical mistakes, successful reform will require greater political interest than experienced to date, strong political will, and a major focus on implementation, including positive engagement with oral health professionals”.
Annual Conference 2022
We are back! And where better to return to than our usual haunt of the Galmont Hotel, Galway, from May 12-14 next.
Return to face-to-face Fellowship examinations at RCSI
The Faculty of Dentistry at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) successfully completed a face-to-face diet of the Fellowship of the Faculty of Dentistry (FFD) examinations from November 24-26, 2021.