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Current NewsPatient Information Leaflets - Your Teeth For Life Facts about Gum HealthPatient Information Leaflets now available: Your Teeth For Life. Facts about Gum Health 12 May 2010 International Symposium on Dental Hygiene 15 April 2010 A Celebration of the Life and Work of J Bernard Kieser
A Celebration of The Life and Work of J Bernard Kieser wil be held at The Royal Society of Medicine 1 Wimpole Street, London W1G 0AE on Friday 4 June 2010 - 6.30pm to 8.00pm If you would like to join his family in this celebration, please contact Ghilaine Ower - Tel: 01730 893165 or email: ghilaine.ower@btopenworld.com
27 March 2010 Post graduate opportunities in Perio and Implant training Following hard work from the Educational Committee and in particular Mike Milward, I have updated the links page for postgraduate courses where training in Periodontology and Implant Dentistry are available. This can all be found at the end of the links page under the banner of "Specialist Periodontology training and related links". If you are aware of other postgraduate courses and you would like a link added then please send details to addyld@cardiff.ac.uk and I will post them. 18 January 2010 King James IV Professor Lecture "Periodontitis: Discovering new treatments through understanding the disease" - Friday 12 February 2010 at the RCSED King James IV Professorship Lecture This event is on Friday 12 February 2010, at 2pm.The title is "Periodontitis: Discovering New Treatments through Understanding the Disease" and the lecture is to be delivered by Professor Philip Preshaw. The lecture is free to attend, but registration is required and this can be done online at www.rcsed.ac.uk or emailing dental@rcsed.ac.uk
4 December 2009 HONORARY BSP MEMBER RECEIVES ROYAL AWARD The Society is delighted to hear that one of its Honorary Members, Ubele van der Velden has received Royal Bestowal and Decoration. Click here for further information. 16 October 2009 THE DEBATE: TO CHANGE THE SOCIETY'S NAME OR NOT? The debate for change, or not, of the Society's name will take place at 17:00 on Thursday, 24th September. There will be two short presentations, one "for" and one "against" the change of name made by Professor Nikos Donos and Dr Isobel Madden respectively. A summary of their arguments follows. N.B. The programme for the Thursday afternoon of the Autumn Scientific Meeting has been amended slightly to include the The Debate: To change the Society's name or not?, as follows: 1345 Registration 1400 Jubilee Celebration of the Sir Wilfred Fish Research Prize Presentations by past winners of the Sir Wilfred Fish Research Prize 1530 Tea 1600 Sir Wilfred Fish Research Prize Competition 1700 The Debate: To change the Society's name or not? 1730 Teachers' Section Meeting, Practitioners' Section Meeting PROPOSAL FOR THE CHANGE OF NAME - Professor Nikos Donos In a recent survey undertaken by the BSP, it was clearly shown that the new generation of graduates do not necessarily consider the specialty of Periodontology and the procedures that the discipline involves as the most appealing in terms of career pathway and investment. At the same time, the area of implant dentistry, for various reasons, is considered exciting, innovative and an area that many graduates would wish to invest time and money for post-graduate studies. Indeed, dental implants and bone augmentation techniques have in a sense completely changed the way that dentists rehabilitate patients when significant number of teeth is missing and as such challenging restorative elements are involved in the treatment plan. At the same time, further development of implant dentistry is taking place by the fact that industry is providing a significant amount of funds in terms of research and development in implants and related procedures in order to increase knowledge of the biological process that take place with different implant surfaces during osseointegration and at the same time increase predictability of the clinical outcomes. Within the international community of Periodontists (...and not only), it is widely accepted that clinical academics specialized in periodontology are the pioneers and established research leaders evaluating the biologic process of osseointegration, surgical techniques and maintenance of dental implants. Furthermore, based on recent systematic reviews, we should also expect that Periodontists will be the Specialists who will also treat the complications deriving from peri-implantitis, which is a fact that as specialists we have a responsibility not to ignore. The above mentioned leadership in the field of implant is well linked to the fact that the current postgraduate programmes in Periodontology provide a critical and evidence based treatment approach as well as all the necessary competencies to perform all required related to implants surgical techniques and maintenance strategies for our patients. At the same time, this type of training allows Periodontists to guide GDPs and other Specialists to provide the most appropriate treatment plan to result to healthy periodontal and peri-implant tissues prior to the final prosthodontic element of the implants. It is also important to realize though that Implant Dentistry is a treatment that should involve collaboration between Periodontists and other specialties as Prosthodontists and we should not, as discipline, claim credit to the whole term of Implant Dentistry. However, it would be appropriate to add to the name of our society the term "osseointegration" in order to express ownership in the biologic and surgical process of implant dentistry. In view of the emerging "implantology" related societies, possible Implant Dentistry specialty list discussed at the GDC as well as competition for the attraction of larger number of new graduates that will ensure the longevity of our society it would be essential to have a name in our society that is linking immediately the surgical aspect of Implant dentistry with our discipline. Therefore, it could be debated that the society could be now called "British Society of Periodontology and Osseointegration", a name which has already been adopted by a number of other EFP member societies. PROPOSAL AGAINST THE CHANGE OF NAME - Dr Isobel Madden The British Society of Periodontology was founded to promote "the art and science of Periodontology", and since its beginnings in 1949, has become one of the foremost professional societies in Dentistry providing support for members whose practice is focused on management of the supporting structures of the tooth. This year we celebrate our Diamond Jubilee, with a reputation for sound support for the specialty over that period of time. We have a strong "brand image", well-attended meetings and links with colleagues in our specialty throughout the world. The recent success of BSP within the Pan Dental meeting is one example of this, with the Periodontology sessions having the highest number of attendees. Periodontology as a specialist subject has a wide range of involvement in Dentistry, and our members practice in many fields including clinical practice, research, education and training. Within the specialty, the focus has always been on the retention of teeth and minimizing the consequences of tooth loss, with mucogingival management, grafting and augmentation used to support restorative replacements. Within that range, implants have become an effective and established procedure, however the awareness of soft tissue handling and techniques used in Periodontology have helped improve the predictability and outcome of implant treatment in a similar manner to these procedures being used for enhancing restorative treatment outcomes. Each element of this has been subject to stringent research and reporting, and this has been supported and encouraged by the Society in training and clinical practice. If the society focus is to promote Periodontology, and embrace the whole concept of the total tissue supporting the tooth or a device, we need to provide this as the image of the specialty. Using the argument for expanding the title, why should we limit ourselves to the inclusion of only one element, implants? We could be asking that the rest of restorative care should be included for similar reasons. As technology and future trends change perhaps we may need to consider how genetic engineering is going to affect things and with this in mind should we then be looking at changing the name of the Society just because something is sexy or attractive or should we retain our skills by way of expertise and reputation, thus encouraging a good cohort of members who are passionate about the Society's mission? Perhaps as we continue to research ways of improving the periodontal health of our patients - and there are many innovative studies being undertaken to use resources to rehabilitate the oral condition - we might start to look at including these other names into the Society's future title. Would we consider becoming the "British Society of Periodontology, Implantology, Stem Cell Treatment, Genetic Manipulation ….." etc, etc? By retaining the title, the British Society of Periodontology, we include all aspects of the field, we can promote our brand, and we do not limit ourselves to particular areas of the subject. 20 September 2009 Bernie Kieser It is with deep regret and sadness that I have to announce the sad loss of Bernie Kieser who died peacefully in his sleep on 7/9/09. Bernie had fought cancer over the last year and as usual had defied all predictions. Many of you will know Bernie as a very active member of the Society who last presented his provocative thoughts at the Spring Meeting in Cambridge 2008. He was a former President (1989-1990) and one of our Honorary Members (2001). I had the privilege of sharing an office with Bernie for many years at the Eastman and learnt a huge amount from him. Many of the students passing through his hands have benefited similarly from his excellent teaching and questioning approach. He will be sadly missed but not forgotten. Our thoughts and prayers go to his wife Jenny and his two children Samantha and Nigel. Gareth Griffiths President 9 September 2009 Graham Smart Graham Smart died on 20th June after a long battle with cancer. 23 June 2009 More... EFP latest news letter The EFP have recently issued their news letter which is now available More » 19 June 2009 Anne Hallowes is made an Emeritus Member of the BSP During the Spring Conference meeting in Sheffield Gareth Griffiths, made a surprise announcement that Anne Hallowes was to be made an Emeritus Member of the BSP. Anne was deeply moved by this. This was a fantastic announcement and a real statement of deserved recognition for all the hard work Anne has put in serving the BSP for the last 20 years. Congratulations. 31 March 2009 SEPA celebrate 50th Aniversary The Board of the Spanish Society of Periodontolgy are preparing to celebrate their SEPA 50th Anniversary. For more details, and assuming your spanish is up to scratch visit www.sepa.es 23 February 2009 A Change to the Administrative Manager ANNOUNCEMENT NEW ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER The President and Honorary Secretary have pleasure in announcing that Helen Clough has been appointed as the Society's new administrative manager with immediate effect. Helen has an illustrious and varied background which ensures she will be perfectly suited for her new position with the Society. She has over 30 years' experience of health care in both the NHS and the private sector, as well as the business sector. Within the NHS, she has worked at a senior level both in nursing and general management, and in a voluntary capacity she has worked as a magistrate over the last 10 years. While working for Bradford Hospitals NHS Trust, she worked variously as a Systems Accountant, a Business Development Manager, and the Complaints Manager for the Trust. She has also worked as the Legal Practice Manager for a firm of solicitors in West Yorkshire. We are sure that BSP members will therefore recognise the vast, varied, and highly relevant expertise that Helen brings to her new position, and we feel that the Society is incredibly fortunate to have secured her services. You will have the opportunity to welcome Helen to the Society in person at the Spring Meeting in Sheffield (13-14 March). We encourage all members to attend this conference, for which you can still register at the standard rates via the BSP website http://www.bsperio.org.uk/ Helen's contact details are as follows, and she is now the contact person to deal with any and all administrative issues or queries that you may have. e-mail: admin@bsperio.org.uk Tel/Fax: 0844 335 1915 Address: The Administrative Manager British Society of Periodontology PO BOX 334 LEEDS LS19 9FJ At the same time that we welcome Helen, we must also sadly say goodbye to Anne. Anne Hallowes has served the Society for 20 years and will be greatly missed. A presentation from the Society will be made to Anne at the Spring Conference Dinner in Sheffield. The Sheffield meeting is therefore an opportunity to say goodbye to Anne while at the same time welcoming Helen. Anne will also be attending the EuroPerio meeting in Stockholm, giving overseas members the opportunity to say farewell. On behalf of the Society, we wish Anne a long, healthy and happy retirement. Gareth Griffiths Philip Preshaw President Honorary Secretary 18 February 2009 Bryan Wade Members will be very sorry to learn of the death of Bryan Wade on 27 January 2009. Bryan Wade was Honorary Secretary from 1954 to 1956 and President in 1959/60 and 1984/85 - one of the few people to hold this office twice. He was made an Honorary Member in 1989. 31 January 2009 New case available for BSP members to see in the case studies section Shane McCrea has kindly provided another case - which is as always well written and illustrated. Entitled "Multiple gingival recessions" it is well worth a look 29 July 2008 ROADSHOWS 2008/09 with Handouts CORE VALUES IN PERIODONTICS - Assessment, Diagnosis and Treatment Guest Speakers: Dr Anthony Roberts - Manchester Dr Philip Preshaw - Newcastle upon Tyne Dr Philip Ower - Newbury Venues: Dundee - Tuesday, 23 September 2008 Norwich - Friday, 3 October 2008 Southampton - Thursday, 5 February 2009 - Full details (PDF, 137KB) Liverpool - Tuesday, 10 February 2009 - Full details (PDF, 83KB) Supported by: Oral B Fixodent P&G Professional Oral Health Dundee: Apex City Quay Hotel, West Victoria Dock Road, Dundee DD1 3JP Norwich: Park Farm Country Hotel & Leisure, Norwich NR9 3DL Supported by Philips Sonicare Southampton: Chilworth Manor Hotel & Conference Centre, SO16 7JF (bookings close Monday, 26 January 2009) Supported by Dentsply Liverpool: Lower Lecture Theatre, University of Liverpool Dental School, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5PS (Bookings close Tuesday 3 February 2009) Handouts - Assessment (PDF, 6.85MB) Handouts - Diagnosis (PDF, 6.04MB) Handouts - Treatment (PDF, 9.11MB) 13 June 2008 BSP Website 1million hits Since launching the new BSP website (which is hosted by Canterbury Web Services) we have now passed the 1 million hits mark. 9 June 2008 Obituary - Malcolm (Tony) Naylor: 1926 - 2008 Professor Malcolm N (Tony) Naylor, who died on 15th April 2008, made a major contribution to the specialty of periodontology and to preventive dentistry in the UK throughout his professional life, but in addition was involved with a range of public, professional, educational and military bodies. 25 April 2008 More... New NICE guidelines on antibiotic prophylaxis published The new NICE guidelines on prophylaxis against infective endocarditis guideline have just been published on the NICE website: http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/index.jsp?action=byID&o=11938 There are several documents to read on the website, including an easy to follow Quick Reference Guide: http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/index.jsp?action=download&o=40014 The clear message is that antibiotic prophylaxis against infective endocarditis should no longer be offered for any patients undergoing any dental procedures, including those patients considered at risk for infective endocarditis. Furthermore, chlorhexidine mouthwash should not be used as prophylaxis against infective endocarditis in people at risk undergoing dental procedures. It is important that patients are aware of the importance of maintaining good oral health, and those patients at risk of infective endocarditis should be advised that antibiotic prophylaxis is no longer routinely recommended. The BSP responded to the consultation regarding these guidelines, and is totally in support of the new guidelines. 20 March 2008 2007 BSP Clinical Fellowship Awards announced The winners of the 2007 BSP Clinical Fellowship Awards have been announced. There were 6 successful applicants this year, including: Dr Matthew Perkins (Kings) Dr Monica Lee (Kings) Dr Sonia Joshi (Kings) Dr Soureya Kasenally (QMUL) Dr Peter Nixon (Leeds) Dr Rebecca Wassall (Newcastle) Congratulations to all the winners. The awards are used to support travel to recognised centres of excellence for educational experiences and/or to support completion of specialist training courses in Periodontology. 19 March 2008 |
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