ISDH Conference 2023
Click here to view the ISDH Summer Conference 2023 Brochure
This year’s conference will be held in The Strand Hotel providing a warm Limerick welcome in our 4*hotel that takes pride of place in the heart of the city. If you are interested in staying at the conference hotel, please contact the hotel directly for booking, and note that conference rates apply.
The pre-conference dinner will take place at the The strand hotel on Thursday 8th June at 8pm.
The awards available for the ISDH 2023 Summer Conference are:
1. Annual Special Care Dental Care Professional (DCP) Award
2. Student/ Newly Qualified Professional Award
3. June Nunn Award
Click here to see further information about the ISDH awards 2023
Please BOOK ONLINE or post the completed booking form with a cheque/ draft/ postal order made payable to ISDH. Sterling drafts/ cheques accepted.
If you have any queries or if you would like to make a payment by electronic transfer and require ISDH banking details, please contact our Honorary Treasurer: Dani McGeown at: isdhpayments@gmail.com or 0851483993.
Pre-conference Fee
€45 for dentists
€25 for non-dentists
Conference Fee (inc. Tea/Coffee & Lunch)
€100 ISDH Member (Dentist)
€65 ISDH Member (Other)*
€150 Non-Member (Dentist)
€100 Non-Member (Other)*
Thursday June 8th 2-5 pm
The pre-conference course (2 – 5 pm) Sedation in Special Care Dentistry will discuss and demonstrate the treatment planning and clinical practice of sedation as it applies to patients with medical/intellectual disabilities led by Dr Richard Fitzgerald
Conference Programme Friday 9th June 2023
08.45 Registration
09.20 Opening addresses:
Bernard Gloster, CEO HSE
09:35 Oral Health Inequality and Disability: closing the gap
Dr. Denise Faulks, BDS MSc PhD Consultant Special Care Dental Unit University Hospital of Clermont Ferrand, France
10:25 Clinical pathways as a Quality Strategy
Prof. Alison Dougall, Professor and Consultant in medically compromised patients at Dublin Dental Hospital
11:00 Coffee Break and Trade Stands
11:35 Assessing complexity in special care dentistry
Dr. Danielle McGeown, Specialist in Special Care Dentistry HSE South
12:20 Awards and Presentations
Student/Newly Qualified Professional Award / June Nunn Award / Annual Special Care Dental Care Professional Award
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00 How to be awesome at non-pharmacological behaviour support in special care dentistry
Dr Caoimhin Mac Giolla Phadraig, Specialist and Lecturer in Special Care Dentistry, DDUH
14:50 Special care dentistry – A private practice perspective
Dr Gillian Smith B.A B.Dent Sc, M.F.D., P.G.Dip Cons Sed; Practice limited to conscious sedation/ special care dentistry
15:45 AGM
16.30 Meeting Close
Conference 2023 booking area
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