ISDH Conference 2025
Click here to view the ISDH Summer Conference 2025 Brochure
This year’s conference will be held in The Royal Marine Hotel Dun Laoghaire just south of Dublin. The hotel overlooks the Irish Sea and it is just 5 minutes’ walk to the nearest DART station. There is an hourly coach service to Dublin Airport
If you are interested in staying at the conference hotel, please contact the hotel directly for booking, and note that conference rates apply up to 1st May 2025 (reference 250845).
The pre-conference dinner will take place at the Hotel on Thursday 5th June at 8pm.
If you would like to attend the pre-conference dinner please email isdhpayments@gmail.com before the conference to confirm your spot. This is a great opportunity to catch up with old friends and make some new ones
The ISDH presents three awards in 2025
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 2025
Please BOOK ONLINE below 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
€50 for dentists
€30 for non-dentists
Conference Fee (inc. Tea/Coffee & Lunch)
€120 ISDH Member (Dentist)
€70 ISDH Member (Other)*
€170 Non-Member (Dentist) **
€110 Non-Member (Other)* **
*Other includes allied health professionals, dental nurses, dental hygienists, orthodontic therapists, clinical dental technicians, dental technicians, students and newly qualified dentists (<2 years).
** This fee entitles attendees to free ISDH membership 2025-26.
Pre-conference Thursday 5th June 2-5 pm
The Pre-conference Course will be on “Looking after yourself” with contributions from Dr Noel Kavanagh MPS “Avoiding Burnout” (14:00 – 15:30) followed by Drs Neil Martin and Aarthi Suresh on The physical side of looking after yourself as a dentist 16:00 – 17:00).
Conference Programme Friday 6th June 2025
08.45 Registration
09.20 Opening addresses:
Professor Alison Dougall, Professor and Clinical Consultant for Medically Compromised Patients, DDUH and Past President ISDH and iADH
09:30 The Interface between Special Care Dentistry and General Anaesthesia
10:30 Coffee Break and Trade Stands
11:00 Sedation in Special Care Dentistry – the best-laid plans…
Dr Gillian Howie, Consultant in Special Care Dentistry, Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
12:00 Awards and Presentations
Student/ Newly Qualified Professional Award (Sponsor DHF); June Nunn Award (Sponsor DeCare); Annual Special Care Dental Care Professional Award (Sponsor DHF)
12:20 Awards and Presentations
Student/Newly Qualified Professional Award (Sponsor DHF) / June Nunn Award (Sponsor DeCare) / Biennial DHF Travel Bursary
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30 The Green Green Gas of Hope; And other Airs’
Dr Sinead Preston and Dr Sarah McNally, Northern Health and Social Care Trust
14:45 Local Anaesthesia in Special Care Dentistry
Dr Mary Clarke, Oral Surgeon/ Lecturer in Conscious Sedation , Dublin Dental University Hospita
15:45 AGM
16.30 Meeting Close
Conference 2025 booking area
Please click on one of the boxes below to choose your ticket option.
If you are unsure if you are a member of good standing please fill out that form and we will contact you to confirm if that option is available to you.
This option is for attendees who wish to book the conference and register/renew their ISDH membership
This option is for attendees who wish to book the conference and are current ISDH members in good standing.
If you are unsure whether you are a member in good standing please fill out this form and we will contact you to confirm if that option is available to you.
This option is for attendees who wish to book the conference and register/renew their ISDH membership
This option is for attendees who wish to book the conference and are current ISDH members in good standing.
If you are unsure whether you are a member in good standing please fill out this form and we will contact you to confirm if that option is available to you.