Application process now open for the National Dental Nurse Training Programme of Ireland

This 16 month training programme offers an opportunity to those currently employed as trainee dental nurses to achieve a formal award. Successful completion of this programme, commencing August 2022, will lead to a Diploma in Dental Nursing (Trinity College Dublin) and will permit entry onto the Voluntary Dental Council Register for Dental Nurses in Ireland.

This programme is modular in design and delivery will be supported by video-conferencing and distance learning methods.  The programme will be offered in Dublin, Cork and Galway (regional centres will be available pending the required number of students applying for these centres). We offer distance learning for geographically remote students (outside of Dublin, Cork and Galway areas).

Application forms and course outline can be obtained from https://www.dentalhospital.ie/education/undergraduate-programmes/dental-nursing/application-form

For further information, please contact:

Dental Nursing Administrator

Dublin Dental University Hospital, Lincoln Place, Dublin 2 D02 F859.

Email:  DentalNurseTutor@dental.tcd.ie

The online application process must be completed by Monday 11th March 2022.

Scientific lecture: Infection Prevention and Control in Post-Pandemic Dental Practice by Dr Jane Renehan

Monday 10th May @7pm Via Zoom.

Aim of Presentation:  

To review the current and future infection prevention and control (IPC) processes in dentistry

Objectives: 

  1. Examine key IPC changes which have occurred in dentistry since the pandemic. 
  2. Review dental nurses’ IPC current roles and responsibilities. 
  3. Anticipate what IPC work practices may look like in a post-vaccination era. 

Learning Outcomes: 

By the end of the presentation attendees will have had an opportunity to: 

  1. Revise existing IPC best practice processes.  
  2. Examine the challenges and opportunities for IPC processes resulting from new ways of working during a pandemic. 
  3. Anticipate what the post-vaccination IPC processes in dental practice may look like. 

The presentation will take place over 55 minutes followed by 15 minutes for Q&As via the chat room on Zoom.  

1 CPD point will be awarded to attendees who complete the feedback evaluation form).  

This lecture is only available to IDNA members. You can become a member of idna on our website idna@.ie

If you are a member and wish to attend please email secretary@idna.ie

More Details about our Guest Speaker:

Dr Jane Renehan, Compliance Consultant,M.Dent.Sc., M.B.A. (Hons)  

Dr Renehan is recognised as the national expert on clinical regulations and statutory guidelines in Dentistry. In 2018 Jane established Dental Compliance Ltd, providing advisory and training services to dental practices, so that dental teams are compliant and inspection ready. 

Prior to founding her company, Jane was a HSE Principal Dental Surgeon for 20 years with a reputation for simplifying complex legislation, developing common-sense solutions for radiation protection, infection control, waste management, and dental practice risk management. 

Internationally, Jane’s regulation expertise was acknowledged when, in 2019, she was elected Chair of the Council of European Dentists (CED) working group on Dental Materials and Medical Devices. In this role, she works closely with dentists and dental associations throughout Europe, the EU Commission and European Dental Manufacturers.   She is a member of the Irish Dental Association’s Quality and Patient Safety Committee where she helps develop standards and audit tools for infection prevention

Irish Society of Dentistry Virtual Scientific Meeting – Irish Society of Dentistry for Children Virtual Scientific Meeting

Irish Society of Dentistry Virtual Scientific Meeting – Irish Society of Dentistry for Children Virtual Scientific Meeting

The 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting of the Irish Society for Dentistry for Children will celebrate the establishment of our Society in Cork fifty years ago. We will host an online event, which will encompass an interesting educational programme, as well as an opportunity to reflect on our past, present and future. We look forward to seeing you all in May. 

In recognition of the significance of this milestone year for the ISDC, we are pleased to offer reduced registration fees for the online event. We hope that this facilitates as much participation as possible in this celebration.

Please download our programme here.

Speakers include:

  • Dr Isabel Olegario, Assistant Professor in Paedeatric Dentistry at Dublin Dental University Hospital
  • Dr Martin Foster, Head of Dental Protection in Ireland and Specialist in Paediatric Dentistry
  • Prof. Denis O’Mullane, Emeritus Professor and Consultant 
  • Dr Louise Gibson, Consultant Paediatrician


The educational programme will provide 3.5 hours of structured Continuing Professional Development. 

In recognition of the significance of this milestone year for the ISDC, we are pleased to offer the following reduced registration fees for the online event:

Dentists – €50

Dental Nurse / Dental Hygienist – €30

Student / Retiree – €20

For further information, please contact: info@dentistryforchildren.ie

COVID 19 Burnout and Dental Team Fatigue: Recognition and Practical Tips to Deal with it

The ISDH are proud to host our next free online webinar presented by our highly regarded health psychologist, Dr. Koula Asimakopoulou.

Title: COVID 19 Burnout and Dental Team Fatigue : Recognition and Practical Tips to Deal with it

Thursday 25th March 8pm GMT

It is easy to find yourself overwhelmed with stressors losing sight of your own mental health and those around you. Dr. Koula will introduce participants to the key features of burnout and fatigue and offer practical ways to deal with these effects.

The objectives for this interactive session will be:

  1. To understand what burnout and fatigue are
  2. To recognise signs that the time might be right to seek help
  3. To practice simple behavioural/ cognitive methods to reduce the psychological impacts of COVID.

Dr Koula Asimakopoulou is a UK, British Psychological Society (BPS)- Chartered, Registered Psychologist and member of the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) specialising in Health Psychology.

She moved into Dentistry in 2007 but retains her interest in chronic illness management. Dr. Asimakopoulou has been delivering psychology and research methods support to medicine, pharmacy, nursing, dentistry and other clinical and non-clinical audiences since 1996.

Dr. Asimakopoulou regularly presents at national and international conferences. Her research interests are in behaviour change in oral health settings, supporting the dental team in the provision of patient-centred care, dentist-patient communication and in particular in the understanding and communication of risk information to increase patient adherence.

Follow this link to register

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AQVjthK_SV6_nO-z3tdvIg

Application process now open for the National Dental Nurse Training Programme of Ireland

This 16 month training programme offers an opportunity to those currently employed as trainee dental nurses to achieve a formal award. Successful completion of this programme, commencing August 2021, will lead to a Diploma in Dental Nursing (Trinity College Dublin) and will permit entry onto the Voluntary Dental Council Register for Dental Nurses in Ireland.

This programme is modular in design and delivery will be supported by video-conferencing and distance learning methods.  The programme will be offered in Dublin, Cork and Galway (regional centres will be available pending the required number of students applying for these centres). We offer distance learning for geographically remote students (outside of Dublin, Cork and Galway areas).

Application forms and course outline can be obtained from https://www.dentalhospital.ie/education/undergraduate-programmes/dental-nursing/national-dental-nurse-training-programme-of-ireland

For further information, please contact:

Dental Nursing Administrator

Dublin Dental University Hospital, Lincoln Place, Dublin 2 D02 F859.

Email:  DentalNurseTutor@dental.tcd.ie

The online application process must be completed by Friday 19th March 2021.

Professional (Higher) Diploma in Orthodontic Therapy

Trinity College School of Dental Science is inviting applications to the Professional (Higher) Diploma in Orthodontic Therapy, to commence in August 2021 for a 12- month full-time course. The Professional (Higher) Diploma in Orthodontic Therapy
is awarded by the University of Dublin, Trinity College and is a registerable qualification with the Dental Council. The initial core course – Introduction to Clinical Practice – is delivered in the Dublin Dental University Hospital (DDUH) and lasts for 20 days over alternate weeks between the end of August and October, after which students will train in their work placements under direct supervision of an orthodontic specialist or consultant orthodontist for approximately eleven months. During the period of work placement, students will return to DDUH for fourteen training days, which are spread over the remaining months.
The programme is aimed at those who have a qualification in either Dental Hygiene or Dental Nursing, have at least two years’ post-qualification workplace experience (private orthodontic practice / public health orthodontic clinic) and are listed on the appropriate register maintained by the Dental Council. Applicants must have a current BLS certificate.
The written support of a suitably qualified orthodontist trainer, who is on the Orthodontic Specialist register of the Dental Council, is required. Trainers must attend a “Training the Trainers” course in June to prepare them for their role as a trainer on the course. Please note that a trainer can only supervise one student in any given year.
Successful candidates will be required to show evidence of Hepatitis B & C screening and Hepatitis B immunity. They will also be subject to An Garda Síochána vetting.
Interviews will be held in May and shortlisted applicants must be accompanied by their prospective workplace trainer. In addition, their proposed workplace will be assessed after the interviews to ensure that the facilities are suitable for the clinical workplace training.
Programme details are on the Dental School website:
https://www.tcd.ie/dental/undergraduate/diploma/orthodontic-therapy/
Applications and enquiries to natalie.mcgettigan@dental.tcd.ie (Tel – 01 612 7361).
Closing date: 5pm on Monday 29th March 2021

BSc in Dental Practice Management with Oral Health Promotion (with part time option) open evening.

The Department of Nursing and Healthcare [Faculty Science and Health] will be offering a part-time 2 year B.Sc. level 7 degree, commencing this September 2019 and running over 2 years. 

For this programme students will be required to attend one day per week – Tuesdays in year 1 and Thursdays in year 2.

Students must be currently employed as dental nurses with 2 years’ prior learning gained from the work-place.

The cost of this BSc programme to the student is €1,625.00 per year. Should you require a payment plan, please contact John Doyle, Fees Officer, phone 090 64 68135 or email jdoyle@AIT.IE for more information.

Applications for this programme will open in August 2019, please check AIT website.

Inforamtion evening Monday 10th February 2020 6-8pm

Email moconnor@ait.ie to register your interest and for the evenings agends

Application process now open for the National Dental Nurse Training Programme of Ireland

This 16 month training programme offers an opportunity to those currently employed as trainee dental nurses to achieve a formal award. Successful completion of this programme, commencing September 2020, will lead to a Diploma in Dental Nursing (Trinity College Dublin) and will permit entry onto the Voluntary Dental Council Register for Dental Nurses in Ireland.

This programme is modular in design and delivery will be supported by video-conferencing and distance learning methods.  The programme will be offered in Dublin, Cork and Galway (regional centres will be available pending the required number of students applying for these centres). We offer distance learning for geographically remote students (outside of Dublin, Cork and Galway areas).

For the Dublin and Galway centres:

Application forms and course outline can be obtained from https://www.dentalhospital.ie/education/undergraduate-programmes/dental-nursing/application-form

For further information, please contact:

Dental Nursing Administrator

Dublin Dental University Hospital, Lincoln Place, Dublin 2 D02 F859.

Phone 01 612 7315; Email:  DentalNurseTutor@dental.tcd.ie

For Cork, Waterford, Limerick and Tralee centres:

https://www.ucc.ie/en/dipdentnurs/

An application form can be obtained from Ms Fiona Grant, Admissions Office, University College Cork.

Tel: 021 4903571

Or

Ms Siobhán Shakeshaft

Cork University Dental School & Hospital, Wilton, Cork

Tel: 021 4901160; Email: Siobhan.Shakeshaft@ucc.ie

All parts of the application process must be completed by Friday 13th March 2020.