Developing a Society for Prison Dentists

Dr Liana Zoitopoulos

Honorary Secretary

BASCD

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There are 134 prisons

At least 134 dentists

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Mental Health issues

Learning Difficulties

Complex Medical Histories

Drug Addiction

High Treatment Needs

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Each dentist works in isolation

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Difficult to meet and discuss issues with other prison dentists

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The advent of CPD has made it necessary to attend

courses

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Is there a need for a society?

BASCDBASCD is an independent association of dental public health practitioners and as a specialist society is concerned with dental

public health and related subjects.

Its members include those who will be providing advice to the PCTs on the future

commissioning of dental services, those who supported the implementation of the new

contractual arrangements at PCT and SHA level and those who provide clinical and

public health dental services to the community.

BASCDService Development and Delivery Section:

Aim To provide a focus for discussion and debate relating

to the development and delivery of services in primary oral health care.This includes the clinical and public health functions of primary care services

Chair – Peter Bateman

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Policy Section:

Aims 1. To define the Association’s policy on strategic

issues in oral health and dental services.2. To provide both proactive and reactive advice

to key decision makers as and when required.

Chair – Paul Batchelor

BASCDInformation Section:

Aims To provide a focus within the Association for advancing

information-linked elements of 3 key objectives set out in the BASCD Constitution:

1. Maintenance of a body with expert knowledge of, and expertise, in dental epidemiology

2. Facilitation of study of the provision of oral health care in the community.

3. Facilitation of relevant aspects of community dental practice.

Chair – Nigel Pitts

BASCDTeachers and Research Section:

Aim: The overall function of the Teachers and Research

Section is to support the objectives of BASCD by acting as the body of expert opinion to whom Council may turn concerning the development of teaching of dental public health at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Chair – Jenny Gallagher

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Dental Practice Advisers:

Aim: To provide a forum for Dental Practice Advisers, for

the development of their role and the promotion of all aspects of advice on Dental Practice to all those bodies requiring it.

Chair – Martin Fulford

Prison Dentists:

A subsection of Service Development and Delivery Section.

Aim: To provide a forum for prison dentists for the

development of their clinical and public health role as well as for peer support.

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BASCDAdvantages Forum for meeting other prison dentists

CPD/Study days (Prison focus)

Clinical Supervision

Journal

The Society will put across your point of view for you

Direct discussions with commissioning advisers

Will sort out the obligatory elements of CPD

Career progression

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Disadvantages

You pay £95 to join

BUT you get tax-relief of 33%.

So join now!

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Dr Liana ZoitopoulosHonorary Secretary

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Department of Community Special Care Dentistry

King’s College London Dental Institute

Kings Campus

Denmark Hill

London SE5 9RS

Liana.zoitopoulos@kingsch.nhs.uk

Tel: 020 3299 3480