Paediatric Dentistry

Richard Welbury graduated from Newcastle University with BDS (Hons) in 1978 and MB BS in 1984. He then received a Ph.D. from Newcastle University on 'An evaluation of composite resins and glass polyalkenoate cements in Paediatric Dentistry'. In 1988 he was appointed Lecturer in Paediatric Dentistry at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and in 1991 he took up the post of Regional Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry at Newcastle Dental Hospital. In 2001 he was appointed to the Chair of Paediatric Dentistry at the University of Glasgow Dental School. In 2001-2002 he was President of the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry and 2006-2008 President of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry. Between 2003-2006 he was Chairman of the Standing Advisory Committee in Paediatric Dentistry of the combined Royal Colleges. Marie Thérèse Hosey is Head of Department of Paediatric Dentistry at King's. Graduating in Glasgow in 1985, she was among the few dentists in the United Kingdom with training in administering general anaesthesia. Her master's thesis focused on methods of evaluating the efficacy of conscious sedation in children. She completed both her higher specialist training in paediatric dentistry and her doctorate, which studied the effects of liver disease and transplantation on the oral tissues, in Birmingham, England. She moved to Glasgow in 1998 where she was appointed Senior Lecturer and later, Reader in Paediatric Dentistry. She is Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow and an examiner for the Intercollegiate Fellowship Specialty Examination in Paediatric Dentistry. She wrote the Royal College of Surgeons of England's clinical guideline on paediatric conscious sedation, and is a past council member of the Association of Dental Anaesthetists and the Dental Sedation Teachers Group. Professor Monty Duggal obtained his BDS from Patiala in 1983 and his MDS in Paediatric Dentistry in 1986. He then immigrated to the United Kingdom and obtained his FDSRCS from the Royal College of Surgeons of England and his PhD from Leeds University. He joined Leeds Dental Institute as a Junior Lecturer in 1989 and is currently Professor and Head of Paediatric Dentistry. Professor Duggal has published over 65 research papers in international journals. He has obtained research grants to the total value of one million pounds. His an internationally respected scientist and clinician and is invited all over the world to give talks and courses on Paediatric Dentistry.

1. Craniofacial growth and development ; 2. Introduction to the dental surgery ; 3. Risk assessment, examination and treatment planning ; 4. Management of pain and anxiety ; 5. Local anathesia for children ; 6. Diagnosis and prevention of dental caries ; 7. Treatment of dental caries in the pre-school child ; 8. Operative management of dental caries in the primary dentation ; 9. Operative treatment of caries in the young permanent dentation ; 10. Advanced restorative dentistry ; 11. Periodontal disease in children ; 12. Traumatic injuries to the teeth ; 13. Anomalies of tooth formation and eruption ; 14. The paedodontic/orthodontic interface ; 15. Oral pathology and oral surgery ; 16. Medical disability ; 17. Childhood disability ; 18. Safeguarding children