New Online Forum To Prioritise Research Areas In Primary Care Dentistry, British Dental Association

Main Category: Dentistry
Also Included In: Conferences
Article Date: 22 Apr 2008 - 1:00 PDT

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A new online forum designed to identify the priorities for research into primary care dentistry is to be launched at the 2008 British Dental Conference and Exhibition. The online discussion forum will allow dentists to voice their opinions on clinical issues and scenarios encountered in everyday practice and get definitive responses on questions they are seeking answers to.

As well as providing participating practitioners with the best available evidence about topics in an easily accessible format, the forum will also identify the research priorities of practitioners in everyday practice. Comprehensive literature searches and evaluation of topics raised will be carried out, with the results fed back to participating dentists. Recurring themes will be noted and used to determine priority areas for research funding from the Shirley Glasstone Hughes Trust research fund.

Visitors to the 2008 British Dental Conference and Exhibition will be able to learn more about the forum by attending the launch on Saturday 3 May at 1.15pm in Exchange Rooms four and five, and also by visiting the BDA stand in the main exhibition hall. A link to the forum will be available on http://www.bda.org from early May.

Notes

1. The Shirley Glasstone Hughes Memorial Fund was established in 1991. It provides grants to aid research into dentistry in primary care settings.

2. The British Dental Association (BDA) is the professional association for dentists in the UK. It represents over 20,000 dentists working in general practice, in community and hospital settings, in academia and research, and in the armed forces.

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