Oral health inequalities - national and international
Saturday 8 September 2012
Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE
*** Please note that this event is now cancelled. For queries, please contact Primrose Ante-Bennett on odontology@rsm.ac.uk. The next annual general meeting of the Odontology Section will be on Monday 17 June 2013. ***
Aims and objectives:
* To give an account of the global burden of oral disease.
* To explain the causes of inequality in oral health both between and within countries.
* To consider strategies which, if implemented, would help to achieve global oral health equity.
9.30 am |
Registration followed by tea, coffee, and biscuits |
10.00 am |
Welcome and introductory remarks |
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Professor Farida Fortune, Dean for Dentistry, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry; Honorary Consultant in Oral Medicine, Barts Health NHS Trust |
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10.10 am |
What challenges us in the UK? |
| Mr Barry Cockcroft, Chief Dental Officer of England, Department of Health | |
10.30 am |
The challenge of developmental abnormalities |
| Professor Alan Brook, Professor of Oral Growth and Development, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry | |
10.50 am |
The challenge of dental caries |
| Professor Nigel Pitts, Professor of Dental Health; Director, Dental Health Services Research Unit, University of Dundee | |
11.10 am |
The challenge of oral infections |
| Dr John Buchanan, Clinical Senior Lecturer, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry; Honorary Consultant in Oral Medicine, Barts Health NHS Trust | |
11.30 am |
Coffee break |
12.00 pm |
The global burden of oral disease: A 21st century challenge |
| Professor David Williams, Professor of Global Oral Health, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry | |
12.20 pm |
The challenge of national oral health inequalities |
| Professor Wagner Marcenes, Professor of Oral Epidemiology, Barts and The London School of Medicine & Dentistry | |
12.40 pm |
The challenge of oral health inequalities in developing countries |
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Professor Midion Chidzonga, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon Dean, College of Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe |
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1.00 pm |
Lunch break |
2.00 pm |
How medicine is facing the global challenge |
| Speaker to be confirmed | |
2.20 pm |
Why does oral disease remain a problem and what are we going to do about it? |
| Professor Aubrey Sheiham, Emeritus Professor of Dental Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London | |
| Chair: Professor Farida Fortune, Dean for Dentistry, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry; Honorary Consultant in Oral Medicine, Barts Health NHS Trust |
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2.40 pm |
Plenary discussion: Where do we go from here? |
3.00 pm |
Annual General Meeting of the Odontology Section and refreshments |
3.15 pm |
Closing remarks and completion of evaluation forms |
3.30 pm |
End of meeting |
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Meeting ref: ODC08 CPD (Applied for) |
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