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Successful launch to Dental Academy training programme
Tue, 02 Oct 2012 11:37:00 BST
On Thursday 27th September 2012 the University of Portsmouth Dental Academy kick started its continual professional development programme with a packed auditorium turning out to hear Professor Dianne Rekow update the audience on the direction of dentistry now and looking to the future.
Over sixty local and nationally based dental professionals turned out to attend the University of Portsmouth Dental Academy’s inaugural professional training event, which was held on the evening of Thursday 27th September 2012. The event featured a keynote address from Professor Diane Rekow, Dean of the Kings College Institute and Professor of Orthodontics. Professor Rekow gave an insightful talk into the scientific advances influencing the direction of dentistry in the present day and the potential challenges and breakthroughs set for the future.
John Weld, Clinical Director of the Dental Academy at the University of Portsmouth said:
“This is the beginning of an innovative programme of professional development events, being driven by the academic expertise and facilities here at the Dental Academy. I am delighted that so many professionals chose to join us for our first event and listen to a speaker as distinguished as Professor Rekow.”
Prof Rekow is president of the International Association for Dental Research and is an internationally known authority on the performance of new materials and products for use in aesthetic and restorative dentistry.
Visitors also availed themselves of the opportunity to take a tour of the University’s world-class facilities which include state of the art clinical education teaching equipment, such as the ‘phantom head’ room and a cutting edge decontamination centre.
More information on the development courses available can be found here.
