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Archformbyte is offering dentists a global first – the opportunity to attend Skip Truitt’s course on maxillofacial orthopaedics and orthodontics from your home.

Held on the 5 and 6 December, Skip will show attendees how to implement orthopaedic and orthodontic therapy into their own practice.

The course will cover:

• Distinguishing between orthopaedic versus orthodontic therapy
• Orthopaedic treatment options for patients with dental and skeletal imbalances
• The concept of early interceptive orthopaedic treatment
• Embryology and anatomy of the growing patient and factors influencing the development of the facial and alveolar bone
• How to identify patients that require early interceptive orthopaedic treatment
• How to obtain the necessary records leading to diagnosis and treatment of skeletal and dental imbalances
• Step by step guide through case analysis and formulation of a treatment plan
• Provision, maintenance and adjustment of the orthopaedic appliances
• How to implement orthopaedic and orthodontic treatment into your own practice.

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Dental experts are calling for urgent action towards improving equality and diversity in dentistry. 

As part of yesterday’s Westminster Health Forum Policy Conference, a discussion took place on the diversity challenge for dentistry and the the impact of COVID-19 on BAME members of the profession.

Headed up by Chet Trivedy, he opened up about his own discriminatory experiences within the workplace.

‘I’ve worked for the NHS for many years and I was asked when I was going home after the Brexit results were announced. I said: ‘Well I’m still on my shift.’ They said: ‘No no no’ and said that after the referendum ‘you should be going back home’.

‘I have colleagues who have had similar experiences around these issues. It’s not very often that you feel uncomfortable around some of the things somebody has said.

‘But now is a time to be open about them and actually try to … Read the rest