On 2nd October we held our annual Dental Scrubs Ceremony, in the Reception Room, Wills Memorial Building. The Dental Scrubs ceremony marks the first significant milestone in our students’ professional journey, when they receive their dental scrubs and reflect on their new role and responsibilities as dental professionals. Bristol Dental School is the only Dental … Read more
Dr Cher Farrugia from Bristol Dental School has been awarded an International Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research (IADR) STAR Network Academy Fellowship 2024. Please see this School news item for all the information. Well done Cher!
Cleft lip and/or palate is a lifelong condition affecting one in 700 births. A new research programme, led by the University of Bristol and thanks to funding of nearly £2 million by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), will investigate how ethnicity, sex, socio-economic status, health literacy and geography affect outcomes for … Read more
Bristol Dental School is delighted to announce that Dr Eleanor Fleming, will be visiting us from 8 January to 18 February 2024, under the auspices of a Bristol Next Generation Visiting Researchship. The overarching aim of this visiting researchship is to allow Dr Fleming to share her expertise on, as well as continue her researching … Read more
Within the past few weeks the Dental School has been active in engaging with local communities. Thanks are due to Tara Miran, who organised the St Pauls community event on Saturday 28th October, to dental students Hafsa (Year 4), Jenny (Year 4) and Sam (Year 5) for their participation, including producing games, quizzes and colouring … Read more
On 11th October we held our annual Dental Scrubs Ceremony, in the Reception Room, Wills Memorial Building. The Dental Scrubs ceremony marks the first significant milestone in our students’ professional journey, when they receive their dental scrubs and reflect on their new role and responsibilities as dental professionals. Bristol Dental School is the only Dental … Read more
In April 2023, Bristol Dental School was successful in receiving funding from University of Bristol Decolonising the Curriculum Catalyst Fund to host 3 town hall meetings facilitated by Lara Lalemi, Founder and CEO of Creative Tuition, and expert in decolonising the curriculum. The purpose of these three town hall meetings was to provide a space … Read more
Within the past three weeks every Year 4 BDS student has visited a care home in the city to provide oral health guidance to carers. This new initiative fits within the Social Accountability helical theme of the BDS21 curriculum. Students were trained prior to, and accompanied during, the visits by volunteers from Bridge2Aid, a dental … Read more
Mike Gregory delivered a hands-on impression taking workshop at the British Undergraduate Dental Research Conference on Saturday 25th February in Manchester. Mike was joined by current BDS final year students Adam Kingsley and Kyriakos Keklikoglou and Jagdeep Saimbi who is a previous graduate from Bristol who supported him in delivering the workshop to a host … Read more
Congratulations to Numra Maryam (Year 5 BDS) on her winning entry for the photograph competition associated with the recent evening walk around the Bristol Light Festival installations. Numra wins a £20 gift token for the photograph below of the Beam installation at Castle Bridge. Congratulations Numra, great picture!