On 21st January 2019 we held our fifth consecutive Dental Scrubs Ceremony. The purpose of the Dental Scrubs ceremony is to mark the student’s transition from pre-clinical to clinical stage of their studies, as well as take the opportunity to reflect on their new role and responsibilities as dental students with patients on clinic. Bristol … Read more
On the Friday 16th of November the brand new Dental Common Room officially opened its door to both students and staff. The official ‘dental floss’ was cut across the entrance to the new space by our Past UBDSS President Claudia Lever and current President Beth Revert. From 5pm the area was opened as a fully … Read more
Please see the thank you message below from current Year 3 student Keira Madden following her recent fundraising efforts. Well done Keira! Just a quick note to say thank you so much to everyone who donated for my half marathon, I was so overwhelmed by all of your generosity. I’ve currently raised £1240 (+£205 gift … Read more
Visiting Speaker Dr Penelope Jones Accredited Feldenkrais Practitioner and Meditation Teacher WorkingPosture. How to prevent and recover from workplace problems of sitting all day to work A lecture for Dental Students and Staff Wednesday 24th October 2018, 1-2pm, Chapter House Lecture Theatre Penelope Jones is a retired Endodontist who taught at Sydney Dental School in … Read more
A very warm welcome to our new undergraduates at Bristol Dental School! This week saw 76 new students arrive with us and hopefully receive a very useful “Welcome Week”. There were a wide variety of introductory talks beginning on Tuesday with a welcome from the Head of School Professor Peter Robinson and an introduction from … Read more
You may have spotted the University of Bristol Dental Hospital on BBC One’s Shop Well for Less (first aired Wednesday 19th September and available via the iPlayer for 28 days – check out the 35 minute mark!). Ms Sarah Bain, Director of DCP School and Dental Hygiene Students took part in a plaque challenge, testing electronic … Read more
Earlier this month 3M visited Bristol and delivered an update on impression materials to year 3 dental students in the Clinical Skills Laboratory. Dr Daud organised a hands-on session to train students on the use of Pentamix machines to deliver impression materials and achieve satisfactory impressions. Dr John Rafelt and Mr Stephen Gerrard from 3M kindly supported the session … Read more
The University Medical Library are currently piloting the Reading Well for Mental Health scheme, working in partnership with Student Advisers who will promote it to University health services and students. About the scheme Reading Well helps you to understand and manage your health and wellbeing using helpful reading. The books are all endorsed by health experts, as well as people with living with the conditions covered … Read more
On the 21st November we are hosting a Masterclass to celebrate the 10th year of the MSc Dental Implantology. Masterclass: Immediate full-arch implants: the team approach Guest speakers: Susan Tanner, Andrew Dawood, John Wibberley MSc alumni speakers: Simon Ernst, Vincenzo Bruno, Paul Davies Tickets: £125 This course will be of interest to dentists, technicians, hygienists and … Read more
Further to our earlier post Success for Bristol dental researchers at upcoming IADR conference, intercalating BDS student Serena Dodhia presented at the conference a couple of weeks ago in London. Here’s what Serena had to say… “I enjoyed presenting a poster at the International Association of Dental Research (IADR) conference from the 25-28th July held at … Read more