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A n interesting discovery has been by a man, who whilst walking along a beach in Massachusetts, found a bag containing some dental aligners that had been blown 100 miles by a tornado! Rick Maurice came across the bag containing the braces whilst he was enjoying a stroll along a beach on Tuckernuck Island, off Nantucket. Fortu- nately the bag was labelled with the dentist’s name, which meant that Mr Maurice was able to track the owner down. The owner of the aligners, Tammy Lamy, had originally put the braces in wardrobe of her Brimfield home; however, when a tornado struck on 1st June the bag was blown away and was eventually swept out to sea and found by Mr Maurice over a hundred miles away. According to a report, Dr Scott Smith, the Springfield dentist whose name was on the clear bag containing the align- ers, said that he was amazed by the journey the aligners had made. 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Nigel and Alice Kirk have enrolled onto pioneering post- graduate dental courses at the University of Central Lan- cashire (UCLan), which will enable them to offer four different specialities of dentistry at Nigel’s practice in York upon course com- pletion. Nigel, who has already gained a Masters in Clinical Restorative Cosmetic Dentistry from UCLan’s School of Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education, is now stud- ying for his second Masters degree in Aesthetic Dental Implantology at the University. His wife Alice is a sedation lead for the Salaried Dental Services across North Yorkshire as well as working in Nigel’s practice. She is currently undertaking an MSc in Oral Surgery at UCLan. The couple first met in 1999 at the University of Birmingham’s School of Dentistry where Alice was two years ahead of Nigel in her studies. They finally got to- gether when Alice taught at the School and Nigel was in his final year. Alice commented: “We met whilst training to begin our ca- reers and now all these years later we’re studying together again. It means we’ll have a good range of services to offer to our patients and hopefully stand out as a practice.” Nigel heads up a fully private dental practice in the centre of York and is a member of the joint dental faculties of the Royal Col- lege of Surgeons. He said: “I undertook my first Masters degree in restorative den- tistry at UCLan and I liked the set- up of the courses, especially the flexibility of them, which allows me to fit the course into my daily working life. “Very few people in the coun- try have a Masters degree in both restorative dentistry and dental implantology; two very closely in- tegrated subjects. Consequently I think I will have much more to offer to both my patients and refer- ring dental practitioners.” Alice added: “The profession of dentistry has changed an enor- mous amount over the last few years. With much more emphasis in the media on the appearance of peoples’ teeth in programmes such as 10 Years Younger, patients expect more and as a dentist you must have the training to under- take these more complex proce- dures.” “Because of these changes we have to be able to show that we are committed to moving with the times and are continually develop- ingandexpandingourknowledge.” Both Nigel and Alice in will graduate in 2012. They say that studying together again has been a positive and beneficial experience. Alice said: “We both know exactly what the other is going through and when one of us needs to get an assignment done we are respectful of this. Although we are doing different courses, we still can help each other knowing how the University works and can give each other advice.” Nigel added: “My Mas- ters’ courses have given me the confidence to undertake much larger and more complex treat- ments. My practice is now mov- ing away from general dentistry and leaning towards a lot more referrals and treatments that I wouldn’t have undertaken with- out the advanced training I have received.” DT Dentistry couple bridge the gap A poster featuring NHS Lanarkshire’s oral health resource for secondary schools was shortlisted for the Bright Smiles – Bright Futures Award, at the 23rd Interna- tional Congress of the Interna- tional Association of Paediatric Dentistry (IAPD) held from 15th to 18th June 2011 in Athens. The competition aimed to showcase individual organisa- tion’s creativity in implement- ing a preventive oral health community programme serving children. Two DVDs were produced for the resource. The first DVD combined interviews, cartoons, quizzes, documentaries and the opinions of the young stars of the DVD on oral health and nu- trition. Video clip from the DVD is available from the following website: http://fpsmedia.org.uk/ video-solutions/case-studies/ case-study-smile The second DVD was adapt- ed for use with pupils that have additional support needs using Makaton – a method of communication using signs and symbols. There were also two A4-size colour brochures. One con- tained teaching materials for three oral health sessions, while the other was a set of worksheets with practical ideas for activities to reinforce the learning. The resource was launched to all schools in Lanarkshire in October 2009. Special needs es- tablishments were given a Maka- ton version of the DVD. DT NHS Lanarkshire won finalist award in Athens