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Dental Tribune Middle East & Africa Edition No. 5, 2015

38 Dental Tribune Middle East & Africa Edition | September-October 2015interview > Page 39 April 8 - 9 2016 SUNTEC SINGAPORE CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE Dr. Dobrina Mollova CAPP | Dental Tribune Middle East & Africa Tel: +971 50 4243072 dr.mollova@cappmea.com Ms. Stephanie Sim Koelnmesse Pte Ltd Tel: +65 6500 6723 Fax: +65 6296 2771 s.sim@koelnmesse.com.sg Part of APRIL 8 - 10, 2016 CONTACT US TO BECOME A SPONSOR www.idem-singapore.com Organized By C M Y CM MY CY CMY K IDEM16 210x297mm DTF Dental Tribue ME Ad FA.pdf 1 7/8/15 4:49 PM Restoring a back to basic approach By Prof.PaulTiptonTraining,UK D espite still being in its infancy, the British Acad- emy of Restorative Den- tistry (BARD) has already man- aged to spread its wings across the UK and around the world. With ıı study clubs already es- tablished around the country, including Edinburgh, the acad- emy has also developed four worldwide affiliate branches in Greece, Cyprus, Poland and Su- dan. Inaugural BARD president Paul Tipton explained that the academy came into existence less than two years ago fol- lowing concerns he and a few colleagues – including Linda Greenwall, Tony Kilcoyne and Adam Toft among others – had about the quality of restorative teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. He said: “We were despairing at the qual- ity of restorative dentistry teach- ing that goes on these days in dental hospitals and the quality of the dentists who are qualify- ing. I think that is both north and south although I think over a period of time the teaching up in Scotland may have been bet- ter, thanks to the work of people such as Professor Richard Ibbet- son in Edinburgh.” Paul explained that they felt there was a real need to get back to basics, with concerns over taking amalgam out of dental schools being a big driver. He said: “That would mean that the graduates won’t be us- ing amalgam at all, so they will just be using composite. Poste- rior composite is probably the most difficult technical skill for a young graduate or an under- graduate to do. So they are going to be asked to do posterior com- posites everywhere that amal- gams are at the moment. The alternative is that they are going to put glasionomer in teeth, so either way the nation’s teeth are going to start suffering.” He also added that graduates don’t get any occlusal training and are not trained on things such as bridge design. “So, some of the fundamentals of good re- storative dentistry, that you can’t leave out in practice are just not being taught,” he said. “Everyone is going cosmetic crazy and minimal intervention crazy. Of course, that is fine for a patient that only needs a little bit of work doing, but we all know that there are an awful lot of people who have massive amal- gams and already have crown and bridgework, and dentists are just not being trained in how to deal with these people. “So the aim of BARD is just to get back to teaching some good quality restorative dentistry techniques that maybe the den- tal hospitals and especially the younger graduates just aren’t doing at the moment.” Paul is one of the most well- known and respected names in restorative dentistry, not just in the UK, but also internationally. He is a specialist prosthodontist and has established a series of Tipton Training Academies in Manchester, Leeds, London and Dublin.Asayoungmanhewasa keen cricketer and between ı974 and ı978 he opened the batting for Lancashire County Cricket Club and enjoyed five years as a professional. He explained that his decision to follow a career in dentistry was down to the fact that his ability and ambition didn’t quite match up. He said: “I think I came to the realisation that, at best, I would only ever be a county cricketer. I didn’t really feel that I had the ability to go on beyond that. “Also, the life of a county cricket- er in those days was pretty mun- dane. You didn’t get paid a lot of money and in the winter time most of the professionals went on the dole, so it was not really an inspiring career choice. As a kid it seemed a great idea, but as I got into it and I realised that I wasn’t going to play for England, I thought I’d better do something else.” Halfway through his spell at the club, Paul enrolled at university in Sheffield to study dentistry and when the term was over he came back to Lancashire to play the second half of the season. Af- ter graduating in ı978 Paul car- Paul Tipton, President of the British Academy of Restorative Dentistry tells Scottish Dental how he aims to bring much-needed but neglected techniques back into use “Some of the fundamentals of good restorative dentistry, that you can’t leave out as a practising dentist, are just not being taught” Tel: +971504243072 Tel: +6565006723 Fax: +6562962771 IDEM16 210x297mm DTF Dental Tribue ME Ad FA.pdf 17/8/154:49 PM

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