Contemporary Periodontal Update for the Dental Team
Speaker: Ian Dunn.
Aims:
• To understand modern concepts of periodontal disease aetiology.
• To appreciate how to assess and diagnose periodontal diseases effectively.
• To understand the new classification system 2018.
• To understand the S3 treatment guidelines and the implications for practice.
• To understand the role of self-care in periodontal management.
• To appreciate different instrumentation techniques.
• To understand the role of antimicrobials in disease control.
Objectives
By the end of the session, participants will be able to:
• Discuss prognosis of periodontally involved teeth rationally with patients.
• Use BPE effectively and rapidly.
• Assess periodontal patients in detail to arrive at the right diagnosis.
• Instruct and motivate patients in self-care.
• Perform non-surgical therapy efficiently.
• Consider the use of antimicrobials in clinical practice.
About the speaker
Ian Dunn qualified from the University of Leeds in 1998 and went into general practice in the North West. In 2001, he was awarded Membership of the Faculty of General Dental Practice. In 2002, he joined the teaching staff at Liverpool Dental Hospital in the periodontology department where he became the Undergraduate Teaching Lead and a Senior Clinical Teacher in Periodontics, a role he held for five years until leaving the position in 2018. In 2010, he completed his MSc in Periodontology and in 2013 was admitted to the GDC specialist list in periodontics. In 2023, Ian was invited to become a Fellow of the College of General Dentistry.
Ian spends three days a week in private practice where he takes referrals for all aspects of periodontology. He is the British Society of Periodontology regional representative for Merseyside and Cheshire, and serves on their council as honorary treasurer. In 2014, he was also elected to the BSP Faculty. He is the Deputy of the European Federation of Periodontology Communications Committee and is on the editorial board of Dental Update.
Ian teaches for the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons and runs their short course in periodontics. He has recently been appointed Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in Periodontics at UCLAN where he helps teaching on the postgraduate programme.
TO REGISTER
To register, please email secretary@cornwalldentists.co.uk or write to Cornwall Dental Practitioners, C/O Penryn Dental Practice, Anchor Quay, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 8GZ by 12th September 2025. Please notify us of any dietary requirements.
COURSE FEES
Members: £160.00
Non-members: £340.00
DCPs: £70.00
Please make cheques payable to Cornwall IDP.
Payment can also be made via BACS, email secretary@cornwalldentists.co.uk
for details.
This course qualifies for 6 hours of CPD.
VENUE DETAILS
Bedruthan Hotel, Mawgan Porth TR8 4BU