Resources
On this page you will find a number of templates in MS Word and .pdf format. To use the .pdf files, you will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer.
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We are keen to build up our resources on the site so if you feel you have anything to contribute, please go to the Contacts page and drop us an email.
2010 Conference Presentations
- DH Update on Prison Dentistry and DwSI Accreditation / The DwSI and PCTs: How it will Work (Dr. Sue Gregory, Deputy Chief Dental Officer)
- The New Prison Dental Handbook (Dr Helen Falcon, Postgraduate Dental Dean for NHS South Central - Oxford and Wessex Deaneries)
- Undertaking DwSI Accreditation (Dr Ruth Edwards, SDO, HMP Buckley Hall)
- PCT Audit and Inspections - Checking It's Clean (Kath Hughes, Lead Nurse for Infection Control, Heart of Birmingham PCT)
- Keeping Yourself Safe (Mel Gummery, Personal Protection Trainer, HMP Hewell Training Officer)
- View From the Fringe: Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales (Dr Mary McCann, DoH Scotland)
- Dental Hygiene at HMP Gartree (Stella Bridle, Prison Hygienist, HMP Gartree)
- A Day in the Life of a Prison Dental Nurse (Deborah Miller, Prison Dental Nurse, HMP Highdown and HMP Downview)
- Communication Behind Bars (Dr Stephen Hancocks, Editor-in-Chief, British Dental Journal)
2009 Conference Presentations
- Welcome and Introduction (Dr. Liana Zoitopolous)
- Secure Environments Group: How can we work together with our medical colleagues? (Dr Mark Williamson, Chair, Secure Environments Group, Royal College of GPs)
- DWSI Document: How can this help a dentist set up a contract with a PCT? (Dr Eric Rooney, Consultant in Dental Public Health and member of the Deputy Chief Dental Officer's group)
- Improving Dental Access, Quality and Oral Health in Prisons and Detention Centres (John Beal, MBE)
- EMIS Dental: How can it help the prison dentist? (Nigel Hughes, EMIS Project Director)
- Blood Borne Viruses (Dr Rob Hale, Consultant in Special Care Dentistry)
- Big, Bad Events in Prison Health! (Dr Andrew Fraser, Director of Health and Care, Scotland)
- An Overview of Medico Legal Issues (Dr Mary McCann, Head of Prison Dentistry, Scotland)
If there is a particular resource you are looking for which you don't see here, drop us an email and we'll see what we can do to help. The following documents are currently in preparation and will be available for download shortly:
- Patient Satisfaction Survey (courtesy of Heidi Nuttall, HMP Foston Hall)
- DRS Practice Inspection Checklist
- Cross Infection Control Policy
- Template for Practice Information Leaflet
- Methadone and Your Teeth (courtesy of Chris Cunningham, Lothian Care Primary Trust)
Useful Links
- British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry (BASCD)
- British Society for Disability and Oral Health (BSDH)
- HM Prison Service Information
- Irish Society for Disability and Oral Health
- Scottish Prisons Oral Health Survey 2002
- Prisons.org.uk - Independent Prison Information
- Dentists with Special Interests (DwSIs) Prison Dentistry
- Reforming Prison Dental Services in England, a Guide to Good Practice
- Primary Care Contracting - Oral Health
- Mouth Cancer Foundation