This webinar will address the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic for dentistry at this difficult time and help dental professionals, whether experienced or newly qualified, to plan for the future.

It is presented by Peter Briggs and Sana Movahedi, who are both well-known experienced dental practitioners currently involved with quality managing training and education across London and Kent, Surrey and Sussex (LKSS) for Health Education England

Topics covered will include:

• Implications of COVID-19 on all of us in the dental profession at present and in the future;
• Dental workforce contributions to the NHS COVID-19 response;
• Impact from COVID-19 on current working and training and education;
• Future impact on the use and attitude of remote/on-line technology for patient interactions, team meetings, peer review, education and training;
• How dentistry might get back to normal with associated challenges and opportunities;
• Awareness of those currently experiencing disrupted training.

On completion, you will:

• understand how dentistry is and will be affected by COVID-19;
• know the skills needed for the future and how to improve and develop them;
• know the implication and relevance of the Dental Aerosol on safe patient care;
• understand the different risk factors for patients as related to current data – and how this may affect their future behaviour;
• know the areas where I can help with the COVID-19 NHS effort;
• be better in formed on the issues affecting patients and dentistry at this time.