Dentistry @ Manchester Blog

 So what does Dr Nick get up to when 5pm Friday arrives? And – where did that name “Dr Nick” come from?  For those au fait with “The Simpsons” that will be apparent, but for those who are not – it refers to a bungling surgeon – so that’s why my friends felt it necessary [...]

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 This week Prof Mackie’s paediatric dentistry group were learning about Fissure Sealants and Duraphat Fluoride VarnishFollowing a seminar there was a role play session where one student acted as Dentist, another as Assistant and the third as an 8 year old having a fissure sealant placed on a molar tooth.
In this way each student was [...]

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Dr Alex Milosevic, Consultant and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Restorative Dentistry at Liverpool Dental came to Manchester today to deliver a Glaxo Smith Kline as part of their Student Talking Points Lecture Series.

He gave a talk on Erosion and Tooth wear to 3rd, 4th and 5th year dental students. All the students I have spoken to [...]

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Tuesday morning, 27th November saw Prof Mackie in the New Clinical Skills room with his 3rd year student dentist Group. These students are studying on the last year of the Old Traditional BDS curriculum. They were scheduled do an occlusal cavity in a lower E and an MO in a lower D and fill them [...]

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