Dental academy opening

Integrated Dental Holdings’ (IDH) new dental training Academy and Practice of the future officially opens its doors on May 29^th. Barry Cockcroft, chief dental officer for England, will open the centre, which will be the first opportunity for senior people in the dental industry and IDH employees to see the state of the art facilities in operation. The IDH academy includes an online learning system, phantom head room, learning rooms and live patient demonstrations via the on-site practice and the state of the art technology in the facility.

The Academy will announce a new initiative with Salford schools to raise awareness of preventative oral care for local children. It will also announce a new partnership with the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) to focus on the joint development of tailored learning programmes for IDH clinicians.

The Academy’s ambition is to deliver both online and face to face training programmes initially for IDH’s 7,000 people. This is part of IDH’s commitment to the development of its people and to the on-going delivery of high standards of dental care across the UK. Once established, the Academy will also open its doors to the wider profession and provide training and development for clinicians and dental care professionals.