Policy roundtable debate

The roundtable was entitled ‘Prevention and Early Intervention: Realising Dentistry’s potential to meet Britain’s Chronic Disease Challenge’ and was designed to discuss:

The value dentistry can add to the early intervention, prevention and public health agenda

The advantages of an increasingly sophisticated integration of oral and general health promotion

How dentists are innovating in early intervention and prevention and how to enhance this

The ‘traffic light’ treatment plan in new dental strategies and broader health triggers

Views on what more can be achieved and how practically to fulfil that goal.

The guest list for the event included attendees from a wide range of health policy areas, government, think tanks, academia and dentistry journals, all of whom helped to create a lively debate with many forward-thinking outcomes. The event was chaired by Financial Times news editor, Sarah Neville, and speakers included:

Roger Matthews – Denplan’s Chief Dental Officer

Duncan Selbie - Public Health England

Richard Guyver – Practising Dentist

Barry Cockcroft - NHS England