Up to date

The third Up To Date Oral-B Scientific Seminar took place at the grand setting of the National Motorcycle Museum in Solihull, Birmingham, in March. Although P&G have for many years organised this event, the current series was set to be different as the evening was to include a live demonstration.

The CPD event was introduced and chaired light heartedly by Stephen Hancock OBE, Editor of the BDJ and Editor-in-Chief of the International Dental Journal. The main speakers for the evening were both home grown talent, with the first, Prof Iain Chapple, giving an informative talk titled Periodontal medicine: a window on the internal medicine of the body. Having been taught by him as an undergraduate, I knew how captivating his talks are and this was echoed by the other delegates.

There have been numerous classifications for periodontal disease and the talk began by highlighting some of the confusion over these. Although classifications can be important and help with treatment protocols, it was clear that a working knowledge of the discipline is necessary and more important.