Cleft lip and/or palate is a lifelong condition affecting one in 700 births. A new research programme, led by the University of Bristol and thanks to funding of nearly £2 million by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), will investigate how ethnicity, sex, socio-economic status, health literacy and geography affect outcomes for young adults born with a cleft. The findings will establish how to address this variation and ensure that all young adults have the same chance of achieving the best possible outcomes. Children born with a cleft will often have multiple surgeries ..read more

Bristol Dental School is delighted to announce that Dr Eleanor Fleming, will be visiting us from 8 January to 18 February 2024, under the auspices of a Bristol Next Generation Visiting Researchship. The overarching aim of this visiting researchship is to allow Dr Fleming to share her expertise on, as well as continue her researching into decolonising dentistry and anti-racist and anti-oppressive practice in dentistry. Dr Eleanor Fleming (she/her/hers) is a Clinical Associate Professor of Dental Public Health and Assistant Dean for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at the University of Maryland ..read more

Within the past few weeks the Dental School has been active in engaging with local communities. Thanks are due to Tara Miran, who organised the St Pauls community event on Saturday 28th October, to dental students Hafsa (Year 4), Jenny (Year 4) and Sam (Year 5) for their participation, including producing games, quizzes and colouring activities, and to Phil for his expert advice, speech and encouragement to produce the most spherical bouncy ball possible from impression materials! As well as having a lot of fun we were able to provide oral healthcare advice and free samples (thanks in particul ..read more

On 11th October we held our annual Dental Scrubs Ceremony, in the Reception Room, Wills Memorial Building. The Dental Scrubs ceremony marks the first significant milestone in our students’ professional journey, when they receive their dental scrubs and reflect on their new role and responsibilities as dental professionals. Bristol Dental School is the only Dental school in the UK that holds a Dental Scrubs ceremony. Following a welcome address by Mr Chris Bell, Clinical Co-director of Bristol Dental School, the topic of professionalism was discussed by Dr Neville, including reference to the De ..read more

In April 2023, Bristol Dental School was successful in receiving funding from University of Bristol Decolonising the Curriculum Catalyst Fund to host 3 town hall meetings facilitated by Lara Lalemi, Founder and CEO of Creative Tuition, and expert in decolonising the curriculum. The purpose of these three town hall meetings was to provide a space where students and staff could come together to explore what we understand about decolonisation and how we can take decolonisation work and implement changes to the dental curriculum. The first town hall meeting was held on 24th May, and focused on the ..read more

Within the past three weeks every Year 4 BDS student has visited a care home in the city to provide oral health guidance to carers. This new initiative fits within the Social Accountability helical theme of the BDS21 curriculum. Students were trained prior to, and accompanied during, the visits by volunteers from Bridge2Aid, a dental charity now partnered with Bristol Dental School. Students provided oral and dental health guidance to a total of >70 carers in 10 care homes and 2 reablement centres looking after a total of approximately 450 residents. By all accounts care home staff have bee ..read more

Mike Gregory delivered a hands-on impression taking workshop at the British Undergraduate Dental Research Conference on Saturday 25th February in Manchester. Mike was joined by current BDS final year students Adam Kingsley and Kyriakos Keklikoglou and Jagdeep Saimbi who is a previous graduate from Bristol who supported him in delivering the workshop to a host of undergraduate dental students from around the country. It was great to see Bristol students leading the way in teaching removable prosthodontics! A series of short videos from their workshop were filmed showing activity from the day ..read more

On 12th October we held our annual Dental Scrubs Ceremony. The purpose of the Dental Scrubs ceremony is to mark the first significant milestone in their professional journey, receiving their dental scrubs and reflecting on their new role and responsibilities as dental professionals. Bristol Dental School is the only Dental school in the UK that holds a Dental Scrubs ceremony. Following a welcome address by Prof Dave Dymock, the topic of student professionalism was discussed by Dr Neville, including reference to UHBW Trust Uniform and Dress Code. The morning event culminated in the students rec ..read more

The Bristol PLUS Award is the University of Bristol’s employability award which rewards students for extracurricular activities completed at any point during their degree and provides a structure to reflect on the skills developed as a result of these activities. Achievers receive formal recognition with a certificate, on their degree transcript and at graduation. Employers support the Award because it demonstrates that individuals have valuable skills. In order to successfully achieve the Award, students must complete a minimum of 2 experiences totalling a minimum of ..read more

The University Library has invested in a trio of new products to improve access to eJournals both on and off campus: Browzine, LibKey Nomad and LibKey.io. BrowZine provides a new way to view the journals available from the Library, while the Libkey products improve access to the full-text of articles. We recommend you download the Libkey Nomad browser extension to get easier access to the pdfs and full-text of journal articles that the Library has paid for. Optimise the way you discover and interact with your key journals BrowZine is a web app that gives you improved access to the th ..read more