Aims:
Learning outcomes:
Objectives
During the session the course provider will:
- Discuss relevant aspects of radiation physics and radiation doses in relation to dental radiology
- Provide an update on current statutory requirements and quality assurance in dental radiology
- Demonstrate anatomy relevant to dental radiology and review examples of dental & jaw pathology
Learning Content
Following the session delegates will be able to:
• Recognise the principles of radiation physics in dental radiology • Identify the risk of ionising radiation • Identify radiation doses in dental radiography and the factors affecting radiation dose
• Recognise current statutory requirements, quality assurance and selection criteria • Recognise various imaging modalities available, including 2D and 3D (CBCT)
• Identify anatomy on intra-oral and panoramic images • Analyse pathology presenting on plain imaging and synthesise likely diagnosis
GDC Development Outcomes:
C & D
- Speaker: Dr Mohamed A M El-Belihy
- Speaker Biography: Dr El-Belihy qualified from Bart’s and The Royal London in 2010. After completion of VT (Midlands) and three DCT years he was appointed as a Trust Specialty Registrar in OMFS in 2015 at Peterborough prior to starting his specialty training in Dental & Maxillofacial Radiology Pan London in 2017. Dr El-Belihy has completed PGCert in Dental Education and PGDip in Medical education. He gained Membership of the Academy of Medical Education in 2019. He completed the Diploma in Dental & Maxillofacial Radiology at the Royal College of Radiologists in 2021. Dr El-Belihy is currently a Consultant Dental & Maxillofacial Radiologist based at Queen Victoria Hospital in Sussex and Addenbrookes in Cambridge. He teaches undergraduates at Brimginham Dental Hospital and Postgraduates at Peninsula as well as IRMER updates for regional dentists in East of England. He is also an RCS England OSCE Examiner
- Fee: All day Course = Dentists: £40 & DCPs: £20
- Target audience: Dentists & DCPs
- Venue address: Lecture Theatre in the Cauldwell Centre (Learning & Education, Bedford Hospital, MK42 9DJ)
Please contact Chan at Bedford Hospital if you have any enquiries: Chandima.johnson@bedfordhospital.nhs.uk