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MGDS Exam Preparatory Lecture Series 2023

Preparing for the MGDS RCSI Online Examination?

The Faculty of Dentistry RCSI is pleased to announce an online series of lectures specifically for candidates preparing for the newly formatted MGDS online examination to take place in October 2023. The lectures will be based on the MGDS syllabus and relevant matters for general dental practice. The lecture programme package includes access to five lecture sessions. Each module will be delivered online on the dates as advertised within the programme below. Catch up for each session will also be made available on demand afterwards.

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MGDS Lecture Sessions

JUNE 29 | JULY 6 | JULY 27 | AUG 31 | SEPT 14

All sessions begin 12:00 PM (Irish Time). With catch up available on demand.

1. Live Q & A Session - Prof. Chris Lynch & Mr. Sean Sheridan
2. Introduction - Prof. Chris Lynch
3. General Dental Practice & Lifelong Learning - Dr. Sean Malone
4. Medical Emergencies - Dr. Trish O’Connor
5. Radiology in General Dental Practice - Dr. Andrew Bolas
6. Endodontics in Practice - Dr. Pat Cleary

1. Compliance Issues for General Practice - Dr. Jane Renehan
2. Paediatric Dentistry - Prof. John Walsh
3. Orthodontics - Dr. Joe Hennessy
4. Oral Pathology - Dr. Esther O’Regan
5. Periodontal Matters in Practice - Dr. P. J. Byrne

1. Clinically Relevant Modern Dental Materials for Restoration of Teeth - Prof. Chris Lynch
2. Medicolegal Considerations in General Dental Practice - Dr. Nuala Carney
3. Oral Medicine - Dr. Richael Ni Riordan
4. Oral Surgery - Dr. Kate Farrell
5. Digital Dentistry in Dentistry - Dr. Rory Boyd

1. Ethics & the Dental Surgeon - Dr. Eamon Croke
2. Prosthodontics for General Practice - Dr. Edward Cotter
3. Role of Sedation in General Practice - Dr. Eimear Mooney
4. Temporomandibular Disorders - Dr. Dermot Canavan
5. Orthodontic Restorative Interface - Dr. Marielle Blake
1. Live Q & A Session - Prof. Chris Lynch & Mr. Sean Sheridan
2. Cross Infection, Health, Safety & the Dental Team - Prof. Albert Leung
3. Special Needs Dentistry - Dr. Grace Kelly
4. Dental Implants in Practice (Surgery) - Dr. Paul O’Reilly
5. Dental Implants in Practice (Pros) - Dr. Kevin O’Boyle

Interactive Q&A Sessions

Interactive sessions will be held on June 29 and September 14, when our Dean, Professor Chris Lynch and Mr Sean Sheridan, our International Professional Adviser and Chair of the MGDS examination, will be available on-line to all the course participants live, through a video-link, to discuss aspects of the new MGDS examinations as well as to take any of your questions. This is a very unique opportunity to raise any questions regarding the examinations.

Event Properties

Event Start Date 29-06-2023 12:00 pm
Event End Date 14-09-2023 4:00 pm
Individual Price €500.00
Location Online
MGDS Session 1
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Chitta Chowdhury

Qualifications: 

PhD (Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Asahi University School of Dentistry, Japan - 1991)
FFDRCSI (By exam : Oral Surgery with Oral Medicine, RCSI - 2004)
MPH (The University of Manchester, UK - 2009)
MFDS Glasgow (Ad Eundem : RCPS Glasgow - 2019)
BDS (Dhaka University - 1980)
DAND (PG Dip Applied Nutri and Dietetics, Dhaka University, 1982)

Current Posts:

Honorary Professor and PhD Co-supervisor, Faculty of Health, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK.
Visiting Professor, Osaka Dental University, Japan.

Grace Kelly

Qualifications:               

BDS 2003
MFDS 2009
Dip Hyp UCL 2011
DSCD 2013
MSCD RCSP (Glas) 2013
FFD RCSI (Ad Eundem) 2016
MSc 2017

Current Post:

Hospital Practice - Senior Lecturer/Consultant in Special Care Dentistry, Cardiff University, UK.

Richeal Ni Riordain

Qualifications: 

BDS 2002
MFD RCSI 2007
PhD Oral Medicine 2011
MBBS 2014
MA Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 2018
Certificate in Healthcare Management 2018
FDS Oral Medicine RCS(Eng) 2018
FFD RCSI (Ad Eundem) 2020

Current Posts:

Consultant/Senior Lecturer in Oral Medicine, University College Cork.
Honorary Associate Professor of Oral Medicine, University College London.
Regional Dental Academic and Research Advisor, Health Education England in London, Kent, Surrey and Sussex, UK.

Deepak Thomas

Qualifications:   

B Dent Surg 1992
MB BChBAO 2003
MRCS (Intercollegiate) 2007
MSc 2018
FFDRCS (OSOM) 1997

Current Posts:

Consultant Oral Surgeon at the Beacon Hospital Dublin and Kingsbridge Hospital Sligo.
Specialist Oral Surgeon at Northwest Oral Surgery, Sligo and Northern Cross Dental, Dublin
Limited to Private Practice.

Fergal Rory Maguire

Qualifications: 

BDS NUI 2001

MFD RCSI 2003

M. Phil. Biomaterials  Science (University of Birmingham) 2007

M. Dent. Ch. Periodontics (U. Dubl.) 2008

FFD RCSI Periodontics 2008

Diploma of the European Federation of Periodontology 2008 

Ph. D Oral Biosciences (U. Dubl.) 2014

 

Current Post:

Private Practice limited to Periodontics and Implant Dentistry

John Ed O'Connell

Qualifications:                 

BDS NUI 2004

MFD RCSI 2007

FFD (OSOM) RCSI 2009

MB, BCh, BAO, BA 2012

MRCS RCSI 2014

FRCS (OMFS) 2019

                                 

Current Post: 

Fellow in Head and Neck Oncology with Reconstruction, UK.

Deepak Thomas

Qualifications: 

B Dent Surg 1992

MB BChBAO 2003

MRCS( Intercollegiate)2007 

MSc 2018

FFDRCS (OSOM )1997 

 

Current Post:

Consultant Oral Surgeon at the Beacon Hospital Dublin and Kingsbridge Hospital Sligo

Specialist Oral Surgeon at Northwest Oral Surgery, Sligo and Northern Cross Dental, Dublin

Limited to Private Practice

Albert Yeung

Qualifications:                 

BDS Glasgow 1989

MMedSci Sheffield 1999

DDPH RCS 2003

MPHe Manchester 2004

FFD (DPH) RCSI 2006

FDS (DPH) RCPS 2006

FHEA 2007

FFPH 2007

MPhil Manchester 2010

ACIEA 2020

MCGDent 2021

                                

Current Post: 

Consultant in Dental Public Health, NHS Lanarkshire, Scotland

Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Glasgow

Professional Adviser, Scottish Public Services Ombudsman