Summer Conference
Location: Henry Daysh Building at Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RX
Date: 20/06/2025
Time: 9:30 - 16:30
CPD Points: 5
British Society of Gerodontology Summer 2025 Scientific Meeting
Friday 20th June 2025
Newcastle University
Topic: Dental care for older people vulnerable to Delirium – multidisciplinary team approach
Where: Room 1.02, Henry Daysh Building at Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1
Accommodation: www.newcastlegateshead.com/BSG2025
Schedule
| Time Slot | Activity | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 09-30-09.50 | Arrive, Registration, Coffee | |
| 09.50-10.00 | President’s Welcome | Dr Becky Wassall, Senior Lecturer/Hon Consultant in Special Care Dentistry |
| 10.00-10.45 | Delirium & Dentistry | Dr Adelina McLeod, Consultant in Geriatric Medicine with a specialist interest in Dementia and Delirium. |
| 10.45-11.30 | Aging with endodontics | Prof John Whitworth, Professor of Endodontology, Hon Consultant in Restorative Dentistry |
| 11.30-12.15 | Facial pain and oral infection | Dr Emma Beecroft, Clinical Doctoral Fellow, Hon Oral Surgery Speciality Trainee |
| 12.15-13.15 | Lunch | |
| 13.15-14.00 | Multidisciplinary working & realistic dentistry | Dr Susan Baines, Consultant in Special Care Dentistry |
| 14.00-14.45 | Educating the next generation of clinicians (Narrative medicine & the importance of including older people in dental education) | Dr Luisa Wakeling, Senior Lecturer, Director for Engagement, Dr James Fisher, Consultant Geriatrician Hon Senior Clinical Lecturer |
| 14.45-15.00 | Comfort break | |
| 15.00-16.00 | Lightening Talk 1 (20 mins) – tips & tricks (Living longer with implants) | Dr Francesca Mullan, Clinical Lecturer Hon Restorative Speciality Trainee |
| Lightening Talk 2 (20 mins) – Domiciliary Dental Care - A whistle-stop tour of the literature | Dr Megan Roberts, STR Swansea Bay UHB Special Care Dentistry | |
| Lightening talk 4 (20 mins) – tips & tricks (Living longer with cancer) | Dr Anne Chambers, Consultant Hon Senior Lecturer in Oral and Maxillofacial histopathology | |
| 16.00-16.30 | Close | Dr Becky Wassall, Senior Lecturer Hon Consultant in Special Care Dentistry |