Dental Foundation Training

Foundation Training is mandatory for the majority of UK dental graduates who wish to practise NHS dentistry. Considered by many dentists as being a rite of passage, it underpins the development of a career in all branches of dentistry.

The Dental Foundation Interview Guide: with Situational Judgement Tests offers an indispensable step-by-step guide to the dental foundation training application process. Explains the application and recruitment process and includes essential interview tips Offers a wealth of practice questions with detailed answers to ensure familiarity with the process Highlights the importance of professionalism, leadership and management within the dental practice Written by recent graduates who understand the pressures of the application process

The Oxford Handbook for the Dental Foundation and Core Training Programmes presents key information to allow dental graduates and trainees a detailed insight into the core skills and knowledge needed to optimise the educational value and opportunities offered by the training programmes. Providing practical application of the different dental disciplines, you will be given pertinent insights into your role as a trainee enabling you to focus on your professional development and excel in post. Written by generalists, trainees, and specialists who themselves have undergone training, the handbook presents a thorough and relevant guide to all aspects of the trainee's role. This brand new title in the Oxford Handbook series is an essential resource for all those about to start or currently undergoing dental training, and will enable trainees to rise to the challenges of the modern practicing dentist.

Foundation To Dental Core Training- Securing Your Top Training Post 2nd EDITION is an invaluable resource for anyone considering or applying for a DCT 1, 2 or 3 training post. Written with top-ranking Dental Core Trainees this book provides detailed insight of the DCT national recruitment process and how to maximise your chances of achieving a top rank. Dental Core Training recruitment, just like Foundation Training is reliant upon the candidate ranking as highly as possible for them to be offered their desired training post. The process of recruitment becomes much more challenging during Dental Core Training owing to the limited number and variation of posts available. This book is intended to be of interest to those considering applying for Dental Core Training 1, 2 or 3 posts, especially for those who may not know about the programme or the application process. Provides details of the different type of DCT posts, including who, where, and how you may undertake training Explains and provides in-depth insight of what to expect throughout the recruitment process, including mock scenarios, model answers and explanations Contains advice and tips to improve your SJT score with example questions, answers and justifications. A step-by-step guide to build your dental portfolio including detailed examples and tips from portfolio interviewers Brings clarification to your Dental career ambitions by illustrating example Dental career pathways, including Specialty Training

Oxford Assess and Progress: Situational Judgements Test (SJT) is THE definitive guide for students preparing to sit the new Situational Judgement Test for entry into the UK Foundation Programme. This authoritative book, mapped to the foundation programme curriculum and GMC guidance, includes over 230 practice questions to help readers maximise their SJT score. This essential guide demystifies the SJT and provides a structure for identifying ""correct"" answers. All scenarios are based on real experiences informed by over forty doctors and closely mirror questions expected to appear in the SJT.

Six dental schools have closed in the last decade and others are in jeopardy. Facing this uncertainty about the status of dental education and the continued tension between educators and practitioners, leaders in the profession have recognized the need for purpose and direction. This comprehensive volumeâ€"the first to cover the education, research, and patient care missions of dental schoolsâ€"offers specific recommendations on oral health assessment, access to dental care, dental school curricula, financing for education, research priorities, examinations and licensing, workforce planning, and other key areas. Well organized and accessible, the book: Recaps the evolution of dental practice and education. Reviews key indicators of oral health status, outlines oral health goals, and discusses implications for education. Addresses major curriculum concerns. Examines health services that dental schools provide to patients and communities. Looks at faculty and student involvement in research. Explores the relationship of dental education to the university, the dental profession, and society at large. Accreditation, the dental workforce, and other critical policy issues are highlighted as well. Of greatest interest to deans, faculty, administrators, and students at dental schools, as well as to academic health centers and universities, this book also will be informative for health policymakers, dental professionals, and dental researchers.

Foundation To Dental Core Training- Securing Your Top Training Post is an invaluable resource for anyone considering or applying for a DCT 1 post. Written with top-ranking Dental Core Trainees this book provides detailed insight of the DCT national recruitment process and how to maximise your chances of achieving a top rank. Dental Core Training recruitment, just like Foundation Training is reliant upon the candidate ranking as highly as possible for them to be offered their desired training post. The process of recruitment becomes much more challenging during Dental Core Training owing to the limited number and variation of posts available. This book is intended to be of interest to those considering applying for Dental Core Training 1 posts, especially for those who may not know about the programme or the application process. Provides details of the different type of DCT posts, including who, where, and how you may undertake training Explains and provides in-depth insight of what to expect throughout the recruitment process, including mock scenarios, model answers and explanations Contains advice and tips to improve your SJT score with example questions, answers and justifications. Brings clarification to your Dental career ambitions by illustrating example Dental career pathways, including Specialty Training

Perfect your transferable dental clinical skills with this new and highly practical reference A Practical Approach to Operative Dentistry delivers a thorough exploration of the theoretical and practical aspects of operative dentistry, followed by an illustrated step-by-step guide of common clinical procedures. Designed to remind students of the key steps of a variety of operative procedures, it is heavily illustrated with over 400 images of clinical procedures and covers core topics such as: Instruments and matrices, isolation, dental charting, and the use of minimally invasive dentistry Treatment of intracoronal restorations, including pit and fissure caries, posterior approximal restorations, anterior restorations and restorations in the cervical third Exploration of extracoronal restorations, including gold restorations, porcelain fused to metal and ceramic crowns A Practical Approach to Operative Dentistry is the perfect textbook for undergraduate dental students. It is also useful to dentistry graduates undertaking clinical rotations during their Dental Foundation Training, and overseas graduates preparing to take the Overseas Registration Examination (ORE) held by the General Dental Council, or the License in Dental Surgery (LDS) exam of the Royal College of Surgeons.