Journal of the Irish Dental Association | Aug/Sept 2021: Vol 67 (4

HONORARY EDITOR Dr Ciara Scott BDS MFD MOrth MDentCh (TCD) FFD (RCSI) MSc (RCSI) FDS (RCSEd) Member EBO journaleditor@irishdentalassoc.ie

DEPUTY EDITOR Dr Siobhain Davis BA BDentSc FDS (RCSI) MDentCh (Pros) FFD (RCSI) MSc LHPE (RCSI)

EDITORIAL BOARD Dr Mirza Shahzad Baig BDS MSc (UK) PhD (TCD) AnnMarie Bergin RDH Dr Evelyn Crowley BDS (NUI) MSc (ULond) DDPHRCSEng MSc (TCD) Dr Brian Dunne BA BDentSc DipPCD (RCSI) MFD (RCSI) Dr Máiréad Harding BDS MDPH PhD MFGDP (UK) FDS RCPS (Glasg) PGDipTLHE Dr Peter Harrison BDentSc MFD DChDent Dr Laura Kavanagh BDS Dip Clin Dent Dr Richard Lee Kin BDentSc FDSRCSI DChDent (Periodontology) Dr Geraldine McDermott BA BDentSc MFDS (RCSI) PGradDip ConSed (TCD) MSc Healthcare Leadership (RCSI) Dr Mark Joseph McLaughlin BDentSc FFD (RCSI) DChDent (Periodontics) Dr David McReynolds BA BDentSC MFDS RCSEd DChDent (Pros) FFD RCSI Dr Deborah O’Reilly BA BDentSc

IDA PRESIDENT Dr Clodagh McAllister IDA CHIEF EXECUTIVE Fintan Hourihan CO-ORDINATOR Liz Dodd

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177 EDITORIAL Protecting the future of dentistry

179 PRESIDENT'S NEWS A successful economy, failed policies

180 IDA NEWS IDA achievements for members; Review of dental fees; Upcoming events

180 QUIZ

185 INTERVIEW We talk to our new IDA President Dr Clodagh McAllister

190 BUSINESS NEWS Latest news from the trade

195 PRACTICE MANAGEMENT Ethics and aesthetics part II

199 MEMBERS’ NEWS Can the medical card scheme be saved? 203 CLINICAL FEATURE Oral care for people with cystic fibrosis requiring a solid organ transplant

207 PEER-REVIEWED 207 Prescription of antibiotics for the prevention of failures and postoperative infections in oral implantology: a literature review M. El Azrak, I. Polyzois

213 Oral complications and dental management of childhood cancer: how does the dentist support integrated care? A. Cant, N. Bhujel

218 ABSTRACTS

220 CLASSIFIEDS

226 MY IDA Dr Will Rymer

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