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MAILING LIST The IDA website has a new look, but still contains a wealth of information on all aspects of dentistry in Ireland. You can check out the video testimonials on our home page, stay updated on the latest news, read the Journal of the Irish Dental Association online, or book one of our outstanding CPD courses. Our exclusive members’ area contains policy information, contract templates, and advice on a range of issues to help you run your practice. It’s all there at www.dentist.ie.

Be part of IDA history

The Irish Dental Association will celebrate its centenary in 2023. As part of its programme of celebration, the IDA is delighted to announce that it has commissioned Dr Eoin Kinsella to research and write a comprehensive history of the Association for publication in early 2023. The history will span the entire century of the IDA’s existence. Eoin will have access to research collections in a wide variety of archival repositories, as well as the IDA’s own records. He is also anxious to hear from members of the Association, past and present, who have material in their possession that might shed some light on its past. Can you help? Do you have old photos of IDA events, or documents relating to the Association’s activities, its policies or its social events, that you would be willing to share with Eoin? If so, he would be delighted to hear from you. You can reach him by emailing eoinkinsella@gmail.com.

Eoin is the founder and director of historyworks, providing historical consultancy and research services in the fields of heritage and public history. He holds a PhD in Irish history from UCD and is the author of: The Irish Defence Forces, 1922–2022: Servant of the Nation (forthcoming, Four Courts Press, 2022); Dublin City University, 1980–2020: Designed to be Different (Four Courts Press, 2020); Catholic Survival in Protestant Ireland, 1660–1711 (Boydell, 2018); and, Leopardstown Park Hospital 1917–2017: A Home for Wounded Soldiers (2017).

Nutrition and Oral Health

Edited by Dr Gerry McKenna of Queen’s University Belfast, Nutrition and Oral Health is a recently published textbook describing the effects of nutrition on oral development and oral health, and the impact of oral health on nutrition, mastication and overall health. The book includes contributions from Irish dentists Martina Hayes, Cristiane da Mata, Francis Burke, Lewis Winning and Ciaran Moore.

In May 2021, the WHO Resolution firmly placed oral health on the global health agenda and this publication is well timed to explain the current evidence to support the ancient wisdom that food is a medicine. The book provides a valuable insight to understanding the relationship between nutrition and oral health, and clearly explains and references a large number of peer-reviewed papers and policy documents.

Quiz

Submitted by Dr Aisling Donnelly.

Questions

A 33-year-old patient attended for a consultation complaining of a previous history of temperature sensitivity to the lower left lateral incisor. The sensitivity had stopped but she had now noticed the tooth become darker over the previous few weeks. On examination, the tooth was tender to percussion and testing non vital. A periapical X-ray (Figure 1) and cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) scan (Figure 2) were taken. 1. What pathological process is occurring here? 2. What is the likely aetiology? 3. What is the usual clinical presentation of this process? 4. What are the potential management options? Answers on page 352

FIGURE 1: Peri-apical X-ray. FIGURE 2: CBCT scan.