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HONORARY EDITOR Dr Cristiane da Mata BDS MFD (RCSI) Dip TLHE MPH PhD 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 Máiréad Harding BDS MDPH PhD MFGDP (UK) FDS RCPS (Glasg) PGDipTLHE 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 David McReynolds BA BDentSC MFDS RCSEd DChDent (Pros) FFD RCSI

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

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5 EDITORIAL Oral health for all

7 PRESIDENT'S NEWS No resolution in medical card crisis

9 IDA NEWS IDA in-person CPD returns; IDA webinars; Annual Conference 2022

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15 BUSINESS NEWS All the latest news from the trade

20 FEATURE Fit for purpose

23 PRACTICE MANAGEMENT Treatment co-ordinators –some risk management considerations 30 CLINICAL FEATURE Quick chairside interventions to improve oral hygiene for dependent adults

34 PEER-REVIEWED 34 Head and neck metastases: case series H. Byrne, J. Hulbert, K. Baig, P. Brady, C. Gallagher

39 Prosthetic rehabilitation of unilateral congenital microtia with an implant-retained auricular prosthesis – a case report D. Mulcare

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50 MY PROFESSION The new Honorary Editor of JIDA Dr Cristiane da Mata

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