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Summer Break

Derek Richards

 

The Dental Elf is taking a short ‘summer’ break  and will be back on the 5th September

Does breastfeeding increase Early Childhood Caries?
How do antiresorptive drugs affect the success of dental implants?
Considering the side effects of antipsychotics, the investigation of safely reducing or discontinuing patient’s treatment was important.
Does antibiotic prophylaxis reduce endocarditis risk after dental procedures?
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Derek Richards is a specialist in dental public health, Director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Dentistry and Specialist Advisor to the Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP) Development Team. A former editor of the Evidence-Based Dentistry Journal and chief blogger for the Dental Elf website until December 2023. Derek has been involved with a wide range of evidence-based initiatives both nationally and internationally since 1994. Derek retired from the NHS in 2019 remaining as a part-time senior lecturer at Dundee Dental School until the end of 2023.

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