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Derek Richards

The Dental Elf is teaching in Boston MA all next week on the  ADA/Forsyth Evidence-Based Dentistry  Course so no blogs until the 12th November

 

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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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  • minervation

    minervation

    13 years ago
    Hope you have a great time in Boston at the conference Derek! I'm in Washington and New York myself this week. Us jet-setting elves eh? John - you can find out more about the man behind the Dental Elf on the About Us page: http://www.thedentalelf.net/about/ Cheers, André
  • Alessandro

    Alessandro

    13 years ago
    Great! If you would have announced it a couple of weeks ago I would have made sure to be there! Sorry to miss it. Alessandro
  • Dr John F. Miner

    Dr John F. Miner

    13 years ago
    Hi! Oh, so you are going to an Elf Convention:)! I really enjoy Dental Elf. Please keep it coming because it is really informative. Question: Do you have to be so secretive? What is you name?:)! John F. Miner (John)