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Elf Break

Derek Richards

The Dental Elf is taking a week’s break  to deliver some lectures –  we will be back on the 4th June

Windrush Voices: Silence, Racism and Resilience Across Generations
Endometriosis and self-compassion: breaking the pain catastrophising cycle
A pill container lies on its side with white pills spilling out
Long-term lithium use linked to declining kidney function: a 10-year Dutch cohort study
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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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