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Seasons Greetings to all Dental Elf readers and followers.

Derek Richards

The Dental Elf is taking a short break over the festive period  but we will be back on the 2nd of January to welcome in the New Year with more of the latest oral and dental research.  I hope that 2012 is a peaceful and prosperous one for you all.

Best wishes

The Dental Elf.

 

 

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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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  • Gay Baughman

    Gay Baughman

    14 years ago
    Happy Holidays to you Derek! Enjoyed meeting you in Boston this fall at the Forsyth Institute ADA class. Look forward to my daily dose of the Dental Elf. Enjoy your well deserved break. Gay
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    • Derek
      Derek 14 years ago
      Gay Glad that you enjoy reading the Dental Elf . I hope that you and all the other readers had a great holiday. Derek