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The Irish Society for Disability and Oral Health Our society works on several levels. To promote links with organisations representing disabled people.

The main aims of the ISDH are:

To promote the oral health of disabled people of all ages. To consult with disability groups to identify their needs and demands. To study the barriers relating to the provision of oral health care for disabled people. To encourage Undergraduate and Postgraduate teaching, and training of the dental team, in the subject of oral health care for people with disabilities. To encourage research in the field of oral health for disabled people.

25/02/2026

Some familiar ISDH faces were spotted in Dublin today💙!!! Big things brewing for Special Care Dentistry in Ireland! 🇮🇪

Some of our current and past committee members met today to push plans forward for IADH taking place in Trinity College Dublin this August — a huge moment for the profession.

Have you secured your spot yet? 👀🦷
👉 https://www.iadh2026.eu/
Link in our bio

05/01/2026

We are excited to announce the first of our ISDH webinars for the new year exploring the key concepts around the dental management of patients who receive biological therapies! Taking place on Thursday the 22nd of January at 8pm. Find the link to register in our bio💙

We are pleased to introduce our guest speaker, Dr. Emily Sherwin. Emily qualified from the University of Sheffield in 2007. She completed Vocational Training in Derbyshire and worked in Merseyside as a Senior House Officer. She then worked as a dentist at the Aboriginal Medical Service in Sydney, Australia. On returning to the UK, she undertook Specialist Training in Special Care Dentistry in the Thames Valley region and completed the MSc at King’s College London.
Emily currently works as a Consultant in the Department of Sedation and Special Care Dentistry at Guy’s Hospital, London and is the Dental Directorate Dental Oncology Lead. She treats a wide range of special care patients including the use of conscious sedation techniques. Her particular interest is in the dental management of patients undergoing oncology treatment including the use of bisphosphonates and biological therapies.
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23/12/2025

Wishing you and yours a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from us all here in ISDH. We are looking forward to an incredibly exciting 2026 💙

19/11/2025

We are excited to announce the first of a series of ISDH webinars over the coming months, exploring key topics relevant to our Irish community in special care dentistry. This session explores the role of clinical hypnotherapy in managing special care patients and those with dental anxiety or phobia. Attendees will be introduced to effective communication strategies and a deeper understanding of how the subconscious may influence behaviour in the dental setting. The talk will cover practical suggestions suitable during intravenous (IV) and inhalation sedation (IHS). We are proud to have Dr. Munir Ravalia present on this topic.
Dr.Munir works with patients who have extreme anxiety/dental phobia. He works with them both inside and outside the clinical environment. He works at the Royal London Hospital in the department of special care dentistry, swell as in general practice and lectures globally on clinical hypnotherapy.
Link to register in our bio!!

29/08/2025

Our very own and representing ISDH and IADH 2026 at the 26th NFH Nordic Congress Special Care Dentistry meeting!

22/08/2025

✨ Great to see Prof. Alison Dougall highlighting the importance of Special Care Dentistry education at ADEE this week in Trinity College Dublin!

📚 Some of the organising committee were spotted taking notes and soaking up the atmosphere at the venue.

👀 Meanwhile, preparations for are already underway — exciting times ahead!

07/05/2025

We have another impressive speaker to introduce, presenting on Sedation in Special Care Dentistry, Dr. Dr Gillian Howie. BDS (Com), MFDS RCPSG, DSCD RCS Eng, MSCD RCPSG. Dr. However is a Consultant in Special Care Dentistry bases in Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
After completing early training posts across Scotland, Gill moved to Birmingham where she
embarked on an StR training programme. During this time her enthusiasm for supporting vulnerable
patients to access essential dental care continued to grow. She particularly enjoys delivering care
under general anaesthetic or sedation for medically complex patients and those with learning
disabilities and is always grateful to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to ensure the highest
standards of care.
Gill is committed to education and the development of Special Care Services within NHS
organisations and is involved in multiple projects in her roles as an Executive Committee member for
the British Society of Special Care Dentistry and co-chair of the Midlands and East Special Care Dental Special Interest Group.
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29/04/2025

Introducing another incredible ISDH 2025 Conference speaker, Dr. Mili Doshi. Dr. Doshi will be presenting on The Interface between Special Care Dentistry and General Anaesthesia. An incredibly important and very current topic particularly within the HSE. Mili is a Consultant in Special Care Dentistry at Surrey and Sussex Health Care NHS Trust and the
Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability. Mili has a specialist interest in sedation and anaesthetic services in Special care Dentistry. Mili is the past president and current chair of the British Society
of Gerodontology and Managed Clinical Network in Kent, Surrey and Sussex. She is the author of
several scientific articles editor of a book on the oral health of older people. Mili was awarded an
MBE in 2018 for service to NHS dentistry and the BDA award for excellence for contribution to
special care dentistry in 2023

22/04/2025

Let's meet our speakers for the 2025 Irish Society For Disability And Oral Health Conference. First up we have Dr. Noel Kavanagh, who will be speaking at our pre conference on the 5th of June about avoiding burnout.
Dr Noel Kavanagh is a Deputy Dental Director and Dentolegal Consultant for the Medical Protection
Society. His background is in General Dental Practice, and he’s worked as an associate and principal
dentist in both the UK and Ireland. Noel holds a Professional Certificate in Medico-Legal Aspects of
Health Care, a Graduate Diploma in Health Care (Risk Management and Quality), a Diploma in Legal
Medicine, and an Advanced Diploma in Medical Law. Noel is an international dental speaker and
published author on various Risk Prevention topics. He develops & delivers dental podcasts &
webinars and is an accredited facilitator of both virtual and face to face workshops. He also develops
and delivers Risk Prevention education as part of dental school curricula.

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http://www.isdh.ie/

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