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This site has been designed to support the specialty of Maxillofacial Surgery in Wales. If you are involved in the specialty please register in order to view the site content or add your own. The site uses the content management software to allow you to contribute. We hope that this will allow it to grow to fulfil your expectations and provide support as you work in the specialty.

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MaxillofacialSurgery.Wales is proud to host and provide booking and abstract workflow services to the Welsh Hospitals Dental Specialty Group. You can find the current abstract submission links as well as links to the Abstract Books since 2018 by following the Welsh Hospital menu.

 


 

 

Newport Maxillofacial DCT:

Dear SHOs

I am working as a SHO DCT (on-call post) in Newport Maxillofacial surgery. 

Its been a fantastic experience working here. I came into this job after a 1 year experience in maxfax. Job started with an induction where the department helped us acclimatise to the department and the hospital, which I found extremely helpful. There have been regular teaching from the staff grades and seniors with regards to dental and medical scenarios we face everyday at ...

The Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport is providing an exciting new service that will allow patients to take advantage of innovative technology and avoid major surgery and hospital admission. The new service is for patients who are experiencing problems with their saliva glands and offers them the option of outpatient treatment. The department is currently the only place in Wales who are using the technology to diagnose and treat salivary grand problems such as stones within the gland. In 2007 ...

 

Wales Trainee John Wells has scooped one of the five winning spots in a Wales-wide event, with his proposal to improve patient outcomes and experience.

John and the Maxillofacial team at Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil are celebrating victory in the latest Welsh Health Hack, an opportunity for health and social care workers to share the challenges facing them at work and then pitch and develop a solution.

Now in its fourth year, the Welsh Health Hack 2020 saw 24 teams – ...

Morriston Maxillofacial Dental Core Trainees:
What it's really like at Morriston Hospital as an OMFS junior doctor/dentist?

Dear future SHO's / Dental Core Trainee's (DCT2/3).

Welcome to this page. We, the 2018-19 cohort of Dental Core trainees (DCT2s and DCT3s) wanted to write a short bit of information for you for what the job actually entails and to give you a flavour of what to expect if you decide to apply for a job here in Swansea.

If you wish to contact one us personally, feel free ...

507 - Oral Surgery Record Keeping within the General Dental Service - A Quality Improvement Project

O Jacob H Thomas
Presented by: Oliver Jacob
Community Dental Service Powys

Introduction:Wrong-site tooth extraction is the most common patient safety incident in dentistry and is an NHS “never event”, causing distress to the patient and dental team. Wrong-site tooth extraction occurs due to human factors including confusing notation and communication, failure to check referral letters and loss of concentration. Improving record-keeping may reduce the risk of wrong-site tooth extraction. This quality improvement project assessed compliance with local best practice record-keeping for non-surgical tooth extraction (NSTE) within the general dental service (GDS) and implemented interventions for improvement. Methods:Local record-keeping best practice for NSTE was defined using the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners ‘Clinical Examination and Record-Keeping Guidelines’ and the NHS local safety standards for invasive procedures (LocSSIP). A pilot study retrospectively audited NSTE records from 2 GDS dentists against local best practice and identified poor baseline compliance. A quality improvement project was then designed using a model of improvement, incorporating ‘plan, do study, act’ (PDSA) cycles. The parameter for improvement was for all NSTE records undertaken within the GDS to adhere to local best practice by August 2021. Potential Interventions were mapped on an ease-benefit matrix. A computerised custom template for NSTE record-keeping was chosen as the first intervention due to ease of implementation and likelihood of improved compliance. The template was made available to 11 GDS dentists and therapists at 3 clinics. Results:The first quality improvement cycle suggested using a record-keeping template improved compliance with local best practice in a GDS setting. At one month record keeping was improved across all domains with a significant increase in overall compliance with local best practice. Conclusion:Potentially safeguarding against wrong-site tooth extraction by adopting a local protocol and standardising communication.
Consent Statement: There are no details on individual patients reported within the abstract.

Poster
Poster Oral Surgery Record Keeping within the General Dental Service - A Quality Improvement Project