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A new law has come into play, which makes it much easier for dental patients to see a dental hygienist. The change in legislation means that patients can now see a dental hygienist without a referral or recommendation from their dentist.

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Online Courses

New online courses section with videos and webinars will be available soon.
With free CPD certificates.

Resources & Articles

In the resources section you can find practical guides and the most up-to-date articles.

Hands-on Courses

The focus is on small group learning and the provision of one-to-one teaching in a supportive & interactive environment.

The Challenge:

Periodontal disease  is in almost every case completely preventable

Periodontal disease is a multifactorial disease, caused primarily by oral biofilm accumulation, and is in almost every case completely preventable. Periodontal disease is the 6th most common non-communicable diseases in mankind worldwide creating a huge global burden on health resources. Periodontal disease not only manifests in the oral cavity, it can have general health implications elsewhere in the body with established links to heart disease and diabetes.

Prevention and treatment of periodontal disease lies very much in the hands of the patient and their willingness and ability to carry out effective and regular self-care.

The Solution:

Work smarter not harder.

  • Use specialised instrument designs.
  • Maintain instruments in top condition.
  • Use powered instruments.
  • Develop a methodical approach.
  • Target active sites.
  • Avoid unnecessary treatment, focus on areas that require attention.
  • Dedicate time and effort to delivering effective theory based oral health interventions.
  • Focus on the long-term results.
  • Develop fool proof calculus detection techniques.
  • Utilise advanced fulcrums and grasp.
  • Practice ergonomic patient and operator positioning.
  • Over-estimate the time required to complete thorough RSD per quadrant.

Learn theory based behavioural interventions proven to increase the likelihood of patient adherence.

Non-Surgical Therapy is a Combination of Two Essential Elements:

Technical Skill and Behavioural Psychology.

The success of non-surgical therapy is dependent on the clinician’s ability
to perform both these elements to a very high standard.

What We Focus On:

Promote Clinical Excellence in Non-Surgical Periodontal Treatment with enhanced skills and techniques.

Provide certification in periodontal instrumentation and advanced root surface debridement techniques.

Teaching material based on Pedagogical principles.

Curriculum designed and delivered by experienced university faculty

Deliver more effective behaviour change interventions based on psychological models and theory.

Increase Confidence in Implant Maintenance and treatment of peri-implant mucositis

Competence in early detection of implant complications

Evaluate current treatment modalities and supporting literature

Develop skills to help you retain patients and increase adherence to recall intervals.

Evaluate daily oral care mechanical and chemical products, their use and efficacy.

Develop robust recall systems & manage cancellations and no-shows.

Study clubs for independent and government funded organisations

Continuing Education Courses

In-house team training for private and NHS practices

Helping Dental Professionals Develop Their Skills

Continuing Education for Dental Professionals
  • Macro & Micro features of hand and powered instruments
  • Grasp and fulcrums (Basic and Advanced)
  • Ergonomics fundamental to instrument placement and creating lateral pressure
  • Insertion technique
  • Adaption Angulation
  • Stroke production
  • Stroke direction
  • Channelling technique
  • Root Morphology and anatomical complexities
  • Reduce fatigue
  • Increase productivity
  • Exploration
  • Furcation involvement
  • Localised gingival recession
  • Oral hygiene devices
  • Interpreting Radiographs
  • Implant components
  • Care of implant supported fixed and removable restorations
  • Periodontal examination
  • Peri-implant examination
  • Chemical Adjuncts
  • Air polishing
  • Behavioural interventions

Hands-On Courses

For Dentist, Dental Hygienist & Therapists

SMALL GROUP LEARNING

The focus is on small group learning and the provision of one-to-one teaching in a supportive & interactive environment.

HANDS-ON PRACTICAL WORK

Teaching & learning in the form of:  Speaker presentations, Discussion, Case studies, Workshops, Demonstrations, Hands-on practical work.

SUPPORTIVE MATERIALS & CPD

You will receive recommended reading material once you have registered. You will receive a CPD Certificate when you finish.

Upcoming Hands-On Courses :

Implant Maintenance Workshop January 2020
25
Jan

Implant Maintenance Workshop January 2020

9:00 am - 4:30 pm Watford, United Kingdom

Implant Maintenance Workshop January 2020

9:00 am - 4:30 pm Watford, United Kingdom

Aim: To gain confidence and competence in Implant Maintenance procedures At the end of this course you will learn: Know and recognise the difference between peri-implantitis and peri-mucositis Confidently access, probe, yes probe! and monitor…

Claire McCarthy
Host Claire McCarthy
Advanced Instrumentation Techniques January 2020
26
Jan

Advanced Instrumentation Techniques January 2020

9:00 am - 4:30 pm Watford, United Kingdom

Advanced Instrumentation Techniques January 2020

9:00 am - 4:30 pm Watford, United Kingdom

Aim: Improve efficiency, productivity and periodontal outcomes using advanced instrumentation skills. At the end of this course you will learn: Incorporate a blended approach to non-surgical periodontal instrumentation in general practice for optimum clinical outcome…

Claire McCarthy
Host Claire McCarthy

RESOURCES + FREE DOWNLOADS

Simply register to download any of these resources, articles and notes for FREE.

Eat That Frog

Free Download | PDF Notes

And abstract from the speaker notes of the BSDHT OHC 2019 – Eat That Frog! session delivered by Claire McCarthy on 23th of November 2019.

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Why BPE

Why the BPE should be part of every new patient exam

Reduce the risk of lawsuits

Why BPE is critically important to reduce the risk of costly & damaging lawsuits

Step-by-Step How to

How to follow a step-by-step protocol to screen and record the periodontal status of all your patients

Referring to a Specialist

When you need to refer your patient to a specialist

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DOWNLOAD PERIO KIT GUIDE

Must Have Perio Kit

FREE – Download PDF Report for Dentists

The most current and innovative periodontal instruments reviewed and evaluated so you know exactly what you need and which designs are superior in quality, effectiveness, adaptation, strength and ergonomics.

DOWNLOAD WEBINAR NOTES

BSP Webinar Notes

Implant Surface Debridement for Management of Peri-Implant Mucositis

Presentation notes to accompany BSP webinar 10 Jul 2018.

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DOWNLOAD THE ARTICLE

Probe or not to probe?

FREE – Download PDF Article on Dental Implants

This article was published in Dental Health – The Journal of the British Society of Dental Hygiene and Therapy – Volume 55 January 2016.

Claire McCARTHY

RDN RDH(TCD) FAETC CERT ED PGCE MA HPE FHEA IFDEA

Adjunct Professor
Ashman Department of Periodontology & Implant Dentistry
College of Dentistry, New York University, USA

Vivienne & Maurice Wohl Foundation Award Recipient 
PhD in Risk Communication as a means for Behaviour Change in Primary Dental Settings.
Dental Institute, King’s College London, UK

Former Course Director / Senior Clinical Teacher
Undergraduate & Post Graduate Periodontology Programmes
Dental Institute, King’s College London, UK

ACADEMIC

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Years

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Institutions

TEACHER

Years

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Students

RESEARCHER

Years

Clinical Trials

Unhealthy Obsession with Teeth & Gums

Gum Geek: She who dreams of the pink stuff

SPEAKER

National & International since 2005

FACULTY

Program Lead BDS 2 Periodontology 8 years KCL, Dental Hygienist and Therapist (DHT) 15 years, Professor & Program Coordinator NYU 5 years

BSP Dental Hygiene Representative Committee

CLINICIAN

Specialist referral prosthodontic, endodontic, restorative practice, private & NHS,

AUTHOR

Manual of Clinical Dentistry, Procedures in Preiodontics (in progress) 20+ published articles

VOLUNTEER

Homelessness project in London to provide oral care

School based oral health intervention for low socio-economic communities in London

INNOVATOR

R&D Periodontal Instruments

PhD

Doctorate in progress

CRUSADER

Determined to improve patient care through behaviour change

PASSIONATE

About Advanced root surface debridement, and non-surgical interventions for implant cases

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Short Bio :

Introduction

Claire is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin in Dental Hygiene and also holds a Masters Degree in Teach-ing and Learning in Higher and Professional Education from the University of London, Institute of Educa-tion. Her dissertation was a comparative study of dental hygiene curriculum design, content and delivery. She was awarded a title of Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in 2007 and is also a member of the International Federation of Dental Educators and Associations. To date Claire has 22 years clinical & aca-demic & research experience within Higher Education in the UK, Ireland and the US.

Academic

She was recently appointed permanent faculty and is a professor in the department of periodontics & im-plant dentistry at NYU since 2014. She is responsible for the calibration course and delivery of non-surgical periodontal and implant therapy to post-graduate periodontal and implant residents. Having held the post of Program Lead for BDS Undergraduate Periodontal Education at Kings College London from 2008 – 2015, she is experienced in leading and coordinating large groups of students through didactic, pre-clinical and clinical education. She also teaches at postgraduate level both at KCL, delivering non-surgical periodontal and implant theory and practical techniques to residents of MClinDent and Specialist Periodon-tal training programmes.

PhD

Claire is the recent recipient of the Vivienne Wohl Foundation Award and she was selected for a prestigious scholarship to undertake a PhD in risk communication of dental diseases among dentists with the Behav-ioural and Social Sciences group, at the Department of Population & Oral Health also at Kings College London. In her project titled, risk communication as a means to support behaviour change in primary dental settings, she hopes to develop a toolkit for GDP’s based on findings of the Steele report. She is currently studying biostatistics and academic writing along with working on her review of the literature and project development. Claire also consults on a practice based study where some behavioural interventions are be-ing tested in a group of patients and has been actively involved in collating the data for this study.

  • Research Collaborations
  • Bristol DFT Oral Hygiene Techniques based on Theory
  • Welcomme Microbiome
  • GSK Gas Chromotography & Oral Malodor
  • NYU Behaviour Change

International speaker

She lectures internationally and recent conferences where she presented on peri-implant maintenance in-clude the Turkish Periodontal Society and the British Dental Association annual meeting. She recently presented at the International Symposium Dental Hygiene in Switzerland and at the British Association of Dental Therapy annual scientific conference on implant maintenance protocol and undergraduate education of this subject.

Author

She writes regularly for the dental press and recently became an editorial advisor for Oral Health and Implant Dentistry Today. She regularly reviews papers for publication and research projects undertaken by undergraduate and post-graduate students at Kings College London.

  • Textbook Clinical dentistry published 2018
  • Textbook Procedures in Periodontics (Due for Publication 2019)

KOL

Claire is a key opinion leader for several dental companies, with a specific role in instrument design and the integration of new technology into undergraduate periodontal curricula. She is also a consultant to pri-vate dental practices wishing to increase their patient base and prepare for CQC requirements. She works with practice owners and their teams to ensure that practices are reaching their full potential and delivering an exceptional standard of care in a safe and welcoming environment.

Teaching Credentials

As a clinical educator achieving several recognised qualifications and credentials in formal education, combined with a varied experience in dental education, she set up her own CPD website and is focused on the education of general dentists in the diagnosis and treatment of Periodontal disease. Claire is passion-ate about non-surgical periodontal instrumentation, patient education and disease prevention. She has a special interest in peri-implant disease management.
She is a pioneer for oral health promotion and disease prevention and was awarded a stamp of excellence in recognition for her hard work and dedication to oral hygiene for 2016.

Professional Bodies

Claire is a an active member of the British Periodontal Society, British Society of Dental Hygiene & Therapy , the American Dental Hygiene Association and the Irish Association of Dental Hygien-ists.

Claire is also actively involved in producing educational guidance for clinicians on the importance of monitoring and treating dental implants in general practice.

To contact Claire, email claire@clairemccarthy.co for educational material and free online CPD.

Contact Claire on: +44 7793133814 or +1 917 436 8841

Email: claire@clairemccarthy.co or ccm433@nyu.edu

Current member of Faculty at: NYU

PhD Research: KCL

Dental Hygiene Therapy Representative: British Society of Periodontology (ECG)

External Programme Accreditation Committee: Irish Dental Council

Faculty and Teaching posts: Charles Clifford Sheffield, Eastman dental institute hygiene school, London Deanery, Norwich & Norfolk University NNUH, Health Education England (HEE)

Research Hygienist: GSK, Welcomme trust & KCL

Studied at: Trinity College Dublin TCD (Dublin Dental Hospital), Institute of Education (University of London), King’s College London

Member of : British society of Periodontology BSP, Fellow of Higher Education Academy FHEA, MDDUS, ADI, IDHA

GDC Registration: DH6197

WORKING WITH KIDS:

Dental Education in Schools Project

PILOT STUDY IN LONDON

In a pilot study in a school in London to hammer home the message that good oral health is vital to children and parents.
We organised a day of fun and education, designed to support national efforts to reduce the number of days children are forced to take off school for medical appointments related to poor dental health.

1200 KIDS: ALL RECEIVED FREE TOOTHBRUSHES

All 1,200 pupils, aged from three to 11 received free toothbrushes and participated in workshops and educational sessions showing them why it is important to have good oral health and demonstrated the correct way to clean their teeth.

Headteacher Jane Flynn said: “We want to reduce absence levels caused by poor dental health and we thought this was a great way of working constructively with our pupils and parents to get a very important health message across in a fun and informative way.”

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"I attended the RSD training sessions given by Ms McCarthy at the beginning of the year. She is excellent in teaching as she has a way of explaining things that is easy for me to understand and remember. Her teaching covered all the basic knowledge of RSD including the instruments, the correct working posture and hands-on. My clinical skills have improved a lot after attending the sessions and now I could do better RSD with less fatigue. Also, I love the small test given by her every time before a new session starts! Ms McCarthy is also one of the best teachers that I have met here, who teaches from her heart, not from the book. She is warm, accessible, enthusiastic and passionate about her work. She even offered us extra sessions although she has a very tight schedule and busy with her clinical works. I benefited a lot from her teaching and really appreciate her effort. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to her and will definitely recommend her sessions to other students."
"I have been visiting Claire McCarthy as a dental hygienist for over 10 years. Since my husband and I have been seeing Claire on a regular basis the health of our teeth and gums has improved dramatically. Claire was able to pass on her expertise in dental hygiene, so that our cleaning of our teeth was much more efficient and successful, leading to a great improvement in our gum health and general appearance of the teeth. Her passion for her work shines through. We also felt that she cared enormously about us as individuals and felt very grateful for her attention to detail and obvious skill and dedication to her patients. We also enjoyed and looked forward to our visits – quite something when visiting a dental hygienist! She made us feel instantly welcome and comfortable and we would leave the surgery feeling much more knowledgeable and capable of caring for our dental hygiene. The results spoke for themselves too – since visiting Claire we have needed very little dental work and we put this down to a big improvement on the way we care for and clean our teeth, leading to greatly improved dental health. My husband and I would highly recommend Claire as a dental hygienist and we look forward to her caring for our teeth for many more years to come!"
"Claire McCarthy lead and developed courses such as: “Instrumentation Masterclass for GDP's”, “4-day Advanced Instrumentation course for Hygienists” besides other courses for dental nurses. The courses have always been well attended and very often oversubscribed. The feedback from all courses has always been excellent. In particular, delegates have enjoyed the style of teaching that Claire has used, for example, engaging, interactive, interesting, relevant to clinical practice, inspiring and motivational, were just some of the comments from the feedback.   The informal way the workshops and tutorials were run have always been popular, as delegates feel comfortable with this style of teaching. Delegates have always enjoyed hands on style teaching coupled with lectures, which is how all Claire’s courses have been run. "
"Claire McCarthy has been my dental hygienist for a decade. I am very discerning about excellence and always seek out the best, especially for my teeth. I could not have had a better hygienist. Claire makes the appointments a pleasure.  The result is outstanding.  She is at the forefront of her profession and I have ultimate confidence in her skills and advice. The best in London."