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CHIEF DENTAL OFFICER ZONE & THEATRE

Chief Dental Officer, England, Jason Wong and his team will be hosting a series of presentations at the CDO Theatre. 

Each topic will be split into a series of short talks, panel discussions and presentations from leading subject experts in their field, with time for Q&A. Further opportunities for discussions will be available on the adjoining CDO Zone stand.

  • Dental professionals attend expert-led sessions on workforce growth and oral health policies
  • Dental professionals attend expert-led sessions on workforce growth and oral health policies
  • Dental professionals attend expert-led sessions on workforce growth and oral health policies
  • Dental professionals attend expert-led sessions on workforce growth and oral health policies
  • Dental professionals attend expert-led sessions on workforce growth and oral health policies
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Jason Wong, Chief Dental Officer England will also be speaking on:

Friday 13 March 09:30 – BDIA Main Stage

Keynote Address with Ali Sparke, Director for Dentistry, Community Pharmacy and Optometry, NHS England

Saturday 14 March 13:00 – Business Theatre

Regulation or Restriction? The State of Dentistry: Broken System or Bright Future, with Tom Whiting, Chief Executive and Registrar - General Dental Council, and host Jin Vaghela

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13 Mar 2026
  1. CDO Theatre

    CPD Outcomes, A, B, C, D

    Overview/Learning Outcomes:  An opportunity to sit down with the people at the centre of the current changes and ask them about the issues that are most important to you, in particular around NHS contract reform, NHS funding and workforce. 

  2. CDO Theatre

    CPD Outcomes: A, B, D

    Overview/Learning Outcomes:   Talks from preeminent professionals from across the dental professions on the topic of how skill mix can be best utilised. 

     

  3. CDO Theatre

    CPD Outcome: B, C, D

    Overview/Learning Outcomes:  Talks covering the use of SOPs in record keeping, as well as updates from the GDC and CQC 

  4. CDO Theatre
14 Mar 2026
  1. CDO Theatre

    CPD Outcomes: B, D

    Overview/Learning Outcomes:  This session is aimed at early career dentists with the aim of showcasing opportunities, career paths and how the application process works.  

  2. CDO Theatre

    CPD Outcomes: A, B, C, D

    Overview/Learning Outcomes:  Professors Avi Banerjee and Iain Chapple discuss Dental System Reform with Nick Barker DCDO, the strategic implementation of the Complex Care Pathways, and how this will impact clinical practice 

     

  3. CDO Theatre

    CPD Outcomes: A, B, D

    Overview/Learning Outcomes:  Jackie Cooper and Rana Al-Falaki discuss a number of topics around health and wellbeing, including the new GDC standard that focuses on practitioner and team wellbeing, and how building habits for long-term sustainable wellbeing is not just the key to a healthy team, but also vital for clinical compliance.  

  4. CDO Theatre

    CPD Outcomes: C, D

    Overview/Learning Outcomes:  How sustainable actions can be embedded into daily practice within oral healthcare teams and the innovative systems available to facilitate this. Furthermore, exploring how Artificial Intelligence is being used to advance oral cancer diagnosis, as well as what is next for the use of Dental amalgam in England. 

     

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