This case reinforces the importance of careful investigation and planning in ensuring an optimal outcome when addressing multiple dental anomalies. Extensive consideration of the initial treatment strategy is required, coupled with evaluation of the outcome and longevity of any potential treatment modality to be employed. The consideration of inevitable future restorative treatment is fundamental, highlighting the importance of multidisciplinary planning at diagnosis. Moreover, orthodontic, aesthetic, behavioural and/or social factors may further complicate management in adolescents.

Introduction Across healthcare, there is an urgent call to action to address systematic gender bias impeding equity for women. Gender imbalance exists for speakers at medical conferences. This research presents the first descriptive analysis of gender balance of speakers at dental conferences. Objectives Describe the gender balance of invited speakers at UK conferences of the dental specialties and general dentistry in a two-year period. Consider the findings in relation to gender balance of dental and specialist registrants. Method Gender, presentation length and professional role were extracted from conference programmes. Acceptable gender balance was pre-specified as 40-60%. Gender data were extracted from the GDC registration report. Results Of 352 invited speakers, 39.8% (n = 140) were identified as female and 60.2% (n = 212) as male. Gender was acceptably balanced in 21.4% (n = 3) of conferences. Gender balance of specialist speakers varied, as does gender distribution within the specialties themselves. Only 38.5% (n = 5) of specialties had a specialist speaker gender balance representative of their speciality. Conclusion There is a call for further research to drive equity in the characteristics of invited speakers and to determine whether there is correlation with representation in the composition of conference organising committees, leadership, professional roles and the workforce. Conference organisers are encouraged to strive proactively and prospectively towards representative programmes.

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he primary aims of my presentation were to increase awareness of DCby1 and to discuss delegates' preparedness to deliver the key preventive messages at the heart of the campaign. This brief article provides an overview of the content of my presentation. I opened my presentation, Dental Check by One (DCby1): Bridging the Gap, by asking

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Attendances to emergency departments (EDs) in England in the last 10 years have increased at double the rate of population growth. 1 With an increase in demand for ED services, national initiatives and targets have been set for EDs in England to address waiting times so that 95% of patients should spend less than 4 hours in the ED. In the UK, an emergency dental service exists both in NHS general practice and within NHS community dental settings; however, availability out of hours varies regionally. For paediatric patients, emergency dental treatment may include examination including radiographs,

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