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New Members Elected to FGDP Board
Two new members have been elected to the board of the Faculty
of General Dental Practice (UK) for the next three years.
Dr Suzanne Sykes, who works within Community Dental Services in Devon, has been elected to
represent the Faculty's South West division, and Dr Andrew Parashchak, who practises in Wigan
and Rochdale, is the new member for the Mersey and North West division.
Qualifying from Cardiff in 2009, Sykes served for seven years as a dentist in the Royal Navy,
later working in NHS practice and out-of-hours services in Devon before moving to CDS. She also
works for the Care Quality Commission as a specialist adviser on primary dental care inspections,
and is studying for a Postgraduate Certificate in Dental Sedation and Pain Management and a
Diploma in Special Care Dentistry.
Parashchak completed a BSc in biomedical sciences and an MSc in immunology and
immunogenetics before studying for his BDS at Peninsula Dental School, from where he graduated
in 2012. After working as a general dental practitioner within the NHS, he moved into private
practice three years ago. He recently bought his own practice in Rochdale, and still works part-time
as an associate in Wigan. Last year he completed the FGDP (UK) Diploma in restorative dentistry
with a view to progressing to an MSc in the near future.
Dr. Jonathan Farmer (not pictured) has been re-elected to represent Trent and East Anglia.
Working mainly in general dental practice since 1988, he currently practises in Lincoln, has a special interest in
endodontics, and has worked for the salaried dental service. He is a programme director for Dental Foundation Training
at Health Education England (East Midlands), dental practice advisor for the Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire/North
Midlands NHS Area Team, and has previously been a clinical supervisor at Leeds and Sheffield Dental Schools. ■

Oral Health-Where Do We Go From Here?
On 15 March, Johnson & Johnson hosted
The OH! Panel at the British Dental Association
in London. Chaired by Stephen Hancocks, it brought
together eight key opinion leaders in dentistry:
Ben Atkins, Julie Deverick, Penny Hodge, Tim
Newton, Anthony Roberts, Julie Rosse, Nicola West
and Helen Whelton.
Each was selected for their ability to provide
unique insight into how the dental profession can be
best supported going forward, given the current
oral health landscape.
A vision was agreed by the panel as something
all dental professionals should work by to help
improve patients' oral health:
'The ultimate outcome is to improve oral health,
and therefore systemic health. The vision is that every
dental health care professional, upon seeing a patient with
gingivitis and/or periodontitis, can and will:
* Make a diagnosis(es) and communicate the
relevance of the condition to the patient.

Explore risk factors and modify behaviour for
successful outcomes
* Help every patient who receives the diagnosis(es) to
be empowered to improve their oral health for life'.
Deverick said: 'I'm excited about the vision in the
statement, because it's something we can all now bring
to our Societies and to our profession'.
Johnson & Johnson have an ongoing commitment
to the vision statement, and will work with it in mind,
ensuring that all professional communications support
the concept, to the benefit of the profession and
patients. ■

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