Dental practitioners have a duty of care to educate their patients on how to prevent oral diseases for an improved quality of life. This is the goal of the iTOP programme from Curaden, giving dental practitioners an expert understanding of oral prophylaxis so that they can better teach and protect their patients. Here, I speak with Diane Rochford, a dental hygienist and BSDHT past president. She divides her time working clinically in two practices and achieved iTOP lecturer status in 2024, leading the UK introductory courses.
What originally made you interested in pursuing a career in dentistry?
I had a brilliant dentist as a child and felt very comfortable in their practice. I remember thinking, ‘I would like to work somewhere like this’. Later, I had a positive experience as an orthodontic patient, and this cemented my interest in dentistry.
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