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Irish Dental Nurses Association
      
Cumman Déadaltranais na hEireann
      
      
        
      
Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. ~James Baldwin~ .
      
        
Goals of the IDNA:
      
Advance, develop and promote dental nursing as a profession
Promotion of professional growth
Development of strategies and goals for the future
Work for our members by promoting their interests
Provision of educational opportunities
      
Encourage all dental nurses to register with the dental council of Ireland
Increase membership of our professional organisation
      
Special Offers on Membership Fees for 2012 – see revised membership application form.
      
      
Membership Benefits:
      
Offer a platform for members to meet and discuss issues of relevance to dental nursing
        
Provide a forum for networking
        
Circulate our newsletter to all our members
        
10% Discount on VHI health insurance (You must maintain up to date membership of the IDNA to avail of this offer)
        
Group rates with Lynx group (group financial services)
        
        
        
      
Click here to fill out membership form online (the same form is used for both renewal of membership and new membership application)
        
        
New IDNA Application Form October 2011 Special Offers!
(Note:the same form is used for both renewal of membership and new membership application)
        
        
News
Important Notice
Register Of Dental Nurses
      
      
      
The Dental Council made a scheme for the establishment of a class of auxiliary dental worker to be known as a Dental Nurse.
      
More Info
      
Are you interested in becoming a member of the IDNA Executive Committee?
      
      
      
If you are interested in becoming a member of the IDNA Executive Committee , or would like to contribute to our Newsletter, please email us: contact@idna.ie         
      
If you wish to make a membership enquiry, please contact: Helen Phipps at 087 6765530 or helen.phipps@dental.tcd.ie or write to her at: Helen Phipps, IDNA Membership Secretary, Dublin Dental University Hospital, Lincoln Place, Dublin 2
      
If you would like to contact our President and Secretary, please email Tina Gorman at: 
tina.gorman@dental.tcd.ie
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contact@idna.ie
or telephone her on 087 676 7500, or write to her at: IDNA Secretary, 5 Mount Symon Close, Clonsilla, Dublin 15
      
If you are interested in becoming a member of the IDNA Executive Committee, please email Mary O'Donnell, Chairperson, mary.odonnell@dental.tcd.ie  
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
IDNA Evening Lecture Monday 5th March @ 7.00pm
Dublin Dental University Hospital, Lecture Theatre 2:
Title: Restoring anterior tooth form with composite resin and a review of resin bonded bridges.
Presented by: Dr. Michael O’Sullivan BA., B.Dent. Sc., M.Sc.(Lond)., PhD., FDSRCSI, FDSRCS(Ed.) Senior Lecturer/Consultant
Please join us for coffee & biscuits from 6.30pm
IDNA Lecture (Download)

Alumini Dental Nursing Cork University Dental School & Hospital:
Saturday 24th March
Alumni Dental Nursing (Download)

Alumini Dental Hygiene Cork University Dental School & Hospital:
Saturday 24th March
Alumni Dental Hygiene (Download)

Notification Irish Society of Dentistry for Children:
Wednesday 15th February. Dublin Dental University Hospital
Speaker: Dr Gene Watson PhD, DDS Associate Professor, Depts. Of Dentistry, Environmental Medicine, and Pharmacology & Physiology. University of Rochester, New York, USA
Title: Neurodevelopmental outcomes following pre-natal and post-natal exposure to dental amalgam
ISDC Lecture Notice (Download)

Notification ISDH Bursary Award 2012:
ISDH Bursary Award (Download)
      
      
Diary - Forthcoming Events
Next IDNA Lectures will take place in March & April 2012
Join us for out AGM which will be held at IDA Conference on 18th May, 2012
      
        
BSc in Dental Practice Management provided by Athlone Institute of Technology
Download here
        
Important information for all Dental Nurses - Orthodontic Therapy
Letter from Dental Council
      
        
      
      
      
        
        
        
      
      
      
      
        
        
      
      
      
Recruitment Advertising
      
Dental Practitioners wishing to recruit dental nursing staff by advertising the position on our website, are required to pay a fee of €50, which is payable via our online services section. Please email the content of the advertisement via the contact us link below.
For members of the IDNA wishing to advertise of their availability to work, this service is free.
Contact us
      
Visit our advertising page
      
Pay Fee
        
        
      
      
      
      
Salary Scales
The IDNA currently does not endorse a specific salary scale for Dental Nurses. In general, in the experience of the Executive Committee of the IDNA, Dental Nurses employed in the private sector are remunerated at higher rates than Dental Nurses in equivalent positions employed in the public sector.
      
In the case of the latter, the salary scales recommended by the Department of Health and Children (effective 1st January 2011) are available to download at www.dohc.ie
      
(The relevant information is on Page 5 of the document)
      
        
      
      
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Contact address: IDNA Secretary & President - Tina Gorman. Dublin Dental University Hospital, Lincoln Place. Dublin 2
        
Phone: 087 6767500        Email: tina.gorman@dental.tcd.ie
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