Three-in-OneNewsletter of the Christian Dental Fellowship

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At the beginning of March, I had theprivilege of attending the Conferenceorganised by CDF in Scotland. (seereport p7). I love the journey toScotland from my home in Cumbria, anopportunity to listen to the radio or tomusic, while travelling through stunningcountryside. For me it is a returning tomy childhood home and an opportunityto remember and be thankful.

We lived on the outskirts of Glasgow and

the school I attended was in the west end

of the city. Usually my mother would

collect me at the end of the day and we

would go home but just occasionally she

would suggest we stop off at the

Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery to

look at the pictures. For me this was a

real treat. I had favourites including

impressionist works by Degas, Henry

Raeburn portraits and the commanding

painting, Christ of Saint John of the Cross

by surrealist artist Salvador Dali. At the

time this painting hung on the gallery

stairs and, to the young me, was just

quite amazing as I looked and stepped

upwards.

Salvador Dali depicts Jesus Christ on thecross in a darkened sky floating over abody of water complete with a boat andfisherman. It is a striking image of thedeath of Jesus showing Him “beautiful asthe God that He is”. For me still, aninspiring reminder that through the deathof Jesus we who believe may be savedand enter the kingdom of heaven.

If any of you have had the opportunity towatch an artist at work you will know thatit takes time for the picture to berevealed. The artist may begin withsketches to form the basis of thecomposition, next the background is builtup in layers with the detail and peopleadded later. Colour is added from light todark with the brush creating texture. Thedetail of small areas takes time withsome parts left incomplete until justbefore the whole picture is finished. Aswe watch we must wait patiently for thefinal image to be revealed.

The greatest artist, God, is currentlyworking on an extremely large picture;zHis created Universe. He allows us bothto watch and to join in as He draws andpaints in the details of His gloriouscreation, the earth and all that is in it.God’s picture is marvellously completeand yet gloriously incomplete until Jesuscomes again in glory.

To many of us, dentistry is both an artand a science. I remember hours spent inthe dental hospital lab carving teeth fromsoap in order to learn their morphologyand carving wax-ups for crowns or inlays.Time spent taking care with the detail ofthe cusps, fissures and marginal ridgesproduced not only a functionally good

restoration but a work of art. A directcomposite carefully planned for ourpatient, built up layer by layer andpolished to a pleasing finish can preserveexisting tooth structure giving asuccessful aesthetic and functionalresult. This creativity in dentistry and itsapplication is underpinned by ourknowledge and the evidence-basedprinciples of our approach.

We could consider ourselves as God’swork in progress. Ephesians 2:10 saysthis;

“For we are God’s masterpiece. He hascreated us anew in Christ Jesus, so wecan do the good things he planned for uslong ago.” (NLT)

God is painting His masterpiece of ourlife. Art may be beautiful, valuable and anexpression of something within the artist,precious to the owner. Each one of us isbeing crafted by our loving Father; abeautiful and valuable expression of theinner being of our Maker.

“For you created me in my inmost being;you knit me together in my mother’swomb. I am fearfully and wonderfullymade” (Psalm139:13-14)

An old Victorian oil painting hung in thehall of my Glasgow home, a rather dirty,dark landscape of the Trossachs incentral Scotland with birch trees and thesuggestion of a loch in its centre; familiar,taken for granted, and not really veryinteresting at all. However, my fatherdecided it should be cleaned, so off itwent to the restorer for months to becleaned, repaired and re-framed. I expectyou are now imagining that it turned out

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From the President’s Kitchen TableConnected to God, connected to each otherand connected to CDF

to be a long-lost Rembrandt or Turner and

priceless. Well, sorry to disappoint but no.

What came back was the same picture

transformed by the cleaning process,

beautifully set off in its new frame nothing

like the dirty old unremarkable painting.

In the background the hill contours can be

seen giving form to the mountain and a

surprising silver beach appeared on the

loch shore. A beautiful light now diffuses

the picture with shafts of sunlight

illuminating a pathway. Detail once lost

has reappeared; two people and a dog

hidden by the dirt of years can be seen in

the foreground. A delightful scene has

been revealed that encourages the viewer

to pause, reflect and enjoy.

And so too of our lives. God has a very

clear picture of how we will look from the

beginning. He builds us up with layers of

colour and experience as we seek to

become more like Jesus and to know God

more. Like my oil painting, the

masterpiece of our lives can become dirty

with the passage of time and features

once seen are hidden and detail lost. God

invites us to turn our faces towards Him

and be transformed.

“And we all, who with unveiled facescontemplate the Lord’s glory, are beingtransformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from theLord, who is the Spirit” (2 Corinthians3:18)

My prayer is that each one of us will allowGod to draw and colour in the details ofour lives and through this we will betransformed into the person He wants usto be, His beloved child, filled with theHoly Spirit and radiating His glory.

Susie MatthewCDF President

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Challenges in LiberiaGrace and I were just finishing breakfastand looking forward to a change of paceafter busy days in the Dental Clinicand hospital. A call from Jen in theEmergency Room changedour plans.

Would I come to see a couple of patientsplease? A four-year-old boy who hadfallen off a bed and knocked his frontbaby teeth – these were loose and easilyremoved without anaesthetic; then anine-year-old girl knocked over by amotorbike taxi whilst crossing the road.She had knocked out her two front teethand had a third hanging loose. Graceacted as my assistant and the loose toothwas removed under local anaesthetic,leaving the young girl permanentlywithout three adult teeth. After this wecalled in to the hospital to visit Ann, whohas given us permission to tell her story.

Ann is 22-years-old, in her third year atUniversity studying biology. She wouldlike to then train as a doctor. She firstvisited the Dental Clinic in earlyNovember 2017 with a raised purpleswelling in her palate which seemed to begrowing quickly. Some of the adjacentteeth were a little loose. It looked to me

like a cancerous tumour. Following anexchange of messages, photos and X-rayswith Tony Giles, my friendly, onlineConsultant Maxillo-Facial surgeon, I tooka sample of the swelling. This was sent(via someone flying home) to a pathologylab in Michigan, USA. After a few weeksthe result was posted on the lab website,indicating a rare, but benign, tumour.Good news.

I returned from the UK in January to driveup to Guinea, where Tony was coming tooperate, amongst many others, on two ofmy patients with very large, but slowgrowing benign tumours. As soon as I saw

Ann, I knew she had to go too. Her tumourhad grown much larger and was bleedingeasily. Ann and her father travelled withme up to Guinea where Tony quicklyrealised how serious her situation was.She was losing a lot of blood. He agreedto operate straight away. The day beforethe operation her haemoglobin level wasonly 4. Normally, it should be 12-14.Several people in the team donatedblood.

During the operation, Ann’s tumour wasremoved – both the swelling in her mouthand six upper left teeth, along with thebone in her palate – the source of the

Ann on presentation

Ann wearing her new denture

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tumour. This left her with a large area ofexposed bone on the roof of her mouth,and a big hole through into her nasalsinus. Tony said that if we had waitedmore than a few days she would havebled to death.

Once back in Liberia, larger samples ofAnn’s tumour were sent to the USA forfurther biopsy, as the original diagnosisdid not seem to fit the way the swellingwas behaving. At the same time, Sheriff,the Trinity Clinic denturist, made a simpleplastic denture/obturator to which Iadded a soft lining, using material Gracebrought back from the UK. This coveredthe large hole in her palate and gave hersomething to smile with.

A few weeks later, the biopsy result cameback – malignant osteosarcoma. Badnews. A fast growing, cancerous tumourwith a high risk of spreading to otherparts of the body.

I consulted with our Medical Doctor, RickSacra, at the hospital. In turn, through hisconnections, we were advised by aspecialist oncologist in the USA. Could weget a CT scan to check Ann’s lungs for anyspread of the cancer? After someinvestigation and a call with a contact atthe Health Ministry here, I discovered thatthe only CT scanner in Liberia was up in

the north of the country. Ann and her Dadimmediately set off. Two days later, theyreturned with the result – the lungs wereclear of any visible spread of the cancer.But what about microscopic spread?

The oncologist in the USA saidchemotherapy would be the next step; totry and stop re-growth of the tumour inthe mouth and to kill any microscopicspread. Research shows that long-termsurvival is significantly improved withchemotherapy.

But chemotherapy treatment is notavailable in Liberia – there are no cancerspecialists. I went online and contacted aClinic in Ghana, two countries to the Eastof Liberia. Treatment was available, butwas expensive. Dr. Rick said he hadtreated one patient, a few years ago,with chemotherapy. (He has 100%success rate!) He called a large localpharmacy in town and they had the twodrugs recommended. Ann’s Dad wasgiven the prescription and got the drugsand Ann started the first of four roundsof chemotherapy right here in ELWAhospital following a clear treatmentoutline from a sarcoma expert in theUSA.

How successful will this be? We do notknow. With help from various people nearand far, Ann is getting as much help as we

can humanly provide. We have prayedwith Ann and her father, Hilary, who alsoseek to put their faith and hope in God.Ann has an infectious smile and, despiteall her recent struggles, has a verypositive spirit. Please pray for her.

Simon & Grace Stretton-DownesCDF Mission Partner

Experiencedassociaterequired inSouthend-on-Sea forprivate workPark House Dental Practice hasan opportunity for a part-timedentist to join our friendly andthriving private and DenplanExcel practice. Minimum 5 yearspractice including post-graduatetraining and significant privateexperience needed.

Two days per week initially,Thursday 8.00 – 4.30 pm andFriday 8.00 – 2.30 pm, leading tofull-time and the taking over of anestablished and well-maintainedpatient list. Private and Denplanpatients only. 50% private fee;50% lab fees; 45% Denplanremuneration.

The practice has an excellentreputation for providing qualitydental treatment in a friendlyenvironment. We are currentlythree dentists and threehygienists. Dentists and staffbenefit from in-house verifiableCPD. A visiting oral surgeonattends the practice when requiredand specialist dental services areavailable locally as necessary.

Southend-on-Sea is just 45minutes from London by train andhas much to offer. Excellentschools; easy access to bothLondon and the countryside;water sports on the Thamesestuary; good restaurants andbars and a thriving music andtheatre scene.

For more information pleasecontact Sarah Felton, the CDFadministrator.(CDF.sarahfelton@gmail.com)

Ann’s new denture/obturator

Ann starting chemotherapy

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My Elective in Takoradi, Ghana

One of the things I looked forward tomost when I started dental school inSheffield was being able to travel in my4th year for my elective. Having heardabout the friendliness and hospitality ofGhanaians, I decided to do my placementwith the organisation ‘Work the World’ inGhana.

During my elective I spent three weeks inthe dental clinic at the Effia-NkwantaRegional hospital in Takoradi. It is an ex-military hospital built during WWII and isconsidered the most poorly equipped ofthe ten regional hospitals in Ghana,lacking in some of the modern facilitiesthat the other nine regional hospitalshave.

Before the introduction of westernmedicine in the 1700s, when theEuropeans settled in Ghana, the maintreatment for ailments was herbs andtraditional African medicine. For manypatients this remains the first line oftreatment today. They only come to thedentist if the traditional remedies haven’tworked. This is one of the main reasonswhy people present with illnesses at suchlate stages, or with complications of theillnesses rather than acute diseasepresentations.

I was surprised to find that most of whatthey see on a day-to-day basis is thesame as in the UK – caries andperiodontal disease, though it wasgenerally at a more advanced stage in

Ghana. There was significantly moretrauma than I am used to seeing. RTAs arevery common in Ghana and some of thepatients I saw had facial injuries,fractured teeth and fractured jaws.

Whilst the dentists’ knowledge andclinical skills were very similar to those athome, the big difference for me was withpatient management. Where we would tryto calm nervous children with soothingvoices, Ghanaians are much firmer andthere were often about five adultsrestraining a child in the dental chair. InEngland, we try to protect ourselves fromlitigation in every way, with carefulcommunication and gentle bedsidemanners. In Ghana, the dentist knowsbest and is very much in charge.

Unfortunately, during my time in thehospital, the only dental chair withfunctioning handpieces and scalers wasbroken, meaning that patients whoneeded fillings were sent home to waituntil the chair was fixed. Since it hadalready been broken several weeks beforemy arrival and there were no attempts tofix it whilst I was there, I feared somepatients would be waiting a long time.

The government of Ghana have set up theNational Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS)for the provision of healthcare. In thedental department, simple pain relief andfillings are provided for free, though theinsurance will only pay for one item of

dental treatment every two weeks,meaning that those who present withseveral complaints either have to makeup the cost with cash or wait for twoweeks to have their other problems dealtwith.

One particularly memorable case was of a

man who came in complaining that his

tooth had moved into the roof of his

mouth and he wanted it extracting. He

had a swelling that had displaced the

tooth into his palate and it was

surrounded by exposed bone. The dentist

was speaking the local language (Twi),

but afterwards explained that he wanted

the patient to go to a bigger hospital to

have a biopsy as he suspected a

malignancy. The patient had argued that

he could not afford it and he only wanted

the tooth out anyway. The realisation that

whilst they do have many of the same

treatments as us available, many cannot

afford it, was saddening for me. There

was also a difference in understanding of

diseases and health. The patient didn’t

seem overly concerned about the

condition. Whilst in the UK we are all well-

informed about cancer and often look up

diseases before seeking a dentist, there

was a very clear gap between the

knowledge of laypeople and dentists.

I was also incredibly lucky to have theopportunity to help with an outreachprogram where they did dental screeningsat schools. The government decided thateveryone in the first year of senior highschool should have a health screening.The outreach team consisted of peoplefrom several specialties checking fordental, eye and hearing problems as wellas blood pressure and BMI. There weretwo others doing the dental screenings,Sister Esther and Sister Doris (in Ghanayou call people sister or auntie dependingon their age) who were physicianassistants who had specialised in oralhealth. They gave me free reign to screenmy own patients. We did extra- andintraoral exams and noted down the

Tess outside the dental clinic

Tess working in the clinic

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names of those with problems andadvised them to visit a dentist. It reallysurprised me how many people said ‘yes’when I asked if they had pain from theirteeth, and they hadn’t done anythingabout it!

Most people, at least in the south ofGhana are Christian, and very strongly so.It was sometimes a little overwhelminghow religious people were although itwas heart-warming for me to see howtheir faith gave them such positiveoutlooks on life despite some of thehardships they face. Many people askedme if I was married, and were surprisedwhen I said I wasn’t. I had a few peoplepromising to find me a husband before Ileft Ghana. There were signs ofChristianity wherever I went, whether itwas car stickers of Jesus or names ofsmall businesses. ‘God’s Glory Enterprise’was an example.

One evening during my stay in Takoradi, I

went to a church service. Though it was

more of a hotel conference room than a

church, there was still a wonderful

atmosphere of worship and joy. Everyone

was very welcoming and friendly and

wanted to shake hands with the ‘Obrunis’

(white people). When I arrived, everyone

was singing at the tops of their voices and

dancing. One lady at the front had a

microphone and the huge speakers made

my ears ring straight away, but I was filled

with pleasure from seeing others so

happy in worship and for the first time

since arriving in Ghana, from feeling close

to God. After the singing, the pastor spoke

about elevation and dominion, though it

was difficult to understand as it was half

in English, half in Twi. He was shouting

lines from the Bible about going forth and

being fertile and having dominion over all

things. It was an interesting experience

and not at all how I had imagined it but

still very different from our comparatively

sombre affair at home.

During my time off, I explored the marketsin Takoradi and visited some of thesurrounding areas. In Kakum NationalPark I walked through the rainforestcanopy on a rope bridge and in MoleNational Park I went on safaris and sawelephants and antelope in the wild.Ghana is a beautiful country with so muchcolour and life wherever you go.

After my three week hospital placement, Itravelled into the north of Ghana. I metsome lovely people on the way, bothGhanaians and other tourists, and gaineda lot of confidence. I have alwaysconsidered myself to be a fairly shyperson but travelling alone has taught methat you have to be open and friendly inorder to gain as much as possible. Afterseveral long coach journeys, I went to avillage where one of my neighbours fromthe UK had lived for two years, and stayedwith a Ghanaian family for a week. Thiswas a completely different experience tostaying in the 'Work the world' house inTakoradi. I felt truly immersed in theculture, living with a Ghanaian family andeating Ghanaian food. The childrenthought it was wonderful when I madesome balloons out of my rubber gloves forthem.

The family had very kindly arranged forme to spend a few days in the villagehealth clinic. It was certainly different towhat I had already seen as they had nodental clinic. The nurse I was with wasdiagnosing and prescribing medicationsas there was no doctor, and he seemed tothink that anything that wasn’t malaria(most things were) was a chest infection.

I also visited a medical centre in a biggertown nearby. This was where people hadto travel to if they needed to see adentist. It was an incredibly old-fashionedconsulting room where the dentistworked alone and only saw two or threepatients a day. I couldn’t believe how fewpeople sought out the dentist as I wassure there were plenty of people whoneeded his services. For those withouttransport however, it could be a very longjourney for treatment. Whilst in Takoradi Ihad seen many people with toothbrushes,in the village it was far more common andconvenient for people to clean their teethusing sticks.

It was noticeably hotter in the northernregion and I found it very difficult to copewith sometimes. I have thoroughlyenjoyed my time in Ghana and would loveto return, should the opportunity arise,though I think it would be too hot for meto stay there for a long period. I have alsolearnt to be more confident both inpractice and in everyday life and I am sograteful that I had this experience and forthe support I received from CDF.

Tess Everatt4th Year Dental Student, Sheffield

Chillies for sale in the market

Fishing boats on the Cape Coast

Associate OpportunitySouth HampshireSCA Group is a not-for-profit,ethical social enterprise providinghigh quality dental services acrossSouth Hampshire. Our sixpractices have fully equippedsurgeries with rotary endo files,digital cameras, full clinicalfreedom and good clinical support.

For more details please contactSarah Felton, the CDF administrator(CDF.sarahfelton@gmail.com).

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Day in the Life of a RetiredMember of CDF

Alan Vogt is a founding member of CDFand produces our daily prayer calendar.Here he tells us what he gets up to nowhe has packed away his drill andforceps!

Mary and I enjoy a mug of tea when wewake up at 7am and then have a time ofBible reading and prayer. It so importantto seek the Lord’s face at the start of theday before other things crowd in. Wecommit the day to Him and pray we willwalk with Him through the day. OnMondays and Thursdays, I need to beready for school assemblies as I’m in theCranleigh Churches Together team whoact out Bible stories in three local primaryschools as part of an initiative called“Open the Book”.

8am is usually breakfast time: cerealsand toast, followed by washing up. Marydoes all the cooking, so I take my share ofthe household chores by doing all thewashing up!

At about 9.30 we go to the shops,thankful I can still drive and for having thedisabled parking badge which is so usefulfor parking. There is such variety andabundance of food at the Coop,Sainsbury’s and Marks and Spencer’s—somuch in contrast with so many people allover the world.

Once we are back home I work on mylaptop; my grandchildren have taught mehow to use it! I find it essential forrequesting prayer items for the CDFprayer calendar. When the postmanbrings the mail, it is mostly missionarymagazines with appeals for funds. Thereis much of interest to read and also theopportunity to send some support,thanks to the NHS pension! I like to giveto the Billy Graham Association inthanksgiving for Mary’s conversion atHarringay in 1954. I spend a lot of timereading and writing. I get books new andsecond-hand from our church bookstall. Iwrite reviews of them for our previouschurch in London to go in their bi-monthlymagazine. I also write for Torch Trust forthe Blind and “Thought for the Week”articles for the RNIB newspaper. We alsohave a small garden which requiresattention. Mary is in charge of it, but I doa few odd jobs!

We are in touch with our family by phone.We have four children, ten grandchildrenand three great-grandchildren. A lot ofbirthdays to remember! They are

somewhat scattered, but we look forwardto an annual reunion. After lunch, we rest.We often go to visit church members whoare house bound, at home or in carehomes. We also have folks around for tea.Living on the Surrey/Sussex border is agreat opportunity to enjoy the lovelycountryside with the branches of the treesarching over the road and the sun filteringthrough the leaves. The open gardens inthe villages and the National Trust housesare great attractions.

5.15pm is the time for “Pointless”, ourfavourite quiz show on TV. with AlexanderArmstrong. We also enjoy the natureprogrammes with their excellentphotography. One evening a week, weattend our church house group and havegood fellowship around the Word of God.Other opportunities for Christian servicein the church are stewarding, as well asbeing on the prayer team andoccasionally speaking.

At 9.30pm we have a short time of prayerand Bible reading before settling down tosleep. Believe it or not, I still occasionallydream I’m filling a tooth!

ICMDA NEEDS YOU!Could you be a trustee for ICMDA (UK) Trust?

ICMDA aims to promote and advance the study and generalknowledge of medical and dental science, particularly wherethese concern Christian faith and ethics. It promotes co-operationamoungst Chistians in medical and dental professions throughout theworld.

The UK Trust is a gift awarding body, based in the UK for the work of ICMDA.We meet once a year at a hotel near to Stansted Airport. The next meetingwill be in Saturday 16th March 2019 from 10am to around 3pm.

We would like another dentist to join CDF member Cathy Fordyce in thisrole. If you are interested or would like more information, please contactCathy via the CDF administrator (CDF.sarahfelton@gmail.com).

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CDF Scotland Regional Meeting2018

Saturday 10th March 2018 saw around

60 Christians from across the profession

and across Scotland come together in

Perth for a wonderful day of worship,

fellowship and teaching for the annual

Scottish regional meeting of CDF.

Paul Rees of Charlotte Chapel in

Edinburgh (who trained as a dentist

before the ministry) kindly opened God’s

Word to us for the day. He spoke on 1

Peter 2 focussing on identity.

In the morning he challenged us on howour identity in the world depends on ourresponse to Christ. He drew out threeimplications of our response as that we,as the church are ‘a spiritual temple’(1 Peter 2:5). He encouraged us that thisshould lead us to meet together are God’speople, recognising the importance ofdoing this within the profession withinCDF but also of being a committed part ofa local church. Secondly, that we are ‘aHoly Priesthood’ (1 Peter 2:5) and that ourrole is to make Christ known, each in ourown environment. And thirdly that we are‘a Holy Nation’ (1 Peter 2:9). God’s love isnot random but elective and we havebeen chosen as part of this family. As welive as a Christian family, personally,

locally and with the wider church acrossour nation and world we speak of God’slove to our world. We can only do thiseffectively if we seek our primary identityin being in Christ - one nation, one peoplein God.

In the afternoon Paul considered ‘How dowe engage in a hostile society’? Inessence, 1 Peter 2 suggests this is verysimple. God's will is that if we know ouridentity we need only to live in the light ofit (v15). He went on to explore this morepractically - we should abstain from evil,do good and live lives of holiness andhelpfulness (vs11-12). We should submitto earthly authorities (v13). Indeed todaythis seems very counter-cultural but theauthority of man is ultimately within theauthority of God. We should besubmissive in the workplace (vs18-25)and that this should make us goodemployees, employers or colleagues aswell as spur us on to be the best clinicallythat we can be. Looking forward in 1 Peterwe see our motivation for this kind of lifeshould be that the light of God shines outso that people will ‘praise your Father inHeaven’. Paul reminded us that thismeans we must be prepared to give ananswer when people ask, that we must

never be ashamed of the gospel of Christ.Paul encouraged each of us personally tocomplete the sentence “Because I amconvinced that….”

After each session there was lots of timefor prayer and discussion which was greatand this fellowship continued over lunch.On these days that we allow plenty ofinformal time which allows old friendshipsto be rekindled and new ones formed, it isalways a particular joy to catch snippetsof conversations as people support andencourage one another as a family ofChristians in the profession in Scotland.

Another significant part of the day washearing from our mission partners. It wasa great blessing to have Lynne Smith withus, who is currently working in BurkinaFaso. She talked about her work in manydifferent areas including providingtraining for local dental staff. It wasinspiring to hear how dentistry is beingused to share the gospel and challengedus to consider how showing this love andcare in our clinical environment displaysthe love of God too. We also heard fromChris Southwick about his work inBurundi, again providing care but alsotraining local people to provide care.

Personally, I find the CDF Scotlandregional conference to be an uplifting andencouraging day – this was especiallytrue this year. The growing fellowship andfriendships are clear to see and it iswonderful to see so many differentpeople from across the profession comingtogether to praise God, support oneanother and consider how we mightbetter serve God in our daily lives. Asdental professionals we spend much ofour time at, or thinking about, work andfor many of us our workplace is the mostsignificant mission field and yet it canalso seem the most impenetrable to theGospel.

Emily Levey

CDF, PO Box 12023, Colchester, CO1 9NXEmail: cdf.sarahfelton@gmail.com Website: www.cdf-uk.org

The opinions expressed in these articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily express those of the Christian Dental Fellowship council or their members

Christian Dental Fellowship is a registered charity. Charity No. 261350

Deadline for the next issue of Three-in-One is 1st July 2018. Please send contributions to Tracey Dalby: editor@cdf-uk.org

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CDF Conference 12th – 14th October 2018

Our annual family conference is beingheld at Hothorpe Hall again this year andis always a great way to spend aweekend in beautiful surroundings withsome wonderful company.

Our speakers this year are Howard Astinand Jane Lelean.

Howard Astin

Before takingretirement fromthe AnglicanChurch in April2017, Howardwas active inchurch growthand community

development as Vicar of St John's,Bowling, Bradford, West Yorkshire for 29years. Previously he helped lead a church

in Huddersfield and before that was asolicitor in the Bristol/Bath areaspecialising in crime and matrimonialwork. He has helped in the growth of aninformal network of church congregationsacross inner city Bradford, now under thename of Outworks:Bradford. For manyyears he also chaired the trustees of threecommunity charities and was untilrecently Chair of Governors at BradfordAcademy. He has pioneered manyministries. He currently coordinates‘Prayer for Bradford’, which brings Curchand Christian organisation leaderstogether from across Bradford to shareand pray for the city.

He has written a couple of books. The first‘Body and Cell’ about pioneering the cellchurch model in Britain and the second'12 1/2 Steps to Spiritual Health' detailing

radical discipleship in the local church.

He and wife Helen have five children andeight grandchildren. They now jointlyhave a half time role withOutworks:Bradford helping to encourageand mentor leaders.

Jane Lelean

Jane is theprincipal coachand trainer forThe Institute ofDental Businessand is one of theUK’s leadingDental Businesscoaches working

with principals, associates and theirteams helping to make their good practicegreat. Jane uses a unique approachblending her faith, her experience as adentist and former practice owner and hercoaching qualifications andaccreditations.

Jane is UK clinical director for Dentaid andis also a trustee. In these roles she is anactive fundraiser, has been involved inseveral trips to the Greek refugee campsand runs regular clinics for the homelessusing the mobile Dental Unit.

Jane’s hobbies include cooking, eating,horse riding, running and travelling.

You can book for conference via the CDFwebsite (www.cdf-uk.org) or using theflyer enclosed.

Can You Help Julia?

I am a British Citizen studying Dentistry in Valencia, Spain andwill graduate this summer. Due to limited places dentalstudents from UK dental schools are given priority forfoundation training places. However, students who graduatefrom EU dental schools can obtain employment with a UKdentist with an NHS performer number who is willing to train

them and act as a reference when they apply for their NHSperformer number.

I am looking for work in a general dental practice with a dentistwilling to supervise me as I work towards obtaining my NHSPerformer number. If you think you may be able to help pleasecontact me via Sarah Felton CDF.sarahfelton@gmail.com.