Publications

Publications Team:

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Heather Lewis

Editor

Heather Lewis

Editor

Heather qualified as a dental hygienist in 1982 in Glasgow and has worked as a practising hygienist in both NHS and private practice. She currently works one day a per week in a private practice. As a tutor dental hygienist she worked in Glasgow and in Cardiff Dental Hospitals. She has also been involved with the teaching of dental nurses.

Her research interests are in the field of infection control in general practice and she is co-author of several papers on that and related subjects.

Heather also has a BA (Hons) in English Literature and is currently the Editor of 'Dental Health' and 'DH Contact', the Society's online newsletter.

Alison Lowe

Alison Lowe

Ali Lowe qualified as a hygienist from Cardiff Dental School. Her clinical career was spent in NHS & private practice, the Community Dental Service, the Orthodontic Department of Cardiff Dental School, a specialist orthodontic practice and a private restorative practice. She enjoys teaching and has completed a Diploma in Education. She is now on the ECPD panel for Dental Health. Ali has won several awards including Hygienist of the Year in 2008. She joined the Publications Committee of Dental Health in 2009. She is trained in facial aesthetics and founded the Fit-Lip campaign in 2021 aimed at encouraging people to wear SPF lip balm to prevent lip cancer. She also volunteers for the Mouth Cancer Foundation.

Dr. Marina Harris

Dr. Marina Harris

Marina graduated as a Dental Hygienist from the Royal Air Force Institute of Dental Health and Training. She has vast experience within General Dental Practice and in the field of dental education.

Alongside her practice and teaching career, Marina studied and gained a Bachelor of Science in Social Sciences, a Master of Laws in Legal Aspects of Medical Practice, the Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology in Dental Education.

Marina is a keen advocate for the use of Dental Care Professionals in the field of research and has had papers published in the journals Oral Health and Dental Management; the Annual Clinical Journal of Dental Health; Dental Health; the British Dental Journal; and the European Journal of Dental Education. Her current research field is exploring stress and well-being within dentistry

Marina has been an active member of BSDHT at regional and national level and has held the posts of Regional Group Treasurer, Honorary Treasurer, and President. Alongside her practice and teaching career, Marina studied and gained a Bachelor of Science in Social Sciences, a Master of Laws in Legal Aspects of Medical Practice and the Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.

Elaine Tilling

Elaine Tilling

Elaine qualified in the Royal Air Force in 1982. She has been an active member of BSDHT since that time serving as a Regional Officer, Military Representative to Council, the Elected Members' Representative to Council and as Council's representative to the Executive Committee of the BDHA (now BSDHT), from which she was additionally co-opted onto a guideline development group for the Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE). Elaine continues to teach and present on various subjects, speaking at many of the BSDHT Regional meetings.

She is currently the Education and Project Manager for TePe Oral Hygiene Products Ltd where she is involved with designing and implementing educational programmes for the dental profession. Continuing to serve as an expert member of NICE for smoking cessation she combines her commercial role with her passion for public health.

Elaine has also served on the National Oral Health Promotion Group committee and is a Past President of the Institute of Health Promotion and Education and a Fellow of the Society of British Dental Nursing.

Patricia Macpherson

Secretary of Publications Committee

Patricia Macpherson

Secretary of Publications Committee

Patricia qualified as a dental hygienist in 1978 at Cardiff Dental Hospital. During her career she has worked in private and NHS practices in the Cotswolds, Staffordshire and West Sussex. She graduated with BA (Hons) in Health Promotion (First Class Honours) in 2002 and BSc Open (Open) in 2018. Past Secretary and Treasurer of BSDHT (formerly BDHA) South West and South Wales Regional Group. On a national level, Patricia became Elected Council Member for BDHA in 1992 and Honorary Secretary (1993-1998) - including being Press Officer for almost two years.

Patricia became a member of the BSDHT Publications Team in 2004 and has been Secretary of that committee since December 2007.

She was a member of the GDC's independent Fitness to Practise Panel from 2007-2018. Since April 2017 Patricia has been a Non-Executive Director on the Board of dg mutual and a member of its Nominations and Resources Committee. She is currently an exam invigilator at a school in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Patricia was the recipient of the prestigious Dr Leatherman Award at the Oral Health Conference in Harrogate in November 2017.

Alastair Lomax

Alastair Lomax

Alastair Lomax works for Haleon as a Medical Affairs Director. He holds a Psychology degree and is a Dental Hygienist/Therapist. His career started at the Dental Hospital, Manchester. After qualifying, he worked at the Eastman Dental Hospital, London alongside holding positions in both the NHS Dental services and private practice. He transitioned into industry and since has held several roles in the Medical Affairs, Education and Clinical Research disciplines.

Harriet Elsworthy

Harriet Elsworthy

Harriet qualified as a dental hygienist from the University of Bristol in 2014, where she was also awarded the BSDHT prize for best research project. She has since worked in specialist and general practice in Harley Street and around London, until relocating to the South West where she currently works in specialist periodontal and general dental practice. Harriet maintains an interest in research and completed an MSc in Dental Hygiene with distinction in 2022, and is currently chair of the South West South Wales BSDHT Regional Group.

Nick Coller

Nick Coller

Nick qualified with an MA (Oxon) from St Catherine’s College Oxford, in French and German. He worked for 10 years in Marketing, Communication and Business Strategy before changing careers into Dentistry. He was awarded the Tutor’s Award from Kings College Hospital where he studied a Diploma in Dental Hygiene and Therapy. Also, he has qualified as a Hygieniker(Senior Hygienist) in Germany. Nick currently works across a variety of practices in central and south west London. He also runs his own facial aesthetics business.

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Professor Kenneth A. Eaton

BDS, MSc, PhD, MGDS RCS(Eng),FFGDP(UKI), FFPH, FHEA, FICD, FNCUP, DHC

Professor Kenneth A. Eaton

BDS, MSc, PhD, MGDS RCS(Eng),FFGDP(UKI), FFPH, FHEA, FICD, FNCUP, DHC

Ken Eaton studied at London University for his BDS, MSc (with distinction) and PhD. He has worked in all areas of dentistry and is listed by the GDC as a specialist in Periodontics and in Dental Public Health. He is currently a Visiting Professor at University College London and an Honorary Professor at the University of Kent. His past Presidencies include those of the IADR Education Research and Practice-based Research Groups and the European Association of Dental Public Health. He was the first Chair of the Platform for Better Oral Health in Europe. He is the Adviser to the Council of European Chief Dental Officers and has advised the World Health Organisation and the Health Departments of several European countries. He is currently a member of the Committee of the European Chapter of the Alliance for a CavityFree Future and Trust Dental Tutor for East Kent. In the 1980s he was the Director of the Royal Air Force School of Dental Hygiene. In the 1990s he was a Vice-President of the then British Dental Hygienists Association and was the Scientific Adviser to the 2009 World Dental Hygienist Conference in Glasgow. He is the Chair of the British Dental Editors Forum and has edited a number of dental journals. He has published over 350 scientific works, most recently the book Practical Periodontics, with Phil Ower as co-editor.

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Dr Jeannie Suvan

DipDH, MSc, CRA, FHEA, LLM, PhD

Dr Jeannie Suvan

DipDH, MSc, CRA, FHEA, LLM, PhD

JJeanie achieved her dental hygiene qualification at the University of Alberta, Canada. Following work in clinical practice and teaching, she moved to the Department of Periodontology, University of Bern, Switzerland, beginning her research activities. After an MSc at the University of Oxford in Evidence Based Healthcare, she completed a PhD in Clinical Dentistry at UCL and more recently, an LLM in Medical Law and Ethics at University of Edinburgh. For many years Jeanie was involved in patient care, post-graduate teaching and clinical research at UCL Eastman Dental Institute in the Unit of Periodontology where she was Associate Professor and Director of the MSc Dental Hygiene Programme. Her most recent roles include Clinical University Lecturer at University of Glasgow Dental School and Honorary Clinical Lecturer at University of Siena, Italy.

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Victoria Wilson

BSc, Dip. DT (RCS Eng.), Dip. DH (RCS Eng.) L3AET

Victoria Wilson

BSc, Dip. DT (RCS Eng.), Dip. DH (RCS Eng.) L3AET

Victoria began her journey as a Dental Therapist at the Eastman Dental Hospital London in 2001, and has been totally dedicated to her profession since and completed her BSc in Oral Health Promotion with O’Hehir University in 2016, and has worked internationally as a speaker and clinically in the UK and UAE and currently teaches the NEBDN Certificate in Oral Health Education for dental nurses. She is the Founder and former President of the Emirates Dental Hygienist Club and has been active within various organizations throughout her career. She currently is a board member for Teeth Cloud, a global dental informatics organization, and is a member of the Editorial Board for the BSDHT. Victoria’s particular area of interest focusses on behavioural change and communication, and ways of promoting oral health through multiple channels, underpinned by consistent well-being. Victoria’s current funded research award, was reviewed by the Oral Health Research Trust (OHRT) a partner of NIHR, explores the impact of tele-health on oral health improvements.

Victoria founded the Smile Revolution, and Smile Revolution Growth Hub, driving innovations in oral health promotion and leadership through communities of dental professionals, measuring the ongoing impact. Victoria produces the Smile Revolution Podcast that has over 13,000 listeners around the world and is a dually qualified yoga instructor and mental health first aider, and developer of Smile Revolution Thrive the 1st subscription based platform dedicated to enhancing the wellbeing of dental professionals daily.

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Susan Bissett

DipDH, AdDipFET, MClinRes, PhD, FHEA

Susan Bissett

DipDH, AdDipFET, MClinRes, PhD, FHEA

Susan Bissett graduated with a Diploma in Dental Hygiene from Newcastle in 1994 and combined working clinically in both primary and secondary care, as well teaching in Newcastle School of Dental Hygiene. In 2009, she accepted a position with Newcastle University working on a clinical trial.

For the next decade she continued working clinically on trials as well as managing the Dental Clinical Research Facility, the clinical research environment for the School of Dental Sciences and Newcastle Dental Hospital.

Alongside her work, Susan studied for a Masters in Clinical Research (graduating in 2012) and was successful in being awarded a NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship (DRF), the first dental hygienist to receive such an award, which she completed in 2018. Her PhD research was entitled ‘Diabetes and periodontitis: development of oral health initiatives to improve glycaemic control’. Her NIHR DRF findings contributed to an economic analysis and the publication of a commissioning standard, ‘Dental Care for People with Diabetes’ (NHS England, 2019), which indicated savings in NHS medical care of £~124 million following referral and periodontal treatment in people with poorly controlled diabetes and periodontal disease.

In 2021, Susan took up a clinical lecturer post at Newcastle University with a teaching and research contract. She is currently Deputy Programme Director for the BSc in Oral & Dental Health Sciences and principal investigator/co-investigator on a number of studies. Her research interests include intervention design and implementation; disease screening; improving access to dentistry for marginalised groups; and interprofessional working to improve health outcomes.

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Jeena Patel

Speciality Trainee in Special Care Dentistry at Barts Health Trust

Jeena Patel

Speciality Trainee in Special Care Dentistry at Barts Health Trust

I graduated from Liverpool Dental School in 2018. Over the past four years, I have worked in various community dental services across multiple trusts, gaining extensive experience in patient care.

Currently, I am training as a Specialty Registrar in Special Care Dentistry at The Royal London Hospital, where I get to treat a wide range of patients from complex medical histories, the older patient and those with anxieties/phobias who attend the service for dental care.

I particularly am passionate about patient comfort, thoroughly enjoy administering IV sedation to help ensure a safe and relaxed dental experience for their patients.

Address: 406 Barking Road London E13 8HJ

Contact details:

Number: 07903094663 Email: jeena.patel2@nhs.net

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Dr Bhupinder Dawett

BDS MDPH Cert Exp Wit PhD

Dr Bhupinder Dawett

BDS MDPH Cert Exp Wit PhD

Bhupinder Dawett qualified in 1993 from the University of Cardiff and is the Principal Dentist of Hafren House Dental Practice.

He completed and Masters in Dental Public Health at the University of Manchester, and then a PhD in Minimum Intervention Dentistry at the University of Sheffield.

Bhupinder is also Oral and Dental Speciality lead for the NIHR East Midlands Regional Research Delivery Network and was a past In-Practice Research fellow and then a Doctoral Research fellow with the NIHR. He is currently clinical lecturer on the Master’s in Advanced Minimum Intervention and Restorative Dentistry at the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences at King’s College London. He has lectured widely and internationally on Minimum Intervention Dentistry, and Oral and Dental research. Bhupinder is also a member of the Derbyshire Local Dental Committee and Local Dental Network.

In his spare time, he enjoys golf, badminton and squash and spending time with his wife and 2 children.

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