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Professor Zoe Marshman: Championing Children’s Oral Health and Shaping Policy

For Professor Zoe Marshman, a career in dentistry was inspired by something quite simple, she just loved going to the dentist as a child.
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Leading the way in oral health research

A new NIHR-supported incubator, led by the Universities of 91Ö±²¥ and Newcastle, is set to build capacity and develop research careers in oral health research.
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Celebrating Excellence: Six University of 91Ö±²¥ Researchers Recognised as NIHR Senior Investigators

91Ö±²¥ is celebrating a remarkable achievement as six of our outstanding researchers have been recognised as National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Senior Investigators.

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More work needed on children’s supervised toothbrushing programmes

New study, conducted by the Universities of 91Ö±²¥ and Leeds, shows barriers to running supervised toothbrushing programmes for young children must be overcome if the UK government is to successfully tackle childhood tooth decay.
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Clinical Management Update Day hosted by the School of Clinical Dentistry

91Ö±²¥ hosted a one-day clinical management update day on Wednesday 2nd May 2018 in Inox Dine, in the University of 91Ö±²¥â€™s Students’ Union. The event was attended by 40 general and specialist dental practitioners, dental care professionals, hospital dentists and dental students from around the UK and a member of a dental patient and public involvement panel.
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New textbook from Dental School Academics

Dr Simon Whawell and Dr Dan Lambert from the School of Clinical Dentistry have co-edited and partly written a new textbook for undergraduate dental students.
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Guide for Children with Dental Anxiety Wins the Best Patient Driven Innovation/ Collaboration Award

A self-help guide for children who are scared of the dentist called ‘Your teeth you are in control’ won the award at the Innovation Improvement Impact Conference held by Yorkshire and Humber Academic Health Science Network in Leeds on the 31st January 2018.
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Promotions success for School of Clinical Dentistry Academics

The School of Clinical Dentistry is delighted to announce that three members of staff have been promoted in 2017/18 promotions round. Zoe Marshman and Chris Stokes have been promoted to Professor and Aileen Crawford has become a Reader.