improving outcomes in restorative dentistry - the British Association ...

Speakers
Joint Autumn Meeting 2013
Dr Paul Baker Paul Baker qualified in 1992 from Kings College School of Medicine and Dentistry. He
spent two years working in hospital oral and maxillofacial surgery followed by a short stint working
in general dental practice. In 1996 he started an MSc in periodontology at Guys Hospital. In 1998 he
continued with a Master of Clinical Dentistry degree at Kings College London, which he passed with
distinction. He was one of the first dentists to finish a specialist training pathway recognised by the
General Dental Council and after passing the Royal College of Surgeons Membership in Restorative
Dentistry was awarded a certificate of completion of specialist training in 2000.
Since 2000 he has worked in specialist practice, limited to the treatment of periodontal disease
and implant surgery. He has taught at all levels within dentistry, from teaching undergraduates at
Guys hospital to specialist level courses on advanced surgical techniques for the British Society of
Periodontology.
Colette Bridgman A Consultant in Dental Public Health (CsDPH) Public Health England April 2013,
a member of NHS England National Commissioning Group for dentistry as Chair of the sub task
group on Oral and Maxillo Facial Surgery and member of the national vulnerable people sub groups.
Prior to this she was seconded to the NHS Commissioning Board, as clinical and public health lead,
on the development of securing excellence strategy for commissioning secondary, primary and
salaried dental services in England. She has been an Associate Specialist Clinical Adviser with Primary
Care Commissioning PCC national dental team since 2003. Her interests/special projects encompass
clinical leadership, referral management, oral health needs assessment, service redesign in primary
dental care, workforce and skills development, within a care pathway approach. She has contributed
to the development of the Pilot Dental Quality and Outcomes Framework and clinical training
programme. She has contributed to the DH advanced care pathway groups.
Ian Burn Ian has over thirty years’ experience in general dental practice and during this time kept
a keen interest in the profession with regional roles in clinical audit, as postgraduate dental tutor
and in undergraduate teaching at Manchester Dental School. More recently he has concentrated
on undergraduate teaching and is currently a Senior Clinical Teacher at the School of Dentistry,
University of Central Lancashire, with a lead role in teaching periodontology.
Professor Nico Creugers Graduated from Radboud University Nijmgen where he also got his PhD.
Worked as a general practitioner until 1994, in which year he was appointed professor and head of
the Department of Oral Function and Prosthetic Dentistry. He is drirector of the dental educational
programs of the Radboud University Medical Centre since 2006. He published more than 180
papers in peer-reviewed journals.