Lecturer Details: Study day for Therapists and Hygienists

Lecturer nameMrs Alison Grant
Lecturer profileQualifications:
CEB Certificate in Dental Hygiene
Further Adult Education Teaching Certs

Current Post:
Tutor Dental Hygienist, Bristol Dental Hospital

Short Resume of Career to Date:
Alison Grant qualified as a Dental Hygienist from Bristol Dental Hospital in 1987. She has gained a wide variety of experience in NHS & private practice and worked as a staff hygienist in the Hospital setting treating patients with special needs and advanced periodontal disease. In 2008, she received the national award ‘DCP Teacher of the Year’. Alison currently is a Tutor for the School for Dental Care Professionals at Bristol Dental Hospital, works in specialist periodontal practice and regularly lectures with South West HEE providing continuing professional development for members of the Dental Team.


Lecturer nameMr Simon Heywood
Lecturer profileQualifications:

BDS, DPDS, MClinEd, FHEA, FDSRCS
Specialist in Oral Surgery

Current post:

Specialist in Oral Surgery, Plymouth Community Healthcare

Short resume of career to date:

Qualified in Manchester1990 followed by numerous hospital training posts throughout NW and SW. Since 2003 I have been working for the Community service in Plymouth but still have close clinical links with Derriford Hospital and Peninsula Dental School.

Experience relevant to the topic:

Part of a multidisciplinary team delivering integrated care at the interface of the primary and secondary services. My area of expertise is the provision of oral surgery under sedation.

Feedback from other courses given:

I have an interest in Clinical Education and I am involved in various aspects of training for all members of the dental team. I work alongside other colleagues to deliver numerous postgraduate study days for the Department of Dental Postgraduate Education and Bristol University Open Learning for Dentists (BUOLD)
Lecturer nameMs Elaine Tilling
Lecturer profileNo profile available