Lecturer Details: Infection Control and Decontamination in Dental Practice

Lecturer nameDr Martin Fulford BDS MPhil DGDP FIBMS
Lecturer profileQualifications:
BDS MPhil DGDP FIBMS

Current post:
Although now retired from clinical practice
he is still active in research and is currently
part of a team investigating the possibility of
the transmission of vCJD via contaminated
dental instruments. Martin is also a scientific
adviser, with a particular interest in infection
control, to the British Dental Association.

Short resume of career to date and
experience of the topic:
He originally trained as a microbiologist and
spent 13 years as a practical medical
microbiologist. Retrained as a dentist in his
mid thirties and then spent 17 years working
as a general dental practitioner in the UK.
During this time he managed to combine
clinical dentistry with research, mainly in the
field of infection control. He has recently
completed a thesis entitled: ‘Microbial
Contamination of Dental Unit Water Systems
in General Dental Practice’.

Feedback from other courses given:
Always very positive