Lecturer Details: Introduction to the NHS Module 17 - How to Assess, Monitor and Manage Periodontal Disease in General Dental Practice_Part 1

Lecturer nameDr Sarah Rachel Hartridge
Lecturer profileQualifications: BDS FDSRCS PhD FHEA

Current Post: Dental Telephone Advisor, DDU

Short resume of career to date:
Sarah currently works as an Advisor for the Dental Defence Union. Until recently she worked for the Dental Academy Portsmouth University and was Clinical Director for 13 years. Whilst not a registered periodontal specialist, Sarah has taught Periodontology to undergraduate student dentists and Dental Care Professionals for the past 20 years, and spent 5 years working in the Department of Periodontology in Bristol Dental Hospital where she obtained her PhD. She has also undertaken a clinical attachment in the Department of Periodontology at Kings College London. In the past Sarah has been an External Adviser to the Cardiff University Programme Approval Panel for the BSc in Dental Therapy and Dental Hygiene, was an Examiner for the English Statutory Board Examinations and has been a contributing author of the Bristol University Open Learning Degree module 9 “Oral Health and Disease”. Sarah also completed a 4 year post as External Examiner for the Hygiene Diploma at Bristol University from to 2017-2020.