Lecturer Details: Hall Crowns

Lecturer nameFiona Sandom DIP DT, Dip DT, MSc, FDTF RCS Ed
Lecturer profileDental Therapist
Fiona qualified as a Dental Hygienist from Manchester Dental Hospital in 1993 and as a Dental Therapist in 1999 from Liverpool University Dental Hospital and in 2013 gained her MSc in Medical Education from Cardiff University. She currently works in a busy NHS Practice and as Dental Postgraduate Education Regional Lead for North Wales and Dental Educator for Health Education and Improvement Wales. She is also an Education Associate for the GDC and an Examiner for the RCS Edinburgh and a past President of the British Association of Dental Therapists. She has been fortunate to work as dental therapist in practice, in hospital, the community dental service and in personal dental service and has an interest in treating anxious patients with Inhalation Sedation. She has been award two Oral and Dental Research Trust DCP Awards, in 2013 and 2015. She is currently carrying out Health Service Research at Bangor University for her PhD and working on the proposal for the use of exemptions in medicines legislation by dental hygienists and dental therapists across the United Kingdom.
Fiona has recently been granted a Fellowship into the Faculty of Dental Trainers at the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh