Lecturer Details: Update and Refresh 2: Oral Surgery

Lecturer nameMr Chris Bell BDS MSc FDS RCS(Eng)
Lecturer profileOral & Maxillofacial training 1981 – 87
Founding Member of Dental Sedation Teachers Group
Clinical Lead for Oral Surgery Bristol Dental Hospital 1993-2002
Chair NHS Southwest Oral Surgery Managed Clinical Network 2017 – present.
Co Clinical Director Bristol Dental School 2022 to present


Short resume of career to date:
Qualified Dec 1980
Career in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery from 1980 to present
Chair Southwest Oral Surgery MCN since 2017
6 years as Principle of an NHS Dental Practice 1987 to 1993

Experience relevant to the topic:
Founding member of the Dental Sedation Teachers Group.
Course Tutor for the BUOLD Anxiety and Control & Sedation Element from 1994 to 2016




Lecturer nameMr Anthony Edward Brooke BDS (Lon 1978). MFDS RCSEng. MSND RCSEd. FDS RCSEd
Lecturer profileCurrent Post:
Consultant in Special Care Dentistry and Clinical Director UHBW PCDS

Short Resume of Career to Date:
Consultant in Special Care Dentistry 2009 - present
Clinical Director UHBW PCDS 2015 – present
Clinical Chair SW MCN in Special Care & Paediatric Dentistry
Clinical Governance Chair BDH 2012 – present
External Examiner Eastman Dental Institute 2018-present
Examiner in Tri-collegiate membership in SCD 2010-2018
SDO/Associate Specialist in Special Care Dentistry UH Bristol 1995-2009

Experience Relevant to the Topic:
Clinical Dentistry 1978-2020, Hospital Service, GDS, CDS
Specialist in Special Care Dentistry 2009-present


Lecturer nameProfessor StJohn Crean BDS MBBS FDSRCS FFGDP (UK) FRCS FRCS (OMFS) PhD
Lecturer profileQualifications:
BDS MBBS FDSRCS FFGDP(UK) FDSRCPS (Glas) FRCS FRCS(OMFS) PhD PGCMed Ed (Camb) Grad Dip (Law) LLM (Edin) FHEA

Current Post:
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research & Enterprise), UCLan

Short Resume of Career to date:
1.Academic Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
2. University Dental and Medical Dean
3. University Executive Dean Clinical Faculty
4. Pro Vice Chancellor

Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Enterprise at University of Central Lancashire, having previously been Executive Dean of College of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences .
Honorary Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon at Blackpool Victoria Hospitals Trust and Universities Hospital Morecombe Bay Trust and currently the Robert Bradlaw advisor in the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of England and Editor in Chief of the Faculty Dental Journal (FDJ). Examiner for MFDS (RCPS Glasgow).
Professor Crean's roles include, Chair of Lancashire LEP Health Sector Board and NCF Workforce and skills, member NCF project board, Council member of the NHSA, NW Innovation Agency, Lancs Health equity Steering group and NW Health Social Care Workforce Group.
His research interests are focused on the role of bacteria in neuroinflammatory degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s.


Lecturer nameCharles Perkins
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Lecturer nameProfessor Stephen Prime
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