Lecturer Details: Management of Oral & Dental Disease for the Non-Dental Professionals

Lecturer nameMiss Shabnum Ali
Lecturer profileNo profile available
Lecturer nameMs Judy Caesley
Lecturer profileQualifications:
Certificate of Proficiency in Dental Hygiene – extended duties qualified. Various military (RAF) teaching qualifications

Current Post:
Education & Clinical Support Specialist for TePe Oral Hygiene Products Ltd, Retired Tutor Dental Hygienist, School of Oral and Dental Sciences, University of Bristol Dental Hospital and School, NHS Test and Trace Clinical Case Worker

Short Resume of Career to Date:
Judy qualified as a Dental Hygienist in the early nineties spending her early career in the Royal Air Force, gaining experience in the military practice setting in the UK, Germany and Nepal. In addition Judy worked in the hospital setting receiving a commendation for working with special care and cancer patients. Judy has a long standing commitment to dental education both as a tutor dental hygienist in the RAF and for 12 years at Bristol Dental Hospital. Judy, for many years was responsible for the curriculum development of the BDS Undergraduate program in Bristol including regulation for both the BDS and Dental Hygiene programs to ensure that they meet the requirements of the GDC document ‘Preparing for Practice’. Judy currently continues to be a tutor in Bristol, plans and coordinates delivery of training for TePe and until recently worked in general dental practice. She enjoys taking part and delivering oral health initiatives.
She is an active member for the British Society of Dental Hygiene and Therapy (BSDHT) at regional group level and is involved in peer review and eCPD independent review of BSDHT clinical journal submissions. She takes part in and supports worthy oral health education initiatives. In her spare time she enjoys spending time walking with her dog and enjoying her garden.
She believes that it is important as registrants to maintain clinical competency in the skills that we have been trained to do. It is essential that we communicate our Scope of Practice to not only the Dental Team we work with, but to the patients in our care and the general public. This ensures that all of our competency skills are utilised to provide the best possible treatment outcomes and experience for those patients in our care.

Experience relevant to the topic:
I have a wealth of clinical experience and enthusiasm for developing the role and scope of practice for the dental team and sharing best practice with health care professionals.
Lecturer nameDr Rachel Cowie BDS, MFDS, MBChB, FDS Oral Med (RSC Ed)
Lecturer profileQualifications:
BDS, MFDS (RSCEd), MBChB, FDS Oral med (RCS Ed)

Current post:
Consultant in Oral Medicine

Short resume of career to date:
Rachel is dually qualified Consultant in Oral Medicine working in the Bristol Dental Hospital. After completing a degree in Dentistry from Bristol in 2004, she worked as a general and hospital dentist in the North East of England before completing a degree in Medicine, back in Bristol. After FY1/2 I began speciality training in Oral Medicine on a part time basis, using the other 2 days of the week to remain engaged in acute medicine, based in the Acute Medical Unit of the BRI. She began her current post in April 2017 and her time is largely split between provision of NHS out-patient clinics and her role with the University, teaching on the Oral Diseases, Human Disease undergraduate courses, and the Oral Medicine and Pathology post-graduate MSc.



Lecturer nameJane Luker
Lecturer profileQualifications:

BDS9Hons), FDS RCS (Eng, Edin) PhD, DDR RCR

Current post:

Consultant in Dental & Maxillofacial Radiology/ Honorary Clinical senior lecturer
Deputy Medical Director University Hospitals Bristol NHS FT
Postgraduate Dental Dean Health education South West

Short resume of career to date:

Qualified December 1981
1982-1984 junior and senior house jobs Kings College London/ Bristol
1982 Registrar in Leeds dental Hospital
Oct 1984-1987 MRC training fellowship Bristol University & part time NHS general dental practice
1987 to 1996 Senior Community Dental officer Special Care dentistry
1996-2000 Speciality Registrar Dental & Maxillofacial Radiology
2000 Consultant in Dental & Maxillofacial Radiology/ Special Care Dentistry & honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer
2003 to 2007 Clinical Director Dental Services
2007 to current Deputy Medical Director
Dec 2013 Postgraduate Dental Dean HESW

Experience relevant to the topic:

Course Unit and element lead for Oral disease for the Undergraduate BDS.
Designed and implemented the teaching and training of undergraduate dental students, hygienists and therapists in dental radiology.
Experienced in the delivery of IRMER update courses for several years.
Established a radiography course for dental nurses in Bristol.
Previous Training programme Director, Educational and Clinical Supervisor for Dental & Maxillofacial Radiology trainees.
Chair of examiners for the Diploma in dental & maxillofacial radiology
Immediate past president of the British Society of dental & Maxillofacial Radiology. One of three members who have re written the BSDMFR curriculum for undergraduate dental students, therapists , hygienists and dental nurses who are trained in radiography.

Feedback from other courses given:

I undertake approximately 3 IRMER courses a year.
Feedback has generally been very good.
‘makes a dry topic relevant and enjoyable’
Improvements - 'try and use more intra oral examples of images'.
Feedback available for courses carried out in Salisbury and Bristol in 2014/ 15

Lecturer nameMiss Rosie Power BDS MFDS(RCS Ed) MPaed Dent(RCS Ed)FDS (Paed Dent)
Lecturer profileCurrent Post:
Consultant in paediatric dentistry, Bristol Dental Hospital

Short resume of career to date:
Rosie completed her Dental Foundation Training in Edinburgh and the Lothians working in general practice, community dental services and the Edinburgh Dental Institute. She then went on to do Dental Core Training in Cardiff (maxillofacial) and Dundee (paediatric and oral surgery) before coming to Bristol to complete her specialty and post-specialty training.
She has been working as a consultant in paediatric dentistry in Bristol since January 2018

Experience relevant to the topic:
Experience of managing paediatric patients in general practice, community and hospital settings

Lecturer nameMr Tom Walker
Lecturer profileQualifications:
MBChB BDS DOHNS(RCSEd) MRCSI MFDRCSI AKC

Current Post:
StR7 in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Royal United Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Short resume of career to date:
After medicine in Aberdeen and house jobs in Glasgow, I undertook SHO post in OMFS in East Grinstead. After demonstrating anatomy in Cambridge, I moved to Galway, Ireland to undertake “old style” basic surgical training followed by registrar posts in maxillofacial surgery in Galway and Limerick. In 2010 I returned to the UK to study dentistry at Guys and in 2013 started an academic StR post in OMFS in Bristol.
I have undertaken cleft and ear reconstruction (microtia) missions in Philippines (2005-2018), India (2018)and Ecuador(2018)

Experience relevant to the topic:
I was first an SHO in OMFS in August 2006 and have been assessing head, neck and dental infections in the middle of the night ever since!