Lecturer Details: Capacity and Consent in Dentistry

Lecturer nameDaniella Bailey BDS (Bristol) MFDS RCPS (Glasg) MPaedDent RCS Ed
Lecturer profileConsultant in Paediatric Dentistry (University Hospitals Bristol and Weston) and chair of the South West Paediatric Dentistry MCN

Daniella graduated from Bristol Dental School in 2015. After graduating, she moved to the south coast (Dorset and Hampshire) and completed dental foundation training and dental core training in oral and maxillofacial surgery, special care dentistry and paediatric dentistry. Daniella has experience of working in general dental practice, community dental service and hospital dental service. She completed three years of specialist training in Paediatric Dentistry in Bristol and stayed on a further two years to complete her consultant training. Daniella now works as an NHS Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry in Bristol and Plymouth.
Daniella has experience providing dental care to children, including patients with complex dental, medical and behavioural needs and experience with acute and long term management of dental trauma.
Lecturer nameDr Camilla Boynton MA (Hons), BDS Lond, MJDF RCS Eng, MSc, MSCD RCS E
Lecturer profileConsultant in Special Care Dentistry and Medical/Governance Lead, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Training Programme Director in Special Care Dentistry for the South.
Camilla graduated as a dentist from King’s College London in 2009 following a career change from publishing. Initially working in Dorset, she completed her Specialist training in Special Care Dentistry in 2016, which included an MSc in Special Care Dentistry with sedation. Camilla now works as a Consultant and Departmental/Governance Lead for the Community Dental Service at Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Exeter and North Devon. Camilla is also Training Programme Director for Special Care Dentistry in the South, an Examiner for the MFDS Diploma and the 2026 President of the British Society of Gerodontology.
For 15 years, Camilla has been delivering conscious sedation for patients with complex needs. She is STAC approved and provides training for postgraduate dentists at all stages of their careers, including those undertaking the PG Cert from Portsmouth University.
She has much experience of using the principles of the Mental Capacity Act in her every day practice.
Lecturer nameDr Louise Hopper BDS (Bristol), PhD (Manchester)
Lecturer profileQualifications:
BDS (Bristol), MFDS RCS (Eng), PhD (Manchester)

Current Post:
Specialist in Special Care Dentistry, Plymouth Community Dental Services

Short Resume of Career to Date:
Louise has worked within the salaried dental service and hospital dental service providing dental care for adults and children with additional needs in London, Greater Manchester, Cornwall and Plymouth. She has also taught student dentists and therapists/hygienists and undertaken primary care dental research.

Experience Relevant to the topic:
Working as a specialist in SCD, Louise sees many young people and adults with cognitive impairments where assessment of capacity is a part of their dental examination, and need for reasonable adjustments alongside best interest meetings forms a part of their dental consent process. She support local general dental practitioners with assessing capacity and negotiating the legal process of consent for people who have fluctuating capacity or lack capacity. Louise also works with her local Adult Cardiology Department providing pre-cardiac surgery checks for people without a dentist and dental treatment for people with complex adult congenital heart disease.