Lecturer Details: Perio Upskill for Dental Hygienists and Therapists

Lecturer nameFiona Heffron RDH, PGCE
Lecturer profileQualified as a Dental Hygienist from University of Cardiff over twenty years ago. I work three days at Leeds Dental Institute as a Tutor Dental Hygienist involved in the education of dental undergraduates, hygienists/therapists and postgraduates, including the role of external examiner for dental hygienists. I have a wide variety of experience in NHS dentistry and specialist periodontal practice, providing care for orthodontic and periodontal patients as Staff Hygienist at Seacroft Hospital Leeds. I also work in private specialist perio/restorative practice treating patients with dental implants.

I am involved in post graduate teaching and support education courses at The Yorkshire Deanery. I have provided care to oncology patients within a multidisciplinary team and have lectured in this area to various DCP and dentist groups.

I developed the Practical Guide to Monitoring your Patients Gum Health App.
Lecturer nameMrs Alison hodson DH, FAETC
Lecturer profileHygienist. Qualified at Kings School of Medicine and Dentistry with distinction
Worked as Staff hygienist and tutor hygienist at Kings whilst combining these roles with work in a private implant referral practice.
Lecturing roles have included annual Implant hygiene and maintenance for delegates attending training at the Walpole Street Dental Practice, I have also lectured at the ADI on several occasions and for the BSDHT, lectures have covered implant maintenance, ailing and failing implants and pt management
Moved to Yorkshire in 2008, working at both LDI and in general NHS and denplan practices.
LDI role involves treating mainly stage 4 grade C perio, oncology pts and anxious/nervous and phobic pts.
Lecturer nameMr Thomas Hodson MChD BChD
Lecturer profileTom obtained his dental surgery degree from the University of Leeds, graduating with distinction and the prize for paediatric dentistry. He currently works as a Specialty Dentist in Restorative Dentistry at the Leeds Dental Institute where he treats patients requiring restorative treatment in secondary care and also supervises final year undergraduate dental students. Prior to this, Tom completed Dental Core Training posts in OMFS, oral surgery and restorative dentistry, during which he obtained his Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery and postgraduate certificates in Dental Education and Health Research.
Lecturer nameJenny Owen
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