Lecturer Details: Advanced Impression-Recording for the Dental Team

Lecturer nameJohn Hindle BDS, BSc, PGCE
Lecturer profileJohn graduated with a BDS from the University of Newcastle in 2005 and entered general dental practice, completing the Vocational Training Scheme. John was involved in the foundation training scheme in the North East during which he was a foundation trainer along with running courses for the foundation trainees. After 10 years John returned to academia and taught, full time, at the School of Dentistry, University of Leeds for 7 years. John led one of the key clinical modules for the undergraduate dental surgery students, clinically supervised final-year-student patient-clinics and examined final-year dental students. John has a wealth of educational and real-life experience to share. John returned to private dental practice in 2018 and uses a digital workflow in day-to-day dental practice.
Lecturer namePaula Lancaster BChD, DGDP RCS(Eng), MDentSci, MFDS RCS(Ed), PGCLT
Lecturer profilePaula graduated with a BChD from the University of Leeds in 1989 and entered general dental practice, completing the Voluntary Dental Foundation Year and then becoming Principal of a high street dental practice in 1992. Continuing professional development led to engagement with the peer review network and completion of the Diploma of General Dental Practice in 1996. After 16 years in general dental practice she returned to academia part-time and completed a Master of Dental Science at the School of Dentistry, University of Leeds, whilst maintaining an associate position. A full-time clinical academic role followed at both the University of Sheffield and the University of Leeds. Paula is an experienced clinician and teacher and completed a PhD in 2018. Sharing her experience and knowledge with undergraduate and postgraduate students has developed her as an approachable and knowledgeable teacher, which is supported with teaching qualifications and student-feedback. Her particular interest is prosthodontics and she achieved Specialist in Prosthodontics listing in 2024. She is a Clinical Associate Professor in Restorative Dentistry at the School of Dentistry, University of Leeds. She examines undergraduate and postgraduate dental students and has external examiner responsibilities across the UK.