PEOPLE

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Professor Trevor Burke DDS. BDS. MSc MDS. FDS MGDS RCS(Ed). FDS RCPS(Glas). FFGDP.
Professor of Primary Dental Care/BRIDGE Co-ordinator
University of Birmingham
School of Dentistry
St Chads Queensway
Birmingham B4 6NN
Tel: 0121 237 2769

Trevor Burke is a nationally and internationally known speaker and is also editorial director of Dental Update. After working in his native Belfast, Trevor took up a lecturer's post in Manchester where he worked for twenty years before being appointed to the Chair of Dental Primary Care in Glasgow in 1996. During his time in Manchester, he worked part-time for many years in general practice, and so is well acquainted not only with the academic side of dentistry, but also life at the coal face. He has published over 200 papers, and his research interests include tooth-coloured restoratives, cross-infection control, and the design of an oral health index for clinical audit and quality control. His other roles have included Chairman of the Advisory Board for General Dental Practice, board member of the Dental Practice Board, examiner for the MGDS in Glasgow and Edinburgh, and member of the research committee of the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners.

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Dominic Stewardson BDS. FDS.RCPS.
Lecturer in Conservative Dentistry/BRIDGE co-ordinator
University of Birmingham
School of Dentistry
St Chads Queensway
Birmingham B4 6NN
Tel: 0121 237 2812


Dominic graduated from Glasgow University in 1976 and spent several years in restorative posts at different hospitals, finally as a registrar at the Eastman Dental Institute. After a year in the United States learning maxillofacial prosthetics in San Francisco, he returned to the UK and went into general practice, first in London and then in Birmingham. Dominic joined the Dental School in Birmingham as a part-time lecturer in clinical practice in 1994. He became a full-time lecturer in Conservative Dentistry in 2000, and is a registered specialist in prosthodontics. As well as his involvement with BRIDGE, he is investigating fibre-based post systems as part of his PhD research, and has published on endodontics in practice and on cross-infection. With Trevor Burke, Dominic co-ordinates the activities of the group and designed its logo.
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Mrs. Lyn Malthouse
Secretary to Professor Burke
Tel: 0121 237 2768




As well as trying to keep track of Professor Burke's busy itinerary, Lyn also helps us in running BRIDGE - giving secretarial support, managing payments to dentists involved in our Class V study, and arranging meetings.

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Mr. John Gilmour BDS. FGDP.
General Dental Practitioner
Staffs




John Gilmour is a GDP working in a busy NHS practice in South Staffordshire, and has been involved with Bridge since 2000. He is currently undertaking an investigation into job satisfaction among general dental practitioners.
“ I joined BRIDGE to learn more about research with relevance to general practice. I have been involved in data collection for several practice based research projects, and am currently undertaking my own project with help from other group members and the co-ordinators.
Initially, I was apprehensive about joining such a group. However, it soon became apparent that the meetings were run in a relaxed atmosphere, and anyone can contribute whatever time they feel is appropriate. If anyone is unsure about attending a meeting, please feel free to contact me.”
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Peter Thornley BDS MFGDP MGDS FFGDP

Peter and his wife run a mixed general practice, and was a founder member of Bridge. He was until recently a part-time lecturer at the Dental School but has given that up to devote more time to his postgraduate educational committments, which include being an examiner for the MGDS exam. He has completed a project looking at rectangular collimation and its effects on the quality of radiographs taken in practice, and the results of this have suggested further areas of investigation which he is currently pursuing with BRIDGE.
"I really enjoy BRIDGE meetings and have found them very useful. I want to provide the best evidence based dentistry for my patients. The combination of experienced "wet fingered" dentists, who work in the real world, with the research facilities and experience of one of our foremost Universities is a formula for success. Every BRIDGE meeting has been thought provoking and challenging, and has lead to real improvements in my clinical practice."
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