Newcastle University

Introduction

I graduated in Dentistry from the Royal Dental Hospital, University of London in 1971 and worked in oral surgery and general practice before taking up Restorative training posts at the Royal Dental and Eastman Dental Hospitals. I was appointed Lecturer in Prosthetic Dentistry in 1980 at the newly established dental school, University of Hong Kong and from there joined the School of Dental Sciences, Newcastle University in 1984. I received my PhD in 1991 and was appointed senior lecturer in 1998 . I currently head the academic unit of Restorative Dentistry.

Roles and Responsibilities

Head, academic unit of Restorative Dentistry
Clinical lead for Final Year teaching in Adult Restorative Care
Course organiser Complete Denture Course
Stage 5 BDS Examinations Committee
IT committee
Outreach Executive Group

Qualifications

BDS Lond PhD N'cle FDSRCS

Previous Positions

Lecturer in Prosthetic Dentistry, University of Hong Kong
Lecturer in Prosthodontics, Newcastle University

Memberships

British Dental Association
British Society for the Study of Prosthetic Dentistry
British Society for Dental Research
British Society for Restorative Dentistry
European College of Gerodontology
International Association for Dental Research

Research Interests

Treatment strategies for the partially dentate
Improving the effectiveness of treatment in primary dental care
The relationship of dental state to dietary intake
Durability of dental materials
Integration of IT into dental education

Other Expertise

Hypodontia (congenital absence of teeth)

Current Work

The clinical management of partially dentate older persons presents immediate and growing problems to dental care providers. Recent and current research that examines effectiveness of the various treatment options for these patients through clinical trials and national surveys has materially changed delivery of care and is leading to the development of evidence based care pathways for such patients. This research has involved collaboration with the Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University; University of Cork, Ireland and University Greifswald, Germany.

Investigations into treatment outcomes for hypodontia (absence of teeth) and, with the Institute of Human Genetics, into the molecular mechanisms underlying hypodontia have improved delivery of care and will inform the development of novel treatments for the condition.

Future Research

Identification of potential candidate genes for hypodontia and investigations, with the Institute of Human Genetics, into the molecular mechanisms underlying hypodontia.

Postgraduate Supervision

Prosthodontics
Hypodontia - treatment outcomes

Esteem Indicators

President British Society for the Study of Prosthetic Dentistry

Member of the International Working Group on Removable Partial Dentures

Invited lecturer internationally

Reviewing services to the British Dental Journal; Journal of Dental Research; Journal of Dentistry; Journal of Oral Rehabilitation; Journal of Prosthodontics; European Journal of Oral Sciences; European Journal of Dental Education; European Journal of Prosthodontics and Restorative Dentistry; International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry;

Funding

Industry
NHS Exec
Department of Health (NCCPED)
Department of Health, Ireland
PPP Healthcare Medical Trust
Shirley Glasstone Hughes Memorial Prize, BDA

Grants income approximately £0.5 million

Undergraduate Teaching

Head, academic Unit of Restorative Dentistry, leading the development and delivery of the highly successful clinical undergraduate curriculum in Restorative Dentistry.

Head of the academic unit of Restorative Dentistry
•Responsibility for the development and delivery of the highly successful clinical undergraduate curriculum in Restorative Dentistry.
•administrative and budgetary responsibility for a staff of 15 full-time clinical academics, 24 visiting dental practitioners, 4 full-time dental instructors.
Change management designed to:
•Establish clear staff responsibilities for Course components;
•Improve communication
•Develop outreach teaching in Restorative Dentistry that will improve clinical training and patient access to dental care
•Resource a 25% expansion of activity overall between 2006-10 consequent to increased student numbers through a programme of staff recruitment; establishment of pathways for significant additional patient recruitment through PCTs, GDPs and GMPs that will maintain appropriate clinical undergraduate training and improve patient access to care; implementation of necessary upgrading of clinical facilities.

Clinical lead for 1 Laboratory and 1 clinical course in Prosthodontics.

Clinical lead for Final Year undergraduate training in Adult Restorative Care.

Delivery of approximately 600 hrs undergraduate clinical supervision, 7 hours formal lectures and 25 hours seminars per annum.

Postgraduate Teaching

Teaching and clinical supervision of postgraduate students reading for the degree of MSc in Restorative Dentistry and Monospeciality trainees.

Provision of approximately 50 hrs CME delivery/pa locally and nationally.

Invited lecturer Aarlborg (Denmark), Bergen (Norway), Dublin (Ireland) 2006-7

Monospeciality Educational Supervisor.

• Preshaw PM, Walls AWG, Jakubovics NS, Moynihan PJ, Jepson NJA, Loewy Z. Association of removable partial denture use with oral and systemic health. Journal of Dentistry 2011, 39(11), 711-719.
• Cronin M, Meaney S, Jepson NJ, Allen PF. A qualitative study of trends in patient preferences for the management of the partially dentate state. Gerodontology 2009, 26(2), 137-142.
• Bradbury J, Thomason JM, Jepson NJA, Walls AWG, Mulvaney CE, Allen PF, Moynihan PJ. Perceived chewing ability and intake of fruit and vegetables. Journal of Dental Research 2008, 87(8), 720-725.
• Nohl F, Cole B, Hobson R, Jepson N, Meechan J. The Management of Hypodontia: Present and Future. Dental Update 2008, 35, 79-88.
• Allen PF, Jepson NJ, Doughty J, Bond S. Attitudes and practice in the provision of removable partial dentures. British Dental Journal 2007, 204(E2).
• Thomason JM, Moynihan PJ, Steen N, Jepson NJA. Time to survival for the restoration of the shortened lower dental arch. Journal of Dental Research 2007, 86(7), 646-650.
• Allen PF, Thomason JM, Jepson NJA, Nohl F, Smith DG, Ellis J. A randomized controlled trial of implant-retained mandibular overdentures. Journal of Dental Research 2006, 85(6), 547-551.
• Graham RH, Mihaylov SI, Jepson NJA, Allen PF, Bond S. Determining 'need' for a Removable Partial Denture: a qualitative study of factors that influence dentist provision and patient use. British Dental Journal 2006, 200(3), 155-158.
• Bradbury J, Thomason JM, Jepson NJA, Walls AWG, Allen PF, Moynihan PJ. Nutrition counseling increases fruit and vegetable intake in the edentulous. Journal of Dental Research 2006, 85(5), 463-468.
• Garnett MJ, Wassell RW, Jepson NJ, Nohl FS. Survival of resin-bonded bridgework provided for post-orthodontic hypodontia patients with missing maxillary lateral incisors. British Dental Journal 2006, 201(8), 527-534.
• Hobson RS, Crotty T, Thomason JM, Jepson NJ. A quantitative study of enamel acid etch patterns on surfaces used for retention of resin-bonded fixed prostheses. European Journal of Prosthodontics and Restorative Dentistry 2005, 13(3), 123-128.
• Reeson MG, Jepson NJA. 'Bridging the gap.' Should the training of dental technicians be linked with that of the dental undergraduate?. British Dental Journal 2005, 198(10), 642-645.
• Allen F, Burke F, Jepson N. Development and evaluation of a self-report measure for identifying type and use of removable partial dentures. International Dental Journal 2005,55 13-16.
• Wostmann B, Budtz-Jorgensen E, Jepson N, Mushimoto E, Palmqvist S, Sofou A, Owall B. Indications for removable partial dentures: A literature review. International Journal of Prosthodontics 2005. ,18 2 139-145.
• Moynihan PJ, Bradbury J, Thomason M, Walls A, Jepson N. [abstract] Consumption of fruit and vegetables and perceived chewing ability. Journal of Dental Research 2003, 82(special issue B), B267 abstract no. 2050.
• Meechan JG, Carter NE, Gillgrass TJ, Hobson RS, Jepson NJ, Nohl FS, Nunn JH. Interdisciplinary management of hypodontia: Oral surgery. British Dental Journal 2003,194 8 423-427.
• Jepson N, Allen F, Moynihan P, Kelly P, Thomason M. Patient satisfaction following restoration of shortened mandibular dental arches in a randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Prosthodontics 2003,16 4 409-414.
• Nunn JH, Carter NE, Gillgrass TJ, Hobson RS, Jepson NJ, Meechan JG, Nohl FS. The interdisciplinary management of hypodontia: Background and role of paediatric dentistry. British Dental Journal 2003. ,194 5 245-251.
• Carter NE, Gillgrass TJ, Hobson RS, Jepson N, Meechan JG, Nohl FS, Nunn JH. The interdisciplinary management of hypodontia: Orthodontics. British Dental Journal 2003. ,194 7 361-366.
• Jepson NJ, Nohl FS, Carter NE, Gillgrass TJ, Meechan JG, Hobson RS, Nunn JH. The interdisciplinary management of hypodontia: Restorative dentistry. British Dental Journal 2003. ,194 6 299-304.
• Hobson RS, Carter NE, Gillgrass TJ, Jepson NJA, Meechan JG, Nohl F, Nunn JH. The interdisciplinary management of hypodontia: The relationship between an interdisciplinary team and the general dental practitioner. British Dental Journal 2003,194 9 479-482.
• Cole BOI, Shaw AJ, Hobson RS, Nunn JH, Welbury RR, Meechan JG, Jepson NJA. The role of magnets in the management of unerupted teeth in children and adolescents. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry 2003,13 3 204-207.
• Jepson NJ, McColl E, Swift B, Steele JG. Barriers and attitudes to the use of resin-bonded bridges. Journal of Dental Research 2002, 81(special issue 1), A183 abstract no. 1333.
• Swift B, Jepson NJA, McColl E, Steele JG, Steen IN. Interventions for replacing missing teeth: resin-bonded bridges and other restorations for the replacement of adult teeth (protocol for a Cochrane review). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2002, (3). Submitted.
• Steele JG, McColl EMM, Jepson NJ, Swift B. Resin-bonded bridges and best practice in primary dental care. Journal of Dental Research 2002, 81(special issue 1), A183 abstract no. 1332.
• Reeson MG, Jepson NJA. A method of making casts for permanent, complete acrylic resin denture bases without blocking out undercuts. Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry 2001, 86(1), 99.
• Grigg P, Macfarlane TV, Shearer AC, Jepson NJ, Stephens CD. Computing facilities available to final-year students at 3 UK dental schools in 1997/8: their use, and students' attitudes to information technology. European Journal of Dental Education 2001, 5(3), 101-108.
• Welbury RR, Hobson RS, Stephenson JJ, Jepson NJA. Evaluation of a computer-assisted learning programme on the oro-facial signs of child physical abuse (nonaccidental injury) by general dental practitioners. British Dental Journal 2001, 190(12), 668-70.
• Jepson NJA, Allen PF, Burke FM. Evaluation of a tooth counting questionnaire for primary dental care research. In: International Association for Dental Research General Session. 2001, Chiba, Japan: Sage Publications, Inc.
• Steele JG, Jepson NJ, McColl E, Swift B. Finding ways to improve the effectiveness of resin-bonded bridges in primary dental care. Newcastle upon Tyne: University of Newcastle Centre for Health Services Research, 2001. CHSR Report 107 107.
• Nunn JH, McCracken G, Hobson RS, Stephenson JJ, Jepson NJA. Evaluation of a computer-assisted learning package on the management of traumatised incisors by general dental practitioners. Endodontics and Dental Traumatology 2000, 16, 40-42.
• Moynihan PJ, Butler TJ, Thomason JM, Jepson NJA. Nutrient intake in partially dentate patients: The effect of prosthetic rehabilitation. Journal of Dentistry 2000,28 8 557-563.