Newcastle University

Background

My role encompasses teaching undergraduates, postgraduates and primary care dentists, leading the primary dental care outreach course, research and providing a clincal service alongside my NHS colleagues.
I graduated from Newcastle University with BDS (Hons) in 1990 and worked for a year as a House Officer at Newcastle Dental Hospital. I was appointed a temporary lectureship 1992-1993 and subsequent to this was appointed Clincal Lecturer in Child Dental Health at Newcastle. I was awarded FDS RCS with the Dean's Medal in 1993. Between 1993 and 2000 I undertook NTN and FTTA higher specialist training to consultant level and a part time PhD. I successfully obtained my PhD and intercollegaite Exit Fellowship in 2000.
In June 2007 I was appointed Clinical Senior Lecturer in Child Dental Health and Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry.

Roles and Responsibilities

Senior Tutor for BDS

Stage Director for BDS 4

Regional Research Student Advisor for Dental Sciences

Course Leader for Primary Dental Care Outreach 

Course Leader for stage 3 CDH
Clinical teaching of all 3 clinical years
Lecture and small group teaching of all 3 clinical years
Teacher for the Introduction to Dentistry course for Phase 1 students
Member of the BDS Board of Studies

Member the Curriculum and Clinical Teaching Committees

Qualifications

BDS (Hons)
FDS RCS (Edinburgh) Deans Medal Awarded for best overall performance
FDS RCS (Paed)
PhD (Ncle)
CCST awarded Oct 1998
Intercollegiate Fellowship awarded October 2000.
PG Cert AP with distinction and FHEA

Previous Positions

Honorary Registrar in Paediatric Dentistry, Newcastle Dental Hospital
Honorary Senior Registrar in Paediatric Dentistry, Newcastle Dental Hospital
Clinical Lecturer in Child Dental Health

Memberships

I am an active member of the following societies:
British Society of Paediatric Dentistry, for which I am Council Representative and northern branch Chairman
British Society of Disability and Oral Health
Teachers of Dental Sedation
Teachers in Peadiatric Dentistry
British Society of Dental Research
International Association for Dental Research
International Association of Paediatric Dentistry

Honours and Awards

Shirley Glasstone Hughes Memorial Prize
Deans Medal for FDS RCS (Ed)
European Society of Endodontology Annual Prize

Informal Interests

Being a mother and horseriding!

Research Interests

I am a clinical academic in Paediatric Dentistry and my main research interests involve dental erosion in young people and endodontic treatment in children. Dental erosion, a type of tooth wear, is a condition which appears to be increasing in the younger population. I am involved in prevalence studies of erosion, whether fluoridated water impacts upon a populations experience of the condition, and whether teh use of an index for measurung erosion can be used to initiate an appropriate care pathway for an individual. I am also interested in laboratory based investigation of erosion looking at the synegistic effects of different types of tooth wear and the effects of erosion upon tooth tissue at the nanoscale.

My PhD thesis investigated pulp therapy in the primary dentition at a time when major changes have occurred within clinical treatment guidelines. I take part in the UK and International debate on changing treatment modalities and have co-authored texts and clincial guidelines concerning this.

Other Expertise

I have clinical expertise in providing dental care for children and I am active in engaging with junior hospital staff via supervision of research projects involving dental trauma and the medically compromised child and hypodontia.

Current Work

My current work centres around my main research theme of dental erosion involving: gathering data on global prevalence rates, the effect of water fluoridation, and nanoscale laboratory studies. I am also investigating the development of a partial index for dental erosion to be used by primary care practitioners.

Future Research

Future work may include work with a soft drinks manufacturer related to antierosive components of soft drinks, continuation of the laboratory based studies concentrating particularly upon monitoring techniques which could be used in a clinical environment.
Primary care based studies may be developed to train primary care practitioners in the use of a screening index for tooth wear.

Research Roles

Fellow of the Graduate School

Postgraduate Supervision

I have previously successfully supervised Phd, MSc and B Med Sci students.
I am presently supervising 2 PhDs, 1 MPhil and 1 MSc.

Esteem Indicators

Invitation to give a keynote presentation in Chicago 2007, for the American Association of Paeditric Dentistry.

Invitation to give a keynote presentation in Hannover 2007, for the German Association of Paediatric Dentistry.

Annual Prize from the European Society of Endodontology.

Winner of the Shirley Glasstone-Hughes Prize.

Undergraduate Teaching

I am a member of ASME and achieved a distiction in the Post Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice.

I am involved in teaching all stages of the BDS course - pre-clinical and clinical
stage 1 introduction to Dentistry
stage 2 Key Clical Skills Course
stage 3 Paediatric Dentistry
Stage 4 Paediatric Dentistry
stage 5 Paediatric Dentistry
Involved in Stage 3,4 and 5 examinations
Course Leader for BDS PDC Outreach Course, Stage 3 Child Dental Health and Special Care Dentistry.

Postgraduate Teaching

General professional trainees
MFDS courses
Specialist registrars
Section 63 courses for GDPs
External Examiner for The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
External Examiner for the Membership in Paediatric Dentistry

• Holmes RD, Waterhouse PJ, Maguire A, Hind V, Lloyd J, Tabari D, Lowry R. Developing an assessment in dental public health for clinical undergraduates attending a primary dental care outreach programme. European Journal of Dental Education 2011, 15(1), 19-25.
• Huew R, Waterhouse PJ, Moynihan PJ, Maguire A. Prevalence and severity of dental caries in Libyan schoolchildren. International Dental Journal 2011, 61(4), 217-223.
• Waterhouse PJ, Maguire A, Tabari D, Hind V, Lloyd J. The Development of a Primary Dental Care Outreach Course. European Journal of Dental Education 2008, 12(1), 8-16.
• Auad SM, Waterhouse PJ, Nunn JH, Steen N, Moynihan PJ. Dental erosion amongst 13- and 14-year-old Brazilian schoolchildren. International Dental Journal 2007, 57(3), 161-167.
• Jackson NG, Waterhouse PJ, Maguire A. Factors affecting treatment outcomes following complicated crown fractures managed in primary and secondary care. Dental Traumatology 2006, 22(4), 179-185.
• Srinivasan V, Patchett CL, Waterhouse PJ. Is there life after Buckley's Formocresol? Part I - A narrative review of alternative interventions and materials. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry 2006, 16(2), 117-127.
• Patchett CL, Srinivasan V, Waterhouse PJ. Is there life after Buckley's formocresol? Part II - Development of a protocol for the management of extensive caries in the primary molar. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry 2006, 16(3), 199-206.
• Rodd HD, Waterhouse PJ, Fuks AB, Fayle SA, Moffatt M. Pulp therapy for primary molars. UK National Clinical Guidelines in Paediatric Dentistry. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry 2006,16 s1 15-23.
• Waterhouse PJ. Pulp Therapy in the Primary Dentition. In:Mossey, P., Holsgrove, G., Davenport, E.S., Stirrups, D., ed. Essential Skills for the Dentist.Oxford, UK:Oxford University Press,2006, pp. 251-272.
• Jackson NG, Waterhouse PJ, Maguire A. Management of dental trauma in primary care: A postal survey of general dental practitioners. British Dental Journal 2005, 198(5), 293-297.
• Deery C, Hosey M-T, Waterhouse PJ. Paediatric Cariology. London, UK:Quintessence Publishing Co Ltd,2005.
• Heasman PA, Waterhouse PJ. Periodontal Disease in Children. In:Welbury, R.R., Duggal, M.S., Hosey, M.-T., ed. Paediatric Dentistry.Oxford, UK:Oxford University Press,2005.
• Waterhouse PJ, Thomason JM, Fitzgerald JL, Foster HE, Steen IN, Welbury RR. The dental attitudes, knowledge and health practices of patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry 2005, 6(4), 202-208.
• May J, Waterhouse PJ. Dental erosion and soft drinks: A qualitative assessment of knowledge, attitude and behaviour using focus groups of schoolchildren. A preliminary study. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry 2003,13 6 425-433.
• Waterhouse PJ, Nunn JH, Whitworth JM. Paediatric dentistry: An investigation of the relative efficacy of Buckley's Formocresol and calcium hydroxide in primary molar vital pulp therapy. British Dental Journal 2000, 188(1), 32-36.
• Waterhouse PJ, Whitworth JM, Nunn JH. Prostaglandin E-2 and treatment outcome in primary molar pulp therapy. In: British Society for Dental Research : Annual Scientific Session. 2000, University of Lancaster, UK: Sage Publications.
• Huew R, Waterhouse P, Moynihan P, Kometa S, Maguire A. Dental caries and its association with diet and dental erosion in Libyan schoolchildren. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry 2012, 22(1), 68-76.
• Huew R, Waterhouse PJ, Moynihan PJ, Maguire A. Dental erosion among 12 year-old Libyan schoolchildren. Lowestoft, UK: FDI World Dental Press Ltd, 2011. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1922/CDH_2865Maguire05.
• Huew R, Waterhouse PJ, Moynihan PJ, Kometa S, Maguire A. Dental erosion and its association with diet in Libyan schoolchildren. European Archives of Paediatric Dentistry 2011, 12(5), 234-240.
• Waterhouse PJ, Nunn JH, Whitworth JM. Prostaglandin E2 and treatment outcome in primary molar pulp therapy. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry 2002, 12(2), 116-123.