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Dr Stephen Hogg
 

Telephone:
+44 (0) 191 222 7862 (work)
e-mail:
steve.hogg@ncl.ac.uk
Specialist expertise:
  • Oral microbiology: bacteria which live in the mouth Saliva and oral health
  • Tooth decay
  • Use of world wide web for learning and assessment
  • Dental caries

Dr John G Meechan
 

Telephone:
+44 (0) 191 222 8292 (work)
e-mail:
j.g.meechan@ncl.ac.uk
Specialist expertise:
  • Pain control in dentistry
  • Problems with wisdom teeth
  • Local anaesthesia in dentistry
  • Surgical dentistry for children

Professor Paula Moynihan media star
 

Telephone:
+44 (0) 191 222 8241 (work)
e-mail:
p.j.moynihan@ncl.ac.uk
Specialist expertise:
  • Diet and dental health
  • Diets of older people
  • Dietary intervention to improve the diets older people
  • Carbohydrates and dental health

Professor James (Jimmy) Steele media star
 

Telephone:
+44 (0) 191 222 8199 (work)
07718 535 756 (out of hours)
e-mail:
jimmy.steele@ncl.ac.uk
Specialist expertise:
  • Led Independent Review of NHS Dentistry in 2009 and extensive engagement on dental policy with DH on general dentistry including dental services, the effectiveness of routine dental techniques and teeth and the quality of life
  • The dental health of the population of the UK; trends in oral health and dentistry; predicting future trends
  • Preventive dentistry and does prevention (from tooth cleaning to fluoride) work?
  • Jaw joint problems - Temporomandibular Dysfuntion (TMD): what is it and why do so many people get it?

Dr John Taylor
 

Telephone:
+44 (0) 191 222 8694 (work)
e-mail:
j.j.taylor@ncl.ac.uk
Specialist expertise:
  • Cytokine biology
  • Immune responses to oral bacteria
  • Periodontal disease pathogenesis

Professor Peter J Thomson
 

Telephone:
+44 (0) 191 222 8290 (work)
e-mail:
peter.thomson@ncl.ac.uk
Specialist expertise:
  • Carcinogenesis (development of cancer)
  • Cell biology of the development of cancer
  • Surgical management of oral and facial malignancy and reconstructive surgery of the mouth, face and jaws
  • Oral cancer and pre-cancer