Staff Profile

Introduction

I am specialist in Special Care Dentistry in the final stages of an NIHR-funded PhD fellowship.

From 2017 - 2019 I was an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow and Speciality Trainee in Special Care Dentistry. Alongside my academic role, I provided clinical care at Newcastle Dental Hospital and the Community Dental Services within the North East region I have previously undertaken a range of Dental Core Training posts including posts in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and General Dental Practice. 

Since 2020 I have been progressing with my PhD exploring dental treatment decisions for people living with dementia as part of an NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship. Alongside this I maintain my clinical practice as a Specialist in Special Care Dentistry North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust undertaking care under local anaesthesia, conscious sedation and general anaesthesia. 

Twitter: @andygeddisregan

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Qualifications

• BSc(Hons) Primary Care: University of Leeds 2012 
• BChD Dental Surgery (Distinction): University of Leeds 2014
• Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery (MFDS): Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 2016
• Postgraduate Certificate: Teaching and Learning in Clinical Practice (Distinction): Edge Hill University 2017
• Postgraduate Certificate: Clinical Research (Distinction): Newcastle University 2018
• Diploma in Special Care Dentistry: Royal College of Surgeons of England 2018
• Membership in Special Care Dentistry: Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 2019

Awards / Prizes

• Kenneth Stark Prize for Professionalism and Leadership: University of Leeds, 2014 
• Charles Rippon Medal - Most Distinguished Undergraduate: University of Leeds, 2014
• Health Professionals' Prize: Cochrane Collaboration, 2015
• Dean's Medal - Highest Performance Internationally in MFDS Part 2 Examination, RCS Edinburgh, 2016
• Research Prize: British Society of Disability and Oral Health, 2017
• Tilly Hale Award for Excellence in Patient and Public Involvement, Newcastle University, 2018
• Research Competition Finalist: International Association for Disability and Oral Health, 2018
• Research Competition Finalist: International Association for Disability and Oral Health, 2022

Memberships

• British Society for Disability and Oral Health (BSDH)
• British Society of Gerodontology (BSG)
• International Association for Dental Research (IADR)
• International Association for Disability and Oral Health (IADH)
• Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCS Ed)
• Society for the Advancement of Anaesthesia in Dentistry (SAAD)

Other Roles

• Examiner: Diploma in Special Care Dentistry (Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh)
• Academic Lead: British Society for Disability and Oral Health
• Communications Officer: Dental Anaesthesiology and Special Care Dentistry Research Group (IADR)

Current Projects

Enhancing Dental Treatment Decisions for People Living with Dementia

The limitations in research evidence specific to people living with dementia means that treatment planning challenging for people who may be unwell, anxious or have cognitive impairment can be highly complex. This project aims to develop and test an approach to help people living with dementia, families/carers and dentists to make decisions together about providing dental treatment. This project is being supported by research collaboration within the Population Health Sciences Institute. More information is available at www.dentaldecisions.uk

• Geddis-Regan AR, Gray D, Buckingham S, Misra U, Boyle C. The use of general anaesthesia in special care dentistry: A clinical guideline from the British Society for Disability and Oral Health. Special Care in Dentistry 2022, 42, 3-32.
• Geddis-Regan A, Exley C, Taylor GD. Navigating the Dual Role of Clinician-Researcher in Qualitative Dental Research. JDR Clinical & Translational Research 2022, 7(2), 215-217.
• Geddis-Regan A, Errington L, Abley C, Wassall R, Exley C, Thomson R. Enhancing shared and surrogate decision making for people living with dementia: A systematic review of the effectiveness of interventions. Health Expectations 2021, 24(1), 19-32.
• Geddis-Regan AR, Stewart M, Wassall RR. Orofacial pain assessment and management for patients with dementia: A meta-ethnography. Journal of Oral Rehabilitation 2018, 46(2), 189-199.
• Geddis-Regan A, Kerr K, Curl C. The impact of dementia on oral health and dental care, Part 2: approaching and planning treatment. Primary Dental Journal 2020, 9(2), 31-37.
• Kerr K, Curl C, Geddis-Regan A. The impact of dementia on oral health an dental care, Part 1: setting the scene for dental care provision. Primary Dental Journal 2020, 9(2), 24-30.
• Geddis-Regan A, Walton G. A guide to treatment planning in complex older adults. British Dental Journal 2018, 225(5), 399-395.
• Geddis-Regan AR, O'Connor RC. The Impact of Age and Deprivation on NHS Payment Claims for Domiciliary Dental Care in England. Community Dental Health 2018, 35(4), 223-227.
• Geddis-Regan A, Asuni A, Walton G, Wassall R. Care pathways and provision in bariatric dental care: an exploration of patients' and dentists' experiences in the North East of England. British Dental Journal 2019, 227(1), 38-42.
• Geddis-Regan AR. Oral diseases as a cause of pain in older people. Age and Ageing 2018, 47(4), 626-626.
• Geddis-Regan A, Wassall R. Dentists' experiences of treatment and referral for patients with obesity. In: 24th International Association for Disability and Oral Health Congress. 2018, Dubai: Stephen Hancocks Ltd.
• Geddis-Regan A. Severe trismus and contraindicated exodontia in a patient with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva: case report. British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2018, 56(5), 427-429.
• Hamilton J, Gittins M, Geddis-Regan A, Walton G. Dental Care for the Bariatric Patient. Dental Update 2021, 48(4), 302-306.
• Langley J, Wassall R, Geddis-Regan A, Watson S, Verey A, McKenna G, Brocklehurst P, Tsakos G. Putting guidelines into practice: Using co-design to develop a complex intervention based on NG48 to enable care staff to provide daily oral care to older people living in care homes. Gerodontology 2023, 40(1), 112-126.