Miss Sarah Murray, MA in Primary Health and Community Care, Diploma in Dental Hygiene, Diploma in Dental Therapy, Member ILTHE
Centre Lead and Principal Hygiene and Therapy Tutor
Primarily managing dental hygienists/therapists programme and teaching this group of DCPs. Also the management and teaching of the Certificate in Oral Health Education.
Publications:
Lewis MAO & Murray SM (2006) safety of alcohol-containing mouthwashes A review of the Evidence. Dental Health Vol 45 No 1. Reprinted Preventive Dentistry 2008 Vol 3 No 2
Lewis MAO & Murray SM (2008) Mouthwash or Moonshine? The Dentist Vol 24 No 6
Co-authored a ‘Preventive Dentistry’ chapter in Clinical Textbook of Dental Hygiene and Therapy textbook published by Blackwells 2006
Murray SM (2008) Full Mouth Disinfection article published in Plaque Patient Education Handbook published by Wrigleys
Regular contributor to Dental Health Journal, the Journal of the British Society of Dental hygiene and Therapy
Research interests:
Colgate DCP Research Award investigating dental hygienists’ role in providing tobacco cessation interventions in their clinical practice (2008).
Colgate DCP Research Award investigating implementing a handheld computer based programme to improve confidence levels leading to increasing smoking cessation activity in DCP student’s clinical practice. (2006).
Supervision:
Clinical supervision of dental hygienists/therapists.
Professional activities and outreach:
Lecturer on Oral Health Sciences Foundation Degree programme at the University of Essex.
Treasurer of the London Regional Group for British Society of Dental Hygiene and Therapy.
Winner of the Probe Dental Awards for Dental Hygienist of the Year 2007.
Undergraduate teaching:
Dental hygienist/therapists, Pre VT thread and communication skills thread.