Dental Academy

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Part Time Clinical Director (Practice)

This position primarily focuses on providing clinical leadership for the Academy. I also have a major role in overseeing clinical governance within the Academy to ensure that high standards of patient care are consistently maintained, and am responsible for maintaining registration of the Dental Academy with the Care Quality Commission. I have acted as External Adviser to the Cardiff University Programme Approval Panel for the BSc in Dental Therapy and Dental Hygiene.

CLINICAL TEACHING

I participate in clinical and theoretical academic teaching and assessment and examine the Dental Hygiene and Therapy students in their clinical finals examination.

CAREER

I qualified from Bristol Dental Hospital in 1993. Following qualification I spent a year in General Dental Practice as a Vocational Trainee. This was followed by resident Oral Surgery positions in the South West for two and a half years where I gained my Fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons of England. In August 1997 I took up a position as a Clinical Research Lecturer in the Periodontal Department of Bristol Dental Hospital, and gained a PhD in ‘Laboratory and clinical studies on plaque and stain inhibition on dentures and teeth’. This hospital position was combined with part time General Dental Practice. I then moved to Portsmouth in 2002 and spent a year working in the Community Dental Service before taking up my position as Clinical Director at the Dental Academy.

MEMBERSHIP OF EXTERNAL BODIES

• Royal College of Surgeons of England
• General Dental Council
• Higher Education Academy
• Dental Protection Society

PUBLICATIONS

Peer reviewed original research (Maiden name Sarah Sheen)

"The effect of unstimulated and stimulated whole saliva on extrinsic staining in vitro-a developmental method" S Sheen, N Banfield, M Addy.  Journal Of Dentistry 2002; 30: 365-369.

"An in vitro evaluation of the availability of cetyl pyridinium chloride and chlorhexidine in some commercially available mouthrinse products” S Sheen, M Addy. British Dental Journal 2003; 194: 207-210.

"The effect of toothpaste on the plaque inhibitory properties of a cetyl pyridinium chloride mouthrinse” S Sheen, M Eisenburger, M Addy. Journal Of Clinical Periodontology 2003; 30: 255-260.

"“The propensity of individual saliva to cause extrinsic staining in vitro-a developmental method” S Sheen, N Banfield, M Addy. Journal of Dentistry 2001; 29: 99-102."

“Assessment of plaque prevention on dentures using an experimental cleanser” S Sheen, A Harrison. Journal Of Prosthetic Dentistry 2000; 84: 594-601.

"The effect of toothpaste on the propensity of chlorhexidine and cetyl pyridinium chloride to produce staining in vitro: a predictor of inactivation” S Sheen, J Owens, M Addy. Journal Of Clinical Periodontology 2001; 28: 46-51.

Peer reviewed review papers

Dental Care Professionals: Their training and clinical practice in the UK.  Dental Update 2010; 37: 696-699.

"The benefits of toothpaste-real or imagined? 1. Review of its role in tooth whitening” H Pontefract, S Sheen, J Moran. Dental Update 2001; 28: 67-74.

"The benefits of toothpaste-real or imagined? 2. The effectiveness of toothpaste in the control of plaque, gingivitis, periodontitis, calculus and oral malodour” S Sheen, H Pontefract, J Moran. Dental Update 2001; 28: 144-147.

Abstracts

"The effect of saliva on extrinsic staining in vitro” S Sheen, N Banfield, M Addy. Abstract 703, Journal of Dental Research 2001; 80: 618.

“Assessment of plaque prevention on dentures using an experimental cleanser” S Sheen, A Harrison. Abstract 151, Journal of Dental Research 1999.

"The effect of toothpaste on in vitro staining by cationic antiseptics” S Sheen, M Addy. Abstract 85, Journal of Dental Research 1999; 78 (5): 1045.