Professor Christopher Deery BDS MSc FDS RCS Ed PhD FDS (Paed Dent) RCS Ed

Academic Unit of Oral Health and Development,
School of Clinical Dentistry,
Claremont Crescent ,
University of Sheffield,
S10 2TA, UK.
Tel: 44 (0)1142717885
Fax: 44 (0)1142717843

E mail: c.deery@sheffield.ac.uk

Administrative roles

Local

Dental School Strategic Advisory Committee
Board of Dental Studies
Co-lead for Basic and Intermediate Oral and Dental Care teaching in the New Undergraduate Curriculum
Fifth Year Working Party, School of Clinical Dentistry
Clinical Lead Paediatric Dentistry

National

Chair MFDS Parts A & B Core Group
Member Clinical Effectiveness Committee, British Society of Paediatric Dentistry
Editor British Society of Paediatric Dentistry Audit Bulletin
Examiner MFDS (RCS Ed) Part 1
Examiner Membership in Paediatric Dentistry RCS Ed
External examiner Overseas Regulatory Examination
External examiner for taught Masters Programme Trinity College, Dublin and University of Malaya
External examiner for BDS examination Kings College University of London
Reviewer for several scientific journals

Clinical interests

Caries management
Management of the pre-cooperative and anxious child and adolescent
Children with special needs

Speaker at the following meetings

International meetings

• "Management of hypodontia" University of Malaysia: December, 2007
• Invited Expert. European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry Workshop on Early Childhood Caries. Winterthur, Switzerland: March, 2007
• "MFDS Course." RCS Ed and Baqai University, Karachi, Pakastan: February, 2007
• Keynote speaker: "Caries detection and diagnosis" Medical Symposium, Baqai University, Karachi, Pakastan: February, 2007
• "IQE Orientation Parts A & B" New Dehli India. Organised by Dept of Health GDC and RCS Ed March 2005
• Keynote speaker: "Paediatric Dentistry: Behaviour management, Modern caries management, an update on fissure sealants." The 3rd Conference of the Bahrain Dental Society and First Conference of the Secretarial General of the Council of Dental Societies for the G.C.C. Bahrain: January, 2003

National meetings

• "What’s new with fissure sealants". Invited postgraduate lecture, Dundee Dental Hospital and School. Dundee: December 2007.
• Keynote speaker: "Risk assessment –SIGN Approach". British Society of Paediatric Dentistry Annual Scientific Meeting. London: September 2007.
• "Current developments in Paediatric Dentistry" Denplan Excel for Children and Teenagers training day. London: June 2007.
• Keynote speaker: "Current preventive strategies for the child patient" BDA Conference, British Dental Hygienists Association. Birmingham: May, 2006.
• Keynote speaker : "Embracing changes affecting treatment - children and treatment" BDA Community Services Group, Presidential and Scientific Meeting, Newcastle: October, 2005.
• Keynote speaker: "The caries risk individual" British Society of Periodontology, Presidential Meeting. London: June, 2005.
• Keynote speaker "Fissure sealants – a proven technology" British Dental Hygienists Association, Oral Health Conference. EICC, Edinburgh: November, 2004.
• "Clinical Guidelines" Royal College of Surgeons of England Study Day, Birmingham: January, 2004.
• Keynote speaker “Fissure Sealants Update” British Association of Dental Therapists Annual Scientific Meeting 2003, Glasgow: June, 2003.
• I also have present at numerous Section 63 courses, VT, GPT, CPD courses.

Recent Publications

Fissure sealants an update and future trends. Dental Health 2007; 46: 5-9.

Burbridge L, Nugent Z, Deery C. A randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of a one-step conditioning agent in fissure sealant placement: 12 month results. European Archives of Paediatric Dentistry 2007; 8: 49-54.

Gillchrist F, Santini A, Harley K, Deery C. The use of micro-Raman spectroscopy to differentiate between sound and eroded primary enamel. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry 2007; 17: 274--280.

Shah S, Roebuck EM, Nugent Z, Deery C. In-vitro microleakage of fissure sealants polymerised by either a Quartz tungsten halogen light or a plasma arc light. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry 2007; 17:371-377.

Burbridge L, Nugent Z, Deery C. A randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of a one-step conditioning agent in sealant placement: 6 month results. International Journal of paediatric Dentistry 2006; 16: 242-230.

Robinson PG, Walmsley AD, Heanue M, Deacon S, Deery C, Worthington H, Shaw W. Quality of trials in a systematic review of powered toothbrushes: suggestions for future clinical trials. J Perio 2006; 77: 1944-1953.

Sammut E, Deery C, Nugent Z, Ibbetson R. Estimating surface area of amalgam restorations by digital analysis of conventional dental radiographs. Journal of Dentistry 2006; 34: 811-816.

Deery C, Illoya J, Nugent ZJ, Srinivasan V. The effect of placing a clear sealant on the validity and reproducibility of occlusal caries diagnosis by a laser fluorescence device (DIAGNOdent), an in-vitro study. Caries Research 2006; 40:186-193.

Robinson PG, Deacon SA, Deery C, Heanue M, Walmsley AD, Worthington HV, Glenny AM, Shaw WC. Manual versus powered toothbrushing for oral health. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2005, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD002281. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002281.pub2.

Tilley C, McIntosh E, Bahrami M, Clarkson J, Deery C, Pitts NB. An economic analysis of implementing the SIGN third molar guideline: implications for the design and analysis of implementation studies. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy 2005; 10:143-149.

Srinivasan V, Deery C, Nugent Z. In-vitro microleakage of repaired fissure sealants – a randomised controlled trial. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry 2005; 15; 51-60.

Bahrami M, Deery C, Clarkson JE, Pitts NB, Johnston M, Ricketts I, MacLennan G, Nugent ZJ, Tilley C, Bonetti D, Ramsay C. Effectiveness of strategies to disseminate and implement clinical guidelines for the management of impacted and unerupted third molars in primary dental care. British Dental Journal 2004; 197: 691-696.

Books
Deery C, Hosey MT, Waterhouse P. Paediatric Cariology. Quintessentials. Quintessence Publishing Co Ltd London 2005 UK. ISBN 1-85097-073-4.

Chapters
Deery C. Dental Caries and Periapical Disease. In PASS: Plan and Successfully Study. 2nd Edition. RCS Ed, RCPS Glas, RCSI. Updated in 2005 Available from 2005 as an e-version.

Deery C. Section 5 Trauma. In National Orthodontic Programme, Module 28 Orthodontics and Restorative Dentistry. British Orthodontic Society 2005. Gillgrass T, Ellis P.

Clarkson JE, Bonner B, Deery C, Grimshaw J. Ways to disseminate and implementation of research Evidence. Chapter 9 in Evidence Based Dentistry for Effective Practice. Edited by Clarkson J, Harrison J, Ismail A, Needleman I, Worthington H. Martin Dunitz, London, UK. 2003. ISBN 1-84184- 199-4.

Deery C, Toumba KJ. Detection and prevention of dental caries. Chapter 3 in Paediatric Dentistry, Edited by Welbury RR., Duggal MS, Hosey M-T. 3rd Edition. Oxford University Press, London,UK. 2005. ISBN 0 19 8565836.

Current PhD Students

• Fiona Gillchrist - The impact of dental caries and dental care in children.
• Paul Dawson - The social construction of dental decay: investigating the science and practice of disease diagnosis and management in dentistry.

Last updated: 14 May 2012