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The School of Clinical Dentistry

Our mission is to make substantial and positive impact on oral health and well-being by combining excellent education with world-leading research.

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Research groups

Our research takes place in a highly multidisciplinary environment, unique in placing high-quality fundamental and applied science at the interface of a busy clinical service with an academic mix of biomedical, engineering and social scientists.

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Research impact

Ninety-two percent of our research was graded as `world leading´ or `internationally excellent´ in the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014. Here are some of our latest impactful research projects.

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James Bird (left) and Sarah Young will start their fellowships in autumn 2022

Building research careers at Sheffield

The School of Clinical Dentistry is supporting two primary care dentists who have just been awarded prestigious NIHR In-Practice Research Fellowships.
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Dentists should give antibiotics to high-risk patients to help prevent life-threatening heart infection

This breakthrough study, led by Professor Martin Thornhill, provides compelling evidence of a significant and strong association between invasive dental procedures and the development of infective endocarditis, a potentially fatal condition.
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Help! I'm scared of the dentist

A lot of children are scared of the dentist. It can appear to be a strange environment full of unusual tools and unfamiliar smells. Children who are scared of the dentist feel worried and upset and may do anything to avoid going for treatment.
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Knowledge exchange grant awarded to develop gene edited tissue-engineered human skin

A team at the University of Sheffield School of Clinical Dentistry have been awarded an industrially-sponsored knowledge exchange grant to develop gene edited tissue-engineered human skin.

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The School of Clinical Dentistry
University of Sheffield
19 Claremont Crescent
Sheffield
S10 2TA

+44 114 215 9316

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