Missing teeth - rehabilitation of the partially dentate

Professor Damien Walmsley

6th November 2013

BDS 1981 MSC 1983, PhD 1985 FDSRCPS 1987

Professional Background

• Professor of Restorative Dentistry, University of Birmingham
• Certificate of specialisation in 1992 and appointed honorary consultant in 1993
• Senior lecturer in 1991 with Professorial appointment in 2000
• Head of Teaching Unit of Prosthetic Dentistry and clinical lead for Prosthetic Dentistry
• Graduate Director for Dentistry
• Educational supervisor DF2 (Prosthetics and Oral Surgery)

National and International Positions

• Scientific Advisor to the British Dental Association
• Past President BSSPD 20011-12
• Secretary General to the Association for Dental Education in Europe (ADEE)
• President elect 2014-2016
• Peer Council of Engineering and Physical Science Research Council

Clinical Interests:

• Fixed and removable prosthodontics, magnets and precision attachments in prosthetic dentistry

Educational Interests

• Information technology and electronic learning in dentistry

Research Interests

• Ultrasound and its uses in dentistry

Aims:

• To provide the theoretical knowledge required for diagnosis and treatment planning of edentulous spaces

Objectives

• To develop clinical knowledge in the aassessment of the restorative needs of a patient with edentulous spaces
• To instigate discussion with the use of case studies how to rehabilitate patients with edentulous spaces
• To understand the resources required, communication with the dental team and to how to maintain the patient following provision of fixed or removable prostheses