Professor Ivor Chestnutt
BDS, MPH, PhD, FDS(DPH)RCSEd, FDS RCSEng, FDS RCPSGlas, FFPH, DDPH RCS ENG
Professor and Hon. Consultant in Dental Public Health
Overview
Ivor Chestnutt is Professor and Hon. Consultant in Dental Public Health. He has been a broad remit covering research, teaching and dental public health practice.
Biography
Ivor Chestnutt is Professor in Dental Public Health at Cardiff University Dental School, Honorary Consultant to Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and is registered as a Specialist in Dental Public Health. He is a graduate of the University of Edinburgh and received both his MPH and PhD degrees from the University of Glasgow. He holds Fellowships in dental surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow and the Royal College of Surgeons, England. Ivor is also a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
He is leads the dental and oral health package of the multidisciplinary, PRIME Centre Wales.
Honours and awards
BDS University of Edinburgh, 1985
FDS Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, 1990
PhD University of Glasgow, 1993
DDPH Royal College of Surgeons, England, 1995
MPH University of Glasgow, 1995
FDS(DPH) Intercollegiate Specialty Examination in Dental Public Health, 1998
FDS ad eundem Royal College of Surgeons, England, 2002
FDS Royal College and Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, 2003
FFPH Fellow Faculty of Public Health, 2006 (Member 2003-2006)
FHEA Fellow Higher Education Academy 2006 (Member ILT 2000-2006).
Publications
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Ivor Chestnutt leads teaching in Dental Public Health and teaches at all levels from Primary BDS to Intercollegiate Fellowship.
He has extensive experience as an External Examiner at Universities across the United Kingdom and overseas. He has examined on behalf of all three UK Royal Colleges. He is a past Chair of the Intercollegiate Specialty Examination in Dental Public Health and has been Specialty Advisor in Dental Public Health for Wales.
He has authored the popular "Dental Public Health at a Glance", a standard text in all Dental Public Health Courses in the United Kingdom.
Ivor Chestnutt has wide experience in health services research, interests include:
* Clinical trials of preventive dental technologies / epidemiology
* Factors promoting toothbrushing in disadvantaged communities
* The delivery of dental care in general dental practice
* The role of antibiotics in the management of acute dental conditions
* Modelling the provision of dental care in Wales