Fiona Sandom

 Fiona Sandom

Fiona qualified as a Dental Hygienist from Manchester Dental Hospital in 1993 and as a Dental Therapist in 1999 from Liverpool University Dental Hospital. In 2013 she gained her MSc in Medical Education from Cardiff University. She currently works clinically, in NHS practice, at Bangor University she is a Project Specialist, for Health Education and Improvement Wales as a Postgraduate Dental Educator and is the Regional Lead for North Wales. She is also an Education Associate for the GDC and an Examiner for the RCS Edinburgh and a President of the British Association of Dental Therapists. She has been fortunate to work as dental therapist in practice, in hospital, the community dental service and in personal dental service and has an interest in treating anxious patients with Inhalation Sedation. She has been awarded two Oral and Dental Research Trust DCP Awards, in 2013 and 2015. She is currently carrying out Health Service Research at Bangor University for her PhD and working on the proposal for the use of exemptions in medicines legislation by dental hygienists and dental therapists across the United Kingdom.

Qualifications: Dip DH Dip DT MSc in Med Ed