Professor Paul Brunton

Dean

I have two distinct themes to this research, which are: operative dentistry principally in the areas of tooth whitening and tooth preparation techniques and practice based research in General Dental Practice. I have been involved in several multi-centre international trials of novel restorative materials and whitening systems. The research into tooth preparation and whitening techniques, particularly the development of experimental methodologies was unique. This has been recognized and reflected in the increasing number of invitations to referee and comment of research in this area for journal editors and publishers. More recently my role has been in the leadership of research and developing junior colleagues. This was evidenced by the award of the National Institute Health Research grant and the In-Practice research fellowship to members of his team in the UK. More recently I have been developing a research theme around dentistry and its interface with obesity.