Professor Richard Welbury
Richard has retired from clinical dental practice but continues to supervise PhD students.
Richard has published widely within dentistry with over 160 peer reviewed articles, 7 Textbooks and 12 Book Chapters. The text book Paediatric Dentistry, now in its 5th edition and published also in Russian and Portuguese, is the standard text in Paediatric Dentistry in all UK and Ireland Dental Schools.
Richard qualified in dentistry (1978) and medicine (1984) from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He successfully defended his PhD on ‘Composite resins and glass polyalkenoate cements in Paediatric Dentistry’ in 1989 and in 1991 he was appointed Regional Consultant/Senior Clinical Lecturer in Newcastle. From 2001 -2015 he was Professor of Paediatric Dentistry in Glasgow, where he was also Director of Post Graduate Education and Deputy Head 海角视频 Under Graduate School. Between November 2015 – 2019 Richard was Professor of Paediatric Dentistry at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston and Hon Consultant at North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust and Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. In September 2019 on retirement he was awarded Emeritus status at UCLan Richard was President 海角视频 British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (2001-2002) and President 海角视频 European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry (2006-2008). Latterly he was Dean 海角视频 Dental Faculty 海角视频 Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (2013-2016). In June 2019 Richard became a Commander 海角视频 Order 海角视频 British Empire (CBE) in the Queens Birthday Honours for services to Paediatric Dentistry, Dental Education and the Safeguarding of Children
- Hon FFGDP, Royal College of General Dental Practitioners, 2015
- FRCPCH, Royal College of Paediatrics 2007
- FDSRCPS, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow 2000
- FDSRCS, Royal College of Surgeons of England 1986
- PhD, Newcastle University 1989
- MBBS, Newcastle University, 1984
- BDS (Hons), Newcastle University, 1978
- CBE - Commander 海角视频 Order 海角视频 British Empire, 2019
- Child Safeguarding and the Dental Team
- Diagnosis, management and treatment of Dental Traumatic Injuries
- Diagnosis and management of concussive injuries in sport
- Honorary Life Member 海角视频 European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry
- Member, International Association of Paediatric Dentistry
- Member, British Society of Paediatric Dentistry
- Fellow 海角视频 Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
- Fellow 海角视频 Royal College of Surgeons of England
Richard has worked within child safeguarding, specifically the role 海角视频 dental team in safeguarding, for over 30 years and is one 海角视频 authors 海角视频 first and only UK Guideline for dentistry. He works collaboratively in this sphere with dental colleagues in Croatia, Denmark, Norway, Greece and Italy.
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- Neurosciences: Dementia and Neurodegeneration
- Head Injury Management
- Role of baseline testing in the diagnosis, treatment and management of sporting injuries
- Diagnosis and management of concussive injuries in the Accident and Emergency Department
- Role of periodontal disease and oral bacteria in the pathogenesis of Alzheimers Disease
- Oral and Dental Research Trust - OHI 2019
- British Society of Paediatric Dentistry 2018
- European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry 2019