For: Dentists,
Founder of OFP website | Professor Tara Renton
Professor Tara Renton
Tara Renton completed her dentistry at Guys (1984), Oral and Maxillofacial surgical training in Melbourne (1991), undertook a PhD in Trigeminal Nerve injury at KCL (1999-2003).
Education programmes
UG teaching of dental students modern Oral Surgical. Pain and modern LA techniques.
Academic oral surgery training programme.
Supervised 8 PhDs
Research collaboration with
Imperial College, UCL, Oxford University, Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology & Neurology
Published over 200 peer reviewed articles
Grants MRC and NIHR
Editorial
Associate editor for Journal Orofacial pain and headache, she is on the Dental Update and British Society for Dental Hygienists and Therapist Editorial Boards
Co-editor the BDA clinical manuals for Oral Surgery Books I and II and Editor of Nature pub OFP book (2021)
Service
Leads Kings Health Partners Orofacial Pain Service Orofacial pain multidisciplinary service
Leads 2 patient facing websites Trigeminalnerve.org.uk and Orofacialpain.co.uk
Policy and Awards
Chair National patient safety for dentistry -prevention wrong site surgery in dentistry
Chair M3M patient care guidance for FDS RCS
Honorary AAOMS fellowship 2017
Noel Martin visiting Chair Sydney University 2018-
Steve Graff Radford Award American Headache Society 2020
Tara was an elected member RCS England FDS Board 2010-2019
Chair of Oral Surgery SAC
Invited member National Advisory Board for human factors in dentistry
Past President of the British Association Oral Surgery
Tara was recently interviewed for The Sun newspaper in the UK on the topic of Burning Mouth Syndrome.
09:30 - 11:00, session 1
11:30 - 13:00, session 2
14:00 - 15:15, session 3
15:45 - 17:00, session 4
