Dr Duncan Wood
B.MedSci, PhD, Dip. Clinical Dental Technology
School of Clinical Dentistry
Senior University Teacher in Clinical Dental Technology
BDS Admissions Tutor
+44 114 215 9376
Full contact details
School of Clinical Dentistry
19 Claremont Crescent
Sheffield
S10 2TA
- Profile
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I joined the University of Sheffield in 1997 as teacher in Dental Technology. I completed my PhD in 2008 and went on to complete a Diploma in Clinical Dental Technology in 2013. I now teach both clinical and technical aspects of removable prosthodontics.
My main interests are in materials and manufacturing technologies for dental devices and in particular advanced manufacturing. I am also involved with several clinical evaluation projects for dental devices.
- Research interests
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- High performance polymers for:
- Indirect restorations
- Removable prosthesis
- Bi-laminate restorations
- Advanced manufacturing of removable prosthesis
- High performance polymers for:
- Publications
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Journal articles
- Assessing the suitability of fused deposition modeling to produce acrylic removable denture bases. Clinical and Experimental Dental Research, 10(3), e880.
- Optical properties of polyetherketoneketone based indirect dental restorations veneered with composite. Polimery, 67(4), 141-148.
- Surface characteristics and adhesion of veneering composite resin to PAEK based substructure restorative materials. Journal of Prosthodontics.
- Assessing the suitability of fused deposition modeling to produce acrylic removable denture bases. Clinical and Experimental Dental Research, 10(3), e880.
- Research group
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- Saja Al-Muhsin
- Omar Alsadon
- Abdul Ziglam
- Teaching activities
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- Dental Technology: Undergraduate BDS prosthetics, Indirect Restorations, CADCAM, Occlusion
- Clinical Dental Technology: Undergraduate prosthetics
- Dental Materials: Undergraduate
- Digital Dentistry: Postgraduate
- Professional activities and memberships
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- BDS Admissions Tutor
- External Examiner for UCLAN
- External consultancy and Dental Device Manufacturer
Clinical
I teach undergraduate students the provision of complete dentures and the design and provision of removable partial dentures. I am currently involved in the evaluation of advanced manufactured devices clinically.