Dr Jonathan Dixon

BDS (Hons), PhD, PGCert (MID), PGCert (MedEd), FDTFEd MFDS RCSEd, SFHEA, MAcadMed

School of Clinical Dentistry

Senior Clinical Teacher in Restorative Dentistry

Jonathan Dixon
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jonathan.dixon@sheffield.ac.uk
19 Claremont Crescent

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Dr Jonathan Dixon
School of Clinical Dentistry
19 Claremont Crescent
Sheffield
S10 2TA
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I am currently a Senior Clinical Teacher in Restorative Dentistry at the University of Sheffield. I also serve as Sustainability Lead for the School of Clinical Dentistry, where I focus on mitigating our environmental impacts in educational, clinical and research spaces.

I received my Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Surgery with Honours from the Universidad Cardenal Herrera, Valencia, Spain, where I received distinctions/honours in numerous subjects, including: Conservative Dentistry, Endodontics, Periodontics and Prosthodontics.

After qualifying as a dentist, I worked in a variety of dental settings in the UK before starting my role at the University of Sheffield in 2017. I have also been lucky enough to provide patient care in numerous European countries, including the UK, Spain and Sweden.

Prior to my role in Sheffield, I completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Minimal Intervention Dentistry at King’s College London, and I passed the examinations and became a member of the Dental Faculty of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

I enjoy all aspects of Restorative Dentistry, although I have a particular interest in Periodontology, and I am currently completing my specialty clinical training in this discipline.

I completed further clinical training to a Master’s level in Restorative Dentistry with distinction in 2019. I was awarded my PhD in 2025, and my research explored dental education across Europe and included developing a curriculum development model that used environmental sustainability as a case study.

Externally, I represent the Association for Dental Education in Europe (ADEE) as a taskforce member for the Graduating European Dentist curriculum.

Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Surgery (Universidad Cardenal Herrera)
  • Doctor of Philosophy (University of Sheffield)
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Minimal Intervention Dentistry (King’s College London)
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education (University of Sheffield)
  • Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery (Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh)
  • Fellowship of the Faculty of Dental Trainers (Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh)
  • Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Advance HE)
  • Member of the Academy of Medical Education (Academy of Medical Educators)
Research interests

I have a keen interest in dental education research. My research currently focuses on exploring dental and oral health professional education across Europe and sustainability in dental education. I also have numerous publications in the field of pre-clinical skills training and simulation in dentistry.

I was the lead for The University of Sheffield in an Erasmus+-funded project titled "O-Health-Edu". This pan-European project included eight other University partners from across Europe and the Association for Dental Education in Europe. The project aimed to understand the current state of dental education in Europe and to provide a vision for dental education in the future. The publications associated with this work can be found below and provide critical information around dental education processes across Europe. 

I am currently collaborating with numerous schools worldwide to support their approaches to embedding environmental sustainability in medical and dental education. 

View the project outputs and data hub here

Publications

Journal articles

Book chapters

  • Dixon J & Sauro S (2018) Degradation and Durability of Resin-Dentine Hybrid Layers In Khurshid Z & Sheikh Z (Ed.), Dental Materials Principles and Applications (pp. 219-231). Paramount Books RIS download Bibtex download

Posters

  • Dixon J, Manzanares-Cespedes C, Davies J, Vital S, Gerber G, Paganelli C, Akota I, Greiveldinger A, Murphy D, Quinn B , Roger-Leroi V et al (2020) O-Health-Edu advancing oral health : a vision for dental education. World Congress on Public Health 2020. View this article in WRRO RIS download Bibtex download

Theses

Teaching interests

I enjoy teaching all aspects of Restorative Dentistry for both Dentistry and Dental Hygiene and Therapy students.

Teaching activities

I lead the Core Clinical Skills course for second-year Dentistry and first-year Dental Hygiene and Therapy students. I am the clinical skills lead for Sheffield in national meetings. I teach all year groups on the Dentistry programme.

In August 2021, I was awarded ADEE’s Excellence in Dental Education (Early Career) Award, and in 2025, I won ADEE’s Practice Green – Sustainability Award.

I am an external examiner for the 3rd year of the BDS programme in Cardiff Dental School.

Professional activities and memberships
  • Graduating European Dentist Taskforce Member - ADEE
  • Examiner – MFDS, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
  • External Examiner – Year 3 Dentistry, Cardiff University
  • Faculty of Dental Trainers of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
  • British Society of Periodontics (BSP)

Links

Research Gate