Dr Alexander Legge

Academic Clinical Fellow in Primary Dental Care and Community Dental Officer with University of Plymouth Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, Plymouth Community Dental Service and the National Institute for Health and Care Research.

Qualifications

BDS (Hons) 2018 - University of Plymouth

MFDS (2020) - Royal College of Surgeons of England

Professional membership

GDC (General Dental Council) - Registration Number 277509

BDA (British Dental Association)

DPS (Dental Protection Society)

Teaching interests

Facilitator for some aspects of undergraduate medical and dental education. 

This has included critical appraisal of evidence, selecting sources, and how to read papers.

Research interests

Research interests include primary dental care and health services research within the community. Work is currently being undertaken on a systematic review of older patients’ views of oral health care and exploration into factors which act to facilitate and obstruct regular access to dental services.

The recent COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the paucity of evidence surrounding use of Personal Protective Equipment for the Oral Health Care Team; prevention of highly infectious disease. Policy or experimental research within this field is being explored.