Avril Macpherson
BBDS (Edin) 1986
Diploma in Conscious Sedation (N’castle) 1997
MFDS RCSEd 2002
Senior Community Dentist, Special Care & Sedation,
Honorary Teaching Fellow,
Edinburgh Postgraduate Dental Institute
Graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1986. Spent six years training in hospital dentistry & general dental practice in Dundee, Newcastle & the West Midlands before joining Lothian Community Dental Service in 1993.Commenced current appointment in 1998. Senior Community Dentist,
Lothian Salaried Primary Care Dental Service
Honorary Teaching Fellow,
Edinburgh Postgraduate Dental Institute
Examiner, National Examining Board for Dental Nurses

CLINICAL EXPERTISE

All aspects of Special Care Dentistry including dental care for people with medically compromising conditions, learning disability, mental ill health and those with complex needs. Conscious sedation and the provision of dental care under general anaesthesia. Development of conscious sedation & dental anxiety management techniques.
Postgraduate education.
Dental nurse education
Development of the role of PCDs in dentistry.