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Andrea is the Chair and co-founder of dental charity Den-Tech, an orthodontic and maxillofacial laboratory manager, quality improvement coach, advisory board and careers pathway reference group member for the College of General Dentistry, Chair of the Women in Healthcare Leadership Summit 2022 & HLA Cohort Director. She has a PgCert in charity management, 1st class BSc hons in Dental Technology and was a Healthcare Leadership Academy (HLA) Scholar. She is very active within the dental profession and is regularly called upon to sit on advisory committees and working groups with bodies such as the GDC, HEEM and many more.
Some of her previous roles include Chair of the Orthodontic Technicians Association (OTA), council member of the Dental Technologists Association (DTA), associate lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU), visiting lecturer at the University of Chester, sessional teacher at Nottingham College, and a Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) ambassador.
Winner of a Star award, Pride of Derby award and the Aldridge Medal, Andrea is a keen advocate of lifelong learning, she has written many CPD papers and lectures on a variety of subjects both nationally and internationally, she is a member of the editorial board of the Dental Technician Journal.
Delroy is a dental technologist by profession, specialising in ceramics, crown & bridgework, implants and prosthetics; a qualified dental technician and member of the DTA.
He is a deputy church warden and currently sitting President of the DTA (Dental Technologists Association).
Delroy became involved with the Den-Tech Charity at the very start of the project, meeting with Andrea and Andrew to discuss their vision. Their forward-thinking and drive to create the vision of a far-reaching Charity is inspirational. This charity creates prospects for delivering dental treatments, founded in educational training, to help create a skillset that will benefit people for life. It helps to build a career for young people overseas as well as at home.
I became a trustee through conversations with Andrea, who has a unique way of convincing someone to be involved. Being a devoted Den-Tech trustee requires dedication to the cause and goals of the charity.
Caring for the masses who need our services of dental care, each patient who had benefitted will enjoy the beauty of a wonderful smile.
Mr Sami Stagnell is a GDC registered Specialist Oral Surgeon, he graduated from Kings College London Dental Institute in 2009 and has since worked in practices across the South of England. Following specialty training he was awarded one of the first UK posts as a Fellow in Clinical Leadership and Management with Health Education England, working with supporting national healthcare projects. Having worked with other charity projects throughout his career, the match with Den-Tech was a natural fit and Sami hopes to support and develop the clinical aspects that typically run parallel to the brilliant work that the Den-Tech team provides.
Edward Mapley is a lecturer in Dental Technology at Cardiff Metropolitan University, where he teaches across both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. He was a founding trustee of the charity Den-Tech but now focuses on supporting specific Den-Tech projects. Before moving into academia, he worked as a dental technician in the East Kent and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trusts.
He was previously an Orthodontic Technicians Association (OTA) council member and has presented nationally on various subjects. He is currently studying for his professional doctorate, looking at improving access to dental devices for vulnerable groups.
Emily is a fully qualified Clinical Dental Technician (Denturist), Dental Technician and Dental Nurse.
Emily has a solid understanding of implants and has restored over 400 implant retained locator patients. Qualifying from the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) as a Clinical Dental Technician, Emily is now a member of the British Academy of Clinical Dental Technicians (BACDT) and the College of General Dentistry (CDT and DT faculty) and is part of a working group who are building and developing the role of the CDT and Dental Technician (DT) in the UK, shortly to become the Faculties inaugural Board.
Eleanor gained her BSc in Management with Entrepreneurship and MSc in Digital Marketing from Southampton University and moved straight into business development and marketing. After working in product sales for a time she made the move to dentistry in order to spend more time front-facing.
She has helped to grow an award-winning private dental implant practice and an award-winning dental laboratory both of which, despite the Covid pandemic are still going strong. She recently made the decision to step away from the day-to-day running of the practice and laboratory and instead focus on business development.
Finlay loves teaching dental professionals how to provide state of the art dentures, aiming to ignite enthusiasm for removable prosthodontics.
He qualified in 1993 and spent 6 years in general practice, during this time he found prosthodontics difficult and unpredictable which led him to leave general dental practice and gain a further 7 years formal training in prosthodontics and restorative dentistry at Manchester and Liverpool dental hospitals prior to establishing my specialist referral practice in 2007.
He concentrated his professional life in three areas of removable prosthodontics, namely the clinical provision for patients; training/lecturing/mentorship for dental professionals and research and development.