Zoe Anderson

Key Responsibilities in Role as Lecturer of Dental Hygiene:

1. To contribute to the design, delivery, assessment and quality assurance of the University’s programmes and modules at all levels, including module leadership.
2. To deliver innovative, engaging and effective teaching through a range of delivery styles including distance learning, team-based working etc.
3. To ensure that learning provided to students is contemporary, underpinned and informed by research, external stakeholders and current developments in the field.
4. To support student learning, the pastoral needs of students, and student retention through the provision of personal tutoring, academic advice and guidance.
5. Provide and supervise preventative services such as oral hygiene instruction, fluoride application, and dietary advice.
   Research and Scholarship
6. Undertake Research and Scholarly activity, including the creation of novel ideas and concepts and contributing to knowledge in and the development of the discipline.
7. Supervision of Research students, and other research projects including support for and assessment of dissertations, theses and oral examinations.

Academic Achievements

BSc (Hons) (First Class) Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy - Teesside University, 2018-2021

Composite Bonding - Mini Smile Makeover, Enlighten, 2025

Facial Aesthetics (Dermal Filler and Botulinum Toxin) - Dr Bob Khanna Institute, 2022

CertHE Dental Nurse Practice - Teesside University, 2016-2017

Teaching Experience

Dental Practice Educator for Teesside Univeristy, helping to train dental nurses whilst on their external placement, providing both academic and pastoral support

Mentor for newly qualified Dental Hygieneists and Dental Therapists

Practice Experience

Dental Hygienist and Dental Therapist - Linthorpe House Dentistry and Aesthetics, 2021-2025 (Student, 2020-2021)

• Fully private practice, providing high-quality, cosmetic patient care
• Training student dental nurses from Teesside University and Middlesbrough College, as well as dental nurses furthering their qualifications with additional roles
• Further clinical development, training in facial aesthetics (dermal fillers and botulinum toxin) in 2022, as well as composite bonding in 2025
• Practice advertisement through an array of social medias
• Awarded Dental Aesthetics Practice of the Year after being nominated by one of my patients in 2022
• ‘Best in Aesthetics’ finalist in 2023, placed in the top 10

Dental Hygienist and Dental Therapist - Stokesley Dental Practice, 2022-2025

• Working in a busy, fast paced NHS environment under time constraints
• Communicating with a vast range of different patients
• Training student dental nurses from Teesside University and Middlesbrough College

Dental Hygienist and Dental Therapist - Hemlington Dental Surgery, 2021-2022

• Working in a high-needs area, delivering invasive, complex dental treatments to a range of patients
• Training student dental nurses from Teesside University

Student Dental Hygienist and Dental Therapist - Elliott McCarthy Dental and Implant Clinic, 2020-2021

• Working as a student Dental Therapist, undertaking a range of treatments in a fully private practice, including intra-oral scanning, rubber dam placement and periodontal care

Student Dental Hygienist and Dental Therapist - MyDentist Greenside, 2020-2021

Working as a student Dental Therapist in a high-needs, NHS practice, providing complex restorative treatment, periodontal care and oral health education