Biography

I am a Senior Lecturer in Dental Public Health and Research Lead at the Dental Academy University of Portsmouth. I am also the CRN Wessex Specialty Lead for Oral and Dental Health.

I qualified as a Dentist at the Universidad de Chile and completed an MSc in Dental Public Health and a PhD in Dentistry at the University of Sheffield. Additionally, I hold an Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy.

I have wide experience in dental teaching and research. I have worked as a Lecturer in Primary Dental Care Research and Teacher in Dental Public Health at the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, King’s College London. In addition, I worked as a Research Assistant for the Dental Public Health Group, University College London.

Research outputs

2024

Evaluation of postgraduate foundation training for dental therapists: does participation enhance career prospects?

King, L. E. G. C., Louca, C., Machuca-Vargas, C., Radford, D. R.

5 Aug 2024, In: British Dental Journal

Oral manifestations of long COVID and the views of healthcare professionals

Louca, C., Machuca vargas, C., Patel, D.

26 Jan 2024, In: British Dental Journal. 236, 2, p. 111-116, 6p.

The attitudes of dental therapists, dental therapy educators and dental therapy students in the South of England towards domiciliary dentistry: a qualitative study

Emanuel, R., Machuca-Vargas, C., Patel, P., Quach, J., Taylor, E., Witton, R.

25 Jan 2024, In: British Dental Journal

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