

I am a Senior Lecturer in Dental Public Health and Research Lead at the Dental Academy ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡. 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.
2025
Gowers, P. A., Louca, C., Machuca-Vargas, C., Radford, D. R.
9 May 2025, In: British Dental Journal. 238, 9, p. 720-725
2024
Ann Wallis, T., Louca, C., Machuca Vargas, C., R. Radford, D., Turkistani, S.
20 Sep 2024, In: BDJ Team. 11, 8, p. 354-358, 5p.
King, L. E. G. C., Louca, C., Machuca-Vargas, C., Radford, D. R.
5 Aug 2024, In: British Dental Journal, 10p., 176
Louca, C., Machuca vargas, C., Patel, D.
26 Jan 2024, In: British Dental Journal. 236, 2, p. 111-116, 6p.
Emanuel, R., Machuca-Vargas, C., Patel, P., Quach, J., Taylor, E., Witton, R.
25 Jan 2024, In: British Dental Journal