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<̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ class="hero-details__heading hero-details__heading--main" > Professor Chris Louca

Director of the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ Dental Academy

Chris.Louca@port.ac.uk

PhD Supervisor

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Faculty of Science and Health School of Dental, Health and Care Professions Dental and oral health Health and care professions Education Health and wellbeing Centre for Integrated Health and Wellbeing Healthcare and social care
<̽»¨¾«Ñ¡>Biography

I have over 25 years’ experience of both teaching and research in dentistry. I have taught undergraduate and postgraduate dental students, dental nurses, dental hygienists and dental therapists. I am supervising a PhD in dental education and I have supervised over 60 MSc projects over the last 9 years. I have led the development of several new and innovative non degree based courses including online courses, short CPD courses, Overseas Registration Examination (ORE) revision courses & London Deanery courses, at UCL Eastman CPD. I recently initiated a collaboration with the British Association of Dental Therapists to deliver dedicated courses for dental hygienists and therapists. In addition, I have led the development of overseas courses for dentists in various countries. I have led the development of a part-time flexible master’s in restorative dentistry at UCL Eastman Dental Institute and I have introduced new innovative methods of assessment (e.g. online Moodle based assessment & reflective diaries). In 2015 I received an International Mature Teachers award for Excellence in Dental Education from the Association for Dental Education in Europe (ADEE).

<̽»¨¾«Ñ¡>Research interests

My research interests are currently in dental education and prosthodontic/restorative dentistry. I am interested in student assessment and feedback, the role of mental imagery in the learning of practical skills, the development & evaluation of novel teaching techniques (e.g. ‘flipping’), the impact of PG teaching on clinical practice and the training requirements of vocational dental practitioners. I present my work regularly at the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) and Association for Dental Education in Europe (ADEE) conferences.

<̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ id="research-outputs" class="research-outputs__title research-outputs__title--main" > Research outputs

2025

Gowers, P. A., Louca, C., Machuca-Vargas, C., Radford, D. R.

9 May 2025, In: British Dental Journal. 238, 9, p. 720-725

Fine, P., Leung, A., Louca, C., Tonni, I.

1 May 2025, In: Journal of Dentistry. 156, 15p., 105676

Louca, C., Munoz, A., Vichi, A.

1 Apr 2025, In: Materials. 18, 7, 13p., 1591

Golian, B. A., Louca, C., Radford, D. R.

7 Mar 2025, In: British Dental Journal

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.

Fine, P., Leung, A., Louca, C., Tonni, I.

1 Sep 2024, In: Journal of Dentistry. 148, 7p., 105091

Balestra, D., Louca, C., Vichi, A.

19 Aug 2024, In: Applied Sciences. 14, 16, 12p., 7289

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

5 Aug 2024, In: British Dental Journal, 10p., 176

Ganbavale, S. G., Louca, C., Twigg, L., Wanyonyi, K.

1 Aug 2024, In: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology. 52, 4, p. 581-589, 9p.

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

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