Oral Care for Older Patients: Series Introduction. Developing solutions for an emerging population

Dr Iain Pretty is Professor of Public Health Dentistry at the University of Manchester, School of Dentistry. He is also co-director of Colgate Palmolive’s Dental Health Unit – a 45-year collaboration between the company and the University. Iain is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and a specialist and Consultant in Dental Public Health.

Dr Pretty’s research interest is in caries; detection, diagnosis, treatment and service planning and has published over 100 articles in leading journals on this and associated topics. He is currently working on oral health management programs for older people and in interested not only in the clinical elements of these pathways, but the services, workforce and infrastructure required to support them.