Staff Profile

Current Position

NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow (ACF) in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology

Previous Positions

General Professional Trainee (Newcastle) 2013-2015

Clinical Fellow in Oral Surgery, 2015-2018

NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow, 2018-2022

Qualifications

PhD, 2022

Member of the Faculty of Dental Trainers, 2017

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, 2017

Newcastle Teaching Award, 2017

MFDS RCS (Edin), 2014

BDS (Hons), 2013

MRes Medical Sciences (Distinction), 2012

Memberships

International Association for Dental Research

Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

British Society for Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology

International Association of Oral Pathologists

British Dental Assoication

Prizes

BDA Prize, 2013

3M ESPE Award for Intercalated Studies, 2011

Kerr Co. Undergraduate Research Award, 2009

Roles and Responsibilities

Health and Science Committee, British Dental Association

Immediate Past President, Dental Anaesthesiology and Special Care Research Group, International Association for Dental Research

Undergraduate research working group

Undergraduate Personal Tutor

Admissions Panel Member

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Orcid ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6297-8600 

Twitter: @cccurrie88

Research Interests

Care pathways in emergency dental care and acute dental pain

Dental access

Acute dental pain and persistent orofacial pain

Intervention development

Behaviour change

Epidemiology 

Funding

NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship (DRF-2017-10-022)

Engage Faculty of Medical Sciences Tilly Hale Award, 2020

European Society of Endodontology Young Investigators Research Grant, 2015/2016

Previous funding from Septodont

Roles

Health and Science Committee, British Dental Association

International Student/Trainee Representative, International Association for Dental Research Behavioral, Epidemiologic and Health Services Research Group

Prizes

3M ESPE Award for Intercalated Studies, 2011

Kerr. Co Undergraduate Research Award, 2009

• Currie CC, Walburn J, Hackett K, McCabe R, Sniehotta F, O'Keeffe S, Beerlage-de Jong N, Araujo-Soares V. Intervention Development for Health Behaviour Change: Integrating Evidence and the Perspectives of Users and Stakeholders. In: Geert Crombez, ed. Comprehensive Clinical Psychology. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2022, pp.118-148.
• Currie CC, Stone SJ, Pearce MS, Landes D, Durham J. Urgent Dental Care Use in the North-East and Cumbria: Predicting Repeat Attendance. British Dental Journal 2022, 232, 164-171.
• Currie CC, Stone SJ, Brocklehurst P, Slade G, Durham J, Pearce MS. Dental Attendances to General Medical Practitioners in Wales: a 44 Year Analysis. Journal of Dental Research 2022, 101(4), 407-413.
• Currie CC, Ohrbach R, DeLeeuw R, Forssell H, Imamura Y, Jääskeläinen SK, Koutris M, NasriHeir C, Tan H, Renton T, Svensson P, Durham J. Developing a Research Diagnostic Criteria for Burning Mouth Syndrome: Results from an International Delphi Process. Journal of Oral Rehabilitation 2021, 48(3), 308-331.
• Llandro H, Allison JR, Currie CC, Edwards DC, Bowes C, Durham J, Jakubovics N, Rostami N, Holliday R. Evaluating aerosol and splatter during orthodontic debonding: implications for the COVID-19 pandemic. British Dental Journal 2021, (ePub ahead of Print).
• Allison JR, Currie CC, Edwards DC, Bowes C, Coulter J, Pickering K, Kozhevnikova E, Durham J, Nile CJ, Jakubovics N, Rostami N, Holliday R. Evaluating aerosol and splatter following dental procedures: Addressing new challenges for oral health care and rehabilitation. Journal of Oral Rehabilitation 2021, 48(1), 61-72.
• Holliday R, Allison JR, Currie CC, Edwards DC, Bowes C, Pickering K, Reay S, Durham J, Lumb J, Rostami N, Coulter J, Nile CJ, Jakubovics N. Evaluating contaminated dental aerosol and splatter in an open plan clinic environment: Implications for the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Dentistry 2021, 105, 103565.
• Currie CC, Araujo-Soares V, Stone SJ, Beyer F, Durham J. Promoting Regular Dental Attendance in Problem-Orientated Dental Attenders: A Systematic Review of Potential Interventions. Journal of Oral Rehabilitation 2021, 48(10), 1183-1191.
• Currie CC, Ohrbach R, De Leeuw R, Forssell H, Imamura Y, Jaaskelainen S, Koutris M, Nasri-Heir C, Huann T, Renton T, Svensson P, Durham J. Renaming burning mouth syndrome: implications and use for the Research Diagnostic Criteria for burning mouth syndrome. Pain 2021, 163(5), e691-e692.
• Currie CC, Jääskeläinen SK. Burning Mouth Syndrome: a review. Oral Surgery 2020, 13(4), 379-388.
• Parten NJ, Taylor GD, Currie CC, Durham J, Vernazza CR. Medical Emergency Department attendance of under-16-year-olds with dental problems. Journal of Oral Rehabilitation 2019, 46(5), 433-440.
• Currie CC, Corbett IP. Why take the risk?. British Dental Journal 2019, 226, 541.
• Currie CC, Stone SJ, Connolly J, Durham J. Dental Pain in the Medical Emergency Department: A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Oral Rehabilitation 2017, 44(2), 105-111.
• Currie CC, Stone SJ, Durham J. Pain and problems: a prospective cross-sectional study of the impact of dental emergencies. Journal of Oral Rehabilitation 2015, 42(12), 883-889.
• Currie CC, Meechan JG, Whitworth JM, Corbett IP. Is Mandibular Molar Buccal Infiltration a Mental and Incisive Nerve Block? A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Endodontics 2013, 39(4), 439-443.
• Currie CC, Meechan JG, Whitworth JM, Carr A, Corbett IP. Using Panoramic Radiographs to Aid Mental and Incisive Nerve Blocks. In: IADR/AADR/CADR General Session and Exhibition 2013. 2013, Seattle, WA, USA.
• Currie CC, Meechan JG, Whitworth JM, Corbett IP. Is Mandibular Molar Infiltration a Mental and Incisive Nerve Block?. In: PER/IADR Congress 2012. 2012, Helsinki.