Dr Charlotte Dugdale 

BDS MSc (Ortho) MJDF RCSEng MOrth RCSEng FDS (Orth) RCSEng

Consultant and Specialist Orthodontist | Clinical Lecturer in Orthodontics

 Mrs Charlotte Dugdale completed a degree and Masters in Chemistry in 2002 and went on to study dentistry at the University of Manchester in 2003. After several years of dental foundation training, she went on to specialise in Orthodontics, gaining a distinction in her MSc (Clinical Orthodontics) and was awarded the Alan Hilton Prize for her orthodontic research. Mrs Dugdale completed her consultant training in and around the North West of England.

She currently works as a consultant Orthodontist at Royal Blackburn Hospital and a Clinical Lecturer at the University of Manchester. She also works in a private orthodontic practice in Cheshire.

At the University of Manchester, she teaches, trains and supervises UK and overseas orthodontic trainees, as well as examining for the University and Royal College of Surgeons England and she is an elected member of the British Orthodontic Society Consultant Orthodontic Group.

Charlotte is involved in research and she has had papers published in the Journal of Orthodontics and British Dental Journal, along with other peer-reviewed journals. 

Charlotte’s keen interest in the surgical aspects of dentistry has led to clinical curiosity in the application of orthodontic mini-implants as an adjunct to orthodontic treatment. This has developed over the years and she now uses mini-implants in her day-to-day clinical practice and values the benefits of their application.

Sara qualified from Newcastle University in 2009. Following a variety of hospital posts in oral surgery, restorative and paediatric dentistry, Sara undertook her orthodontic specialist training in Liverpool gaining her Doctorate in Orthodontics in 2015. She presented her research at the International Orthodontic Congress and was awarded the first prize in the UTG Research Awards.

Sara completed her Post-CCST training in the North West and is currently a Consultant at Salford Royal as well as working in specialist practice in Manchester. She is an honorary clinical lecturer at Liverpool University, where she teaches on the DDSc programme.

Sara has several publications in peer-reviewed journals and is also a reviewer for several orthodontic journals. Sara is an examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh. Recently Sara was awarded the Lady Estelle Wolfson Emerging Women Leaders fellowship at the Royal College of Surgeons.

Sara has been using TADs since 2014 when she first attended the Infinitas course. Sara uses TADs for a variety of malocclusions, using both direct and indirect anchorage, but has a special interest in their use for intrusion.