Professor Paul Ashley qualified from Manchester Dental School in 1991 where he eventually completed his PhD in caries diagnosis. In 1998 he moved to the UCL Eastman in London and is now Academic Head of the Paediatric Unit. The unit runs postgraduate full time and distance learning programmes in Paediatric Dentistry. His research interests include restorative materials for primary teeth, evidence based dentistry (including sedation) and oral health in sport.