Rate My Professor Peter Day

His research specializations encompass children’s oral health, paediatric dentistry, dental traumatology, tooth auto-transplantation, lifecourse epidemiology and data linkage, and the design and evaluation of complex oral health interventions. Notable projects include BRUSH (supervised toothbrushing programmes), toothPASTE (empowering families with autistic children), HABIT (supporting health visiting teams), BRIGHT (behaviour change to prevent dental caries), Strong Teeth (supporting dental teams), CALM (guided self-help for dental anxiety), CHOICE (preventing tooth decay recurrence), and Bradford birth cohorts oral health studies. Key publications feature a Cochrane review on paediatric dental trauma, international guidelines for dental traumatology (2020), chapters in 'Textbook and Color Atlas of Traumatic Injuries to Teeth' (2019) and multiple editions of 'Paediatric Dentistry', and recent outputs on BRUSH, BRIGHT, HABIT, and the 'Child of the North - Child Oral Health' report (2024). His work informs global guidelines, and he has supervised four PhDs, eight professional doctorates, and 14 Master’s students to completion, supporting numerous NIHR fellowships. Awards include research prizes at international conferences in 2008 and 2009. Day delivers keynote lectures worldwide, served as Director (2011-2015) and Research Committee Chair (2014-2018) of the International Association of Dental Traumatology, and sits on the editorial board of Dental Traumatology since 2009.