Biography

I am a Senior Lecturer in Dental Public Health and Research Lead at the Dental Academy 91¸£ÀûÍø. I am also the CRN Wessex Specialty Lead for Oral and Dental Health.

I qualified as a Dentist at the Universidad de Chile and completed an MSc in Dental Public Health and a PhD in Dentistry at the University of Sheffield. Additionally, I hold an Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy.

I have wide experience in dental teaching and research. I have worked as a Lecturer in Primary Dental Care Research and Teacher in Dental Public Health at the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, King’s College London. In addition, I worked as a Research Assistant for the Dental Public Health Group, University College London.

Research outputs

2025

Gowers, P. A., Radford, D. R., Machuca-Vargas, C., Louca, C.

9 May 2025, In: British Dental Journal. 238, 9, p. 720-725

Research output: Article

2024

Turkistani, S., Louca, C., Machuca Vargas, C., Ann Wallis, T., R. Radford, D.

20 Sep 2024, In: BDJ Team. 11, 8, p. 354-358, 5p.

Research output: Article

King, L. E. G. C., Radford, D. R., Machuca-Vargas, C., Louca, C.

5 Aug 2024, In: British Dental Journal, 10p., 176

Research output: Article

Patel, D., Louca, C., Machuca vargas, C.

26 Jan 2024, In: British Dental Journal. 236, 2, p. 111-116, 6p.

Research output: Article

Emanuel, R., Quach, J., Patel, P., Witton, R., Machuca-Vargas, C., Taylor, E.

25 Jan 2024, In: British Dental Journal

Research output: Article

2023

Machuca Vargas, C. A.

16 Sep 2023,

Research output: Abstract

Machuca Vargas, C. A.

16 Sep 2023,

Research output: Abstract

2022

Almoddahi, D., Machuca Vargas, C., Sabbah, W.

1 Mar 2022, In: Acta Odontologica Scandinavica. 80, 2, p. 125-130, 6p.

Research output: Article

2021

Venturelli, R., Blokland, A., de Oliveira, C., Machuca, C., Watt, R. G.

11 Feb 2021, In: British Dental Journal, 5p.

Research output: Article

2020

Heilmann, A., Machuca Vargas, C., Watt, R. G.

20 Oct 2020,

Research output: Chapter (peer-reviewed)