Mr Leon Bassi MSc, Dip Dent Paed (DT) RCS Edin, Dip DTh, FHEA, MDT Fed (RCS Ed)

Summary

Leon has been active in dental community. One of the projects he was involved in included, was the British Society of Periodontology (BSP) reviewing the European document and developed a UK version of the Guidelines, which were suitable for the UK healthcare system. This was done using the GRADE ADOLOPMENT framework; The 2017 Classification scheme was specifically designed to allow for an individualised treatment approach, taking into account the specifics of every case, including severity, extent, progression rates and local and systemic complicating factors. Therefore, the logical next step was to develop clinical guidelines based on the Classification.

The European Federation of Periodontology (EFP) spearheaded this development, choosing the highest quality level for guideline development, the S3 format, that takes into account both a systematic appraisal of the published evidence as well as the clinical experience of a large group of stakeholders. During this process, Leon represented the British Society of Dental Hygiene and Therapy on this working group, representing the Society for the S3 and S4 BSP guidelines. Working group participants BSP.

Leon has championed professionalisation throughout his career and had involvement with the College of General Dentistry (CGDent) in formulating the career pathway structures for Dental Care Professionals. The Career Pathways in Dentistry programme was developed through an iterative consultative process within the College, involving individuals from all regulated roles in the general dental team, and inviting external feedback on our work in order to refine it with the newly formed College of Dentistry. College of Dentistry Career pathways

Leon is an active member of BSDHT – Leon has previously held the position of London regional rep for BSHDT, elected council member and Elected council member to executive team of the BSDHT. Leon previously sat on the publication committee for BSDHT and their two peer reviewed journals. He developed the newly formed Diversity inclusion and belonging group, and has been re elected to the BSDHT Council as elected council member by the membership ending in January 2023https://www.bsdht.org.uk/

Leon is a reader for the British Dental Journal Team a national cited journal for the whole dental team specialising in articles for Dental Care Professionals. BDJ Team Article, New readers appointed https://www.nature.com/articles/s41407-024-2551-0


Leon is Fellow of the Higher Education Academy , alongside being a member of the Faculty of Dental Trainers , Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh, and a Member of The Society for the Advancement of Anaesthesia in Dentistry (SAAD).