Professor Martin Ashley

Martin is a Consultant in Restorative Dentistry and a Honorary Professor for the University of Manchester and works at the University Dental Hospital of Manchester, the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital and Wythenshawe Hospital.

He is registered as a specialist in Restorative Dentistry, Prosthodontics, Periodontics and Endodontics. Working mostly within multidisciplinary teams, Martin provides specialist dental care for cleft and craniofacial patients and for patients requiring dental implant treatment. He also developed and leads the Manchester Hypodontia Clinic, for those who fail to develop their adult teeth.

In 2023, Martin was Guest Editor for three themed issues of the British Dental Journal, including the June issue, focussed on multidisciplinary care for Cleft patients. 

In 2021, Martin developed the Mouth Care Matters open access, e-learning course on the FutureLearn platform, that now has registered learners in over 100 countries. This provides training for anyone who needs to care for someone else's mouth, as a carer or a health care professional. 

Until recently, Martin was the Associate Medical Director for Informatics for Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and helped lead the implementation of the Epic system across the NHS's largest Trust, as part of the Hive transformation project at MFT. He maintains a keen interest in healthcare informatics.  

He was the Chair of the national Restorative Dentistry consultant group RD-UK for five years, until 2023 and Associate Medical Director for dental services in Manchester for ten years, until 2020.