After qualifying at Bristol Dental Hospital, Claire worked in general practice in Somerset. She then spent two years in hospital specialties including oral surgery, oral medicine, and paediatrics. From 2010-2014 she trained in the Hospital as a specialist in Restorative Dentistry. Since 2013 she has working in specialist practice in Exmouth at Fairfield House. In 2015 she became Consultant in Restorative Dentistry at Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, working there for 5 years as Lead for managing Dental Developmental Deformities and Abnormalities in the Southwest. She is actively involved in regional training/teaching for training Consultants and Postgraduates. She moved to Plymouth in 2020 to restart the Restorative department at University Hospitals Plymouth and is now Clinical Lead for Restorative Dentistry. She has worked for NHS England as the Southwest managed clinical network chair for Restorative Dentistry representing all restorative departments in the Southwest. She has recently been appointed as Deputy Chief dental officer for the Southwest and is due to start her role later in 2025.

She is works with the multi-disciplinary teams for; cleft, craniofacial, orthodontics, paediatrics, hypodontia, Head & Neck cancer and trauma. She has a variety of interests within the restorative field encompassing: dental implants, bespoke dentures, traumatic dental injury, and gum disease management. She helps to provide plans for patient’s dental management that can be provide by general dental practitioners.

Since 2015 she has been on the medical board for the Society of Ectodermal Dysplasia and from 2024 she supports the Royal Osteoporosis Society as part of their College of Experts.