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Having gained a Honours degree in Applied Zoology from Leeds University in June 1977 and working for a year in industry, I then enrolled at Leeds Dental School to study dentistry and qualified in Christmas 1982. After qualification I worked as an associate for just over a year before opening my own practice followed by two more practices in the next two years. In 1992 I oversaw the design and building of Greenfields House (which houses The Dental Healthcare Centre and Cleveland Cosmetic and Dental Implant Clinic) and today this is my only practice.
Having gained an interest in cosmetic work and dental implants in the 1980's, I continued with cosmetic work and started to carry out implant treatment in 1992. I now place approximately 400 implants a year and have over 150 dentists throughout the North East who have referred patients for treatment. I have always had close ties with the USA and, as a former President of the International Association of Student Clinicians of the American Dental Association (the first non-North American to hold this position) I was introduced to the annual convention of the American Dental Association (ADA) in 1981. I continue to attend the ADA meetings whenever possible, I have also attended the annual convention of the American Academy of Osseointegration and I regularly attend the annual and local meetings of the Association of Dental Implantology (UK). I am a member of The International Congress of Oral Implantologists, European Association of Osseointegration and the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, taking an active part in their educational programmes. I am also part of the mentoring programme for Nobel Biocare providing help, advice and training for dentists expressing an interest in implants. I have recently been asked to sit on the Nobel Biocare Corporate Advisory Board which discusses all aspects of Nobel Biocare's implant products with a view to continually improving their products and services.
I lecture on Dental Implantology and, previously as an NHS general dental practitioner, was a trainer on the Northern Region Vocational Training Scheme for newly qualified dentists for 13 years. Whilst a trainer I was awarded one of only four of the three year term contracts that the training scheme, at the time, had ever issued. I have always taken a keen interest in cosmetic dentistry and implantology. My passion for post-graduate education and hence my hungry desire to keep up with recent cosmetic and implant techniques is shown by the number of courses I attend, whether they be lectures or hands on courses ranging from a Master class at Dewsbury Hospital, to a French implantologist running a course in Dublin, or twice to Los Angeles to hear and work with two of the best implantologists in the world as well as courses and meetings in Europe. This continuing passion to learn about new and better methods of treatment, equips myself and Cleveland CDIC with the knowledge to provide the way forward for Implantology and Cosmetic Dentistry in the North East.
Being a work-a-holic I do not have
much time to do anything else, though I do manage
to find time to enjoy meals out with my wife and friends
and I am trying to find time to learn how to play
golf (again).
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