Speakers

Sherif qualified from Cairo University in 2008, his passion in dentistry and continuous education led him to immediately start speciality training in Prosthodontics after his foundation training and has been successfully awarded Membership in Prosthodontics from The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2013. Sherif is currently working as a Clinical Teacher and Speciality Dentist in Restorative Dentistry at Bristol Dental School & Hospital where he supervises undergraduate dental students on clinics and accepts referrals from consultants to treat advanced restorative and tooth wear cases, as well as working as an associate at The Bristol Dental Practice treating complex restorative cases. He is also an examiner at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

Ciro works as Senior Specialty Doctor in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the at the renowned Queen Victoria Hospital. He has achieved post graduate qualifications in Dental Sedation and Pain management, Oral Medicine, Oral Implantology and has completed his Master in Oral Surgery. He worked as honorary lecturer and research assistant in the department of oral medicine at the Eastman Dental Hospital and obtained the Diploma in Oral Medicine form the EAOM. Ciro has special interest in oral premalignant disorders, early detection of oral cancer and immunological mediated oral diseases. He has peer reviewed publications and lectured both nationally and internationally.

Julie qualified as a Dental Hygienist at the Eastman Dental Institute in London in 1995, and then worked for a short time in Community Dental Health before working in general practice where she still works to the present day. She later went on to do the extended duties course and went to college to gain a City & Guilds qualification in teaching. After many years at local and then national level of the British Society of Dental Hygiene and Therapy (BSDHT), she was elected in 2010 to the post of President Elect. Julie later became President of the BSDHT, where her role took her all over the UK and the world as an ambassador for the profession. She still works in an NHS practice where she has been for the past 23 years, and also in a specialist referral private practice.

Jimmy joined Queen Mary University of London in 2004. He qualified with a DDS in 1993 from the University of Aleppo, completed a postgraduate diploma in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery from the University of Damascus in 1995 and then a Master of Medical Sciences in Oral Surgery from Queen’s University of Belfast. He completed his specialist training in Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology at Guy’s Hospital and obtained his Diploma of Dental Radiology from the Royal College of Radiologists in 2004. He is the founder of JM Radiology, a specialist Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology service serving dental practices in the UK. He is also the founder of the CBCT Masterclass, a nationally delivered teaching for CBCT users in the UK. Jimmy is currently doing his PhD on the use of MRI in Dentistry.

Wendy Thompson is an academic primary care dentist at University of Leeds and a general dental practitioner in Bradford and Cumbria. Her research has explored what influences treatment during urgent NHS dental appointments; this insight is underpinning development of new theory-informed approaches to reducing antibiotic use. As a microbiology graduate (Warwick, 1994), Wendy worked initially as a scientist in Whitehall. Since graduating as a dentist (Liverpool/UCLAN, 2012), Wendy regularly delivers CPD courses on antibiotic prescribing/stewardship for HEE and is a member of the BNF Dental Advisory Group, as well as a NICE specialist advisor on Antimicrobial Stewardship.

Kuljit graduated from Newcastle University with Merits in both Clinical and Academic Dentistry in 2015. Following which she completed General Professional Training over the course of 2 years between Newcastle Dental Hospital and general dental practice in Southshields. During this time, she undertook her MFDS qualification with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. In 2018, Kuljit completed her DCT2 training in the Maxillofacial Surgery at the Royal VictoriaI, a major trauma centre based in Newcastle. Currently she is undertaking a DCT3 training post in Restorative Dentistry and striving to progress to specialist training.

Dr Barry Oulton owned Haslemere Dental Centre in Surrey for 20 years, turning it into an award-winning practice with a reputation for outstanding customer service before joining the Portman Dental Care Group in 2018. In 2017, he founded The Confident Dentist Academy to help dental professionals learn effective communication skills and sell with integrity so they can have more impact and make a bigger difference, both professionally and personally. His Influencing Smiles course teaches Dentists and their teams how to communicate and sell that translates into happy patients, a great working environment and, ultimately, sees profit increase.

Jessica graduated with honours from Peninsula Dental School in 2016. She was awarded the Exit Case presentation prize as well as the British Society of Restorative Dentistry undergraduate clinical prize. Since then, she has worked in South Wales in practice and as a dental core trainee in restorative, paediatric and oral and maxillofacial surgery. During this time, she has gained significant experience with paediatric and adult dental trauma in primary and secondary care. She is in the process of completing the membership of the faculty of dental surgery examinations and hopes to further her postgraduate education with specialty training.

Abdul joined the family practice in 2012 after completing his doctorate in dentistry. Among many post graduate courses, he has completed a postgraduate certificate course in Cambridge in Implantology, a postgraduate diploma in Business Leadership and Management and recently completed his Masters course in Implants at the University of Central Lancashire. His lecture “Titanium Mindset” won the award for the best lecture at the regional implant meeting in Dublin. He has also lectured for the ITI in London at their annual UK meeting. Currently, Abdul is undertaking a certificate course in NLP with the American board of Neurolinguistic programming.

Bindiya qualified from King’s College London in 2011 and for the last 8 years she has worked as a general dental practitioner. In 2018, Bindiya completed her Masters in Dental Law & Ethics at the University of Bedfordshire. Her research focused on newly qualified dentists and their perception of the GDC standards with particular interest on the impact this has on them both clinically and otherwise. Bindiya is also a Regional Associate at the Dentists’ Health Support Trust.

Daakshini graduated from the University of Bristol. Her dental foundation training year was spent with a trainer with a dentolegal background. She then gained further training in the Oral and Maxillofacial Department at the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth. During the year she enjoyed surgical aspects of the field treating patients of all ages. Currently working as a Dental Officer in Community Dental Service at the Great Western Hospitals NHS trust, she has a strong grasp of the application of dental law and ethics involved in providing treatment to patients of extreme ages and with various mental and physical disabilities.

Tom is a Chartered Accountant who works for Morris and Co Specialist Dental Accountants. Tom has been helping dentists with their accounting, tax and NHS pension queries for a number of years and has considerable knowledge on the NHS pension scheme. Tom lectures to a number of foundation dentist and therapist schemes on self-employment and has been involved in the HMRC enquiry into dental associate tax status. Tom is also a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW) Healthcare Committee.

Alan is a Chartered Accountant and Partner in UNW LLP chartered accountants where he is Head of the Dental Business Unit which looks after approximately 500 dentist clients throughout the UK. Alan writes regularly for the dental press, and presents at BDA seminars. He is a member of the National Association of Specialist Dental Accountants & Lawyers (NASDAL), a member of the technical committee, and chair of the NHS Superannuation committee. He is the editor of the quarterly NASDAL goodwill survey which analyses all member client practice sales, purchases, and valuations. Alan is also a member of the Association of Specialist Providers to Dentistry (ASPD).

James Green is a Maxillofacial and Dental Laboratory Manager at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust and the North Thames Cleft Centre, a supra-regional service run from both Trusts, for patients with clefts of the lip and palate from North London, Essex and South and West Hertfordshire. He regularly lectures as an invited speaker both nationally and internationally and is also an accomplished author having had papers published in peer reviewed journals such as the Annals of Plastic Surgery, the Angle Orthodontist, the British Dental Journal and the Primary Dental Journal.

As dentists, and father and son, Derek and Leonard own and run 11 General Dental Practices across Northern Ireland, with a staff of approx. 180 and provide NHS and private dentistry to over 60,000 registered patients. They focus on the highest quality of patient care whist ensuring compliance with all regulators. They have recognised the increasing burden of stress on Associate and Principal dentists in recent years – due to increasing levels of complaints/litigation, patient expectations and financial pressures. As a result, they co-founded The Dentists Academy, which focuses on personal growth and professional development for dentists in General Dental Practice.

Hoda is a Principal Lecturer in Medical & Dental Education at the University of Bedfordshire and is the Teaching & Learning Lead across the School of Healthcare Practice. With a background in dentistry, Hoda achieved her Masters in Clinical Dentistry in 2000 and was awarded her PhD in 2008 and in 2016 she completed her MA in Education. Hoda leads MA Dental Education and MA Dental Law and Ethics courses and her research interests focus on innovation in teaching and learning, ethical practice and continuous professional development. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Malika graduated from University of Bristol in 2015, and following completion of her Dental Foundation Training, has been working as an Associate dentist at two dental practices for the past three years. She aims to provide a high standard of patient centred dental care, and enjoys providing all aspects of general dentistry. She will be starting her Masters in Dental Implantology from September 2019.

Dr Nilesh R. Parmar has a special interest in implant dentistry and dental sedation for nervous patients, dividing his time between his seven-surgery practice in Southend-On-Sea and a multi-disciplinary practice in Blackheath. In 2014, Nilesh was voted ‘Young Dentist of the Year’ at The Dental Awards and ‘Best Young Dentist’ in the East of England in 2009 at the Dentistry Awards. His practice Parmar Dental was voted ‘Best Hi-tech Practice’ at the 2015 Private Dentistry Awards. One of a few dentists in the UK to have a degree from all three London Dental Schools, education is important to Nilesh. In his quest for constant self-development, Nilesh recently completed his Executive MBA at Imperial College Business School, helping him develop his skills within the business aspects of running a dental practice. A natural-born speaker, Nilesh regularly speaks at key conferences, webinars and business meetings nationally and internationally, on the topics of dental implants, CAD/CAM and digital technology. Nilesh has a never-ending passion for his work, offering training and mentoring to dentists starting out in implant dentistry and readily accepts referrals for this procedure. More information can be found on his website www.drnileshparmar.com.

A serial entrepreneur and multi-award winning dentist. Voted no.38 in the 2018 Top 50 most influential UK dentists. Winner of Best Young Dentist at the Dental Awards 2016. CEO of Dental Beauty Group - one of the fastest growing dental groups in the UK. Founder and CEO of Brushlink, an award winning revolutionary device and app that transforms any toothbrush, manual or electric, into a ‘smart toothbrush’. Principal and Clinical Director of 'Dental Beauty Swanley', a busy multi award winning six surgery mixed dental practice based in Swanley and proud winners of 'Best Practice London' at the 2016 Dentistry Awards and 'Most Improved Practice UK' at the prestigious 2017 Private Dentistry Awards. Co-founder of the UK’s largest dental professional network (dentalcircle.com) with a membership of over half of the UK dental market. Dental Circle offers a unique online and offline platform for networking, recruitment, courses and mentoring. National Lecturer, Kent, Surrey, Sussex NHS England Foundation Dentist Trainer and serves on the editorial board of Dentistry.co.uk and the Young Dentist magazine.

Tim Newton is Professor of Psychology as Applied to Dentistry at the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences at King's College London. He also holds Honorary Consultant Health Psychologist positions with Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Professor Newton has worked in the behavioural sciences in relation to dentistry for over 25 years, and his particular interests include the management of dental anxiety, the working life of the dental team and patients’ perceptions of treatment. He is Chair of the King’s College London Research Ethics Committee. In 2016 Professor Newton was awarded the Behavioural, Epidemiological and Health Services Research Distinguished Scientist Award by the International Association of Dental Research.

Thomas Dietrich studied Dentistry and Medicine at Charité, Humboldt University in Berlin. He trained as an Oral Surgeon and worked with the Departments of Periodontology and Oral Surgery at Charité Berlin. In 2001 he was awarded a scholarship by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to study quantitative methods at the Harvard School of Public Health, where he graduated with an MPH in 2002. In 2003 he joined the Department of Health Policy and Health Services Research and Department of Periodontology at Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine as Assistant and later as Associate Professor, where he pursued his interest in oral epidemiology and clinical outcomes research. He was appointed Professor of Oral Surgery at the University of Birmingham in 2007.

As dentists, and father and son, Derek and Leonard own and run 11 General Dental Practices across Northern Ireland, with a staff of approx. 180 and provide NHS and private dentistry to over 60,000 registered patients. They focus on the highest quality of patient care whist ensuring compliance with all regulators. They have recognised the increasing burden of stress on Associate and Principal dentists in recent years – due to increasing levels of complaints/litigation, patient expectations and financial pressures. As a result, they co-founded The Dentists Academy, which focuses on personal growth and professional development for dentists in General Dental Practice.

Louis Mackenzie is a GDP working in Birmingham and is a clinical lecturer at the University of Birmingham School of dentistry and in the postgraduate department at King’s college London. He delivers lectures nationally and internationally on direct and indirect restorative techniques, minimally invasive dentistry and clinical photography and runs a series of popular hands-on courses. He is a member of the editorial board of Dental Update journal, is the head of clinical training at Simplyhealth Professionals and is academic lead of the University of Birmingham’s Master’s programme in Restorative Dentistry.

About Ash • Ash owns a state-of-the-art unique private referral dental practice in Chigwell, Essex called Smile Design By Ash (www.smiledesignbyash.co.uk) • He is passionate about cosmetic dentistry, lasers, fibres/composite dentistry, dentures, implants and advanced restorative cases • Ash has his own training Academy and offers unique and inspirational training courses for dentists that want to be successful in private practice (www.theacademybyash.co.uk) • He has been one of the most featured dentists on TV (including three series of Extreme Makeover UK, This Morning, Body Shockers, The Only Way is Essex and Channel 5 News)

Crina Cacou has been involved in the medical devices field since her PhD work, which was followed by several years of postdoctoral research work at UCL and Queen Mary University of London involving industry. On joining the MHRA, she has been working on a wide range of medical device regulatory issues, focusing on high risk devices, managing the clinical investigation notifications on medical devices to the MHRA and currently focusing on dental devices. She also took forward Patient Safety policy issues at the Department of Health and Social Care.

Jocelyn has been in dentistry for 31 years and qualified as a dental hygienist in 1992 whilst serving in the Royal Navy. Jocelyn has been part of the lovely team working at Confident Dental Care and Implant Centre in Stroud, Gloucestershire for 12 years. Her recent interest in helping patients with their dental care before, during and after cancer treatment has been a journey encouraged by family, friends and patients. Her easy to read articles have been published in medical and dental publications. In 2018 Jocelyn won the national award Dental Hygienist of the Year. This year Jocelyn is honoured to be a Clinical Ambassador for the Mouth Cancer Foundation and also a member of the UKOMIC group.

Geoff is a general dentist and internationally noted dental speaker with special interests in Minimal Intervention Aesthetic Dentistry. He has pioneered several innovative clinical procedures in aesthetic dentistry and the pharmacological management of caries. He is an inventor and is named on several patents. He has also published articles in many International journals including Quintessence. Among his many hobbies he includes mountaineering – climbing Mount Vinson in Antarctica in 1991. He also attempted to reach the South Pola on a bike which he designed & had built in 2003.

Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry in Manchester, spokesperson for BSPD, advisor to BrushDJ and author of the Toothfairyblog.org

Clare is a Specialist Paediatric Dentist working in the Community Dental Service in Liverpool. She qualified from the University of Bristol Dental School and completed a Masters in Paediatric Dentistry at the Eastman Dental Hospital, University of London, before going on to obtain her PhD at the University of Liverpool. She has had experience of community, hospital and academic dentistry and has, for most of her career, been an active member of the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD), both at local and national level and for whom she is now Honorary National Secretary. She was a member of the steering group for the development of the NHS England Commissioning Standards for Paediatric Dentistry and is also on the Public Health England Child Oral Health Improvement Programme Board. She was also invited to be the BSPD representative on the SDCEP Guideline Development Group for Dental Sedation. Clare's clinical work involves treating a wide range of vulnerable child patients referred from General Dental Practitioners and other Health Care Professionals, most of whom require treatment involving considerable behaviour management, often including inhalation sedation or general anaesthetic.

I qualified in dentistry at Bristol University in 1999 and completed my Fellowship in Restorative Dentistry in 2006 (Royal College Surgeons, Edinburgh). I provide management of patients with head and neck cancer and developmental disorders. My specialist interests include multidisciplinary care of patients with orthodontic-restorative needs and the rehabilitation of cancer patients with dental implants. As the Managed Clinical Network chair in Restorative Dentistry for the Southwest I am developing a network across the region to help provide specialist services to all patients and improve quality of care. I have a passion for education. I am clinical lead for the Exeter Education Facility and Associate Professor in Clinical Education in Plymouth University. I am responsible for the implant dentistry modules for the postgraduate cert/diploma/masters in Restorative Dentistry and Periodontology. I am the Training Program Director for Restorative Dentistry in the Southwest and Honorary Secretary of the British Society for Restorative Dentistry both of which allow me to share my enthusiasm for my specialty.

Guy is a CIM Chartered Marketer, with over 15 years’ experience working in Marketing Services. He has spent the last 6 years at Software of Excellence in a variety of Marketing, Product and Customer Success roles. During this time Guy has helped shape the development path for SOE’s flagship EXACT practice management software, and launched its Customer Success programme; ensuring the company delivers on its ethos of helping to turn good dental practices into great businesses.

Dr Simon Chard BDS(Hons) BSc(Hons) qualified with Honours from Kings College London Dental Institute. He has a practice limited to cosmetic and implant dentistry at Rothley Lodge Dental just outside of London, which he co-owns with his wife Dr Meghan Chard. Simon sits on the board of directors for the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry and has a strong focus towards achieving optimal aesthetic results utilising minimally invasive techniques. Simon is one of the foremost key opinion leaders for digital dentistry in the UK, lecturing both nationally and internationally on digital workflows in cosmetic, orthodontic, and implant dentistry.

Simon Qualified in 1992 at Liverpool University Dental Hospital. Simon stayed in Liverpool and worked in the Mersey Regional Maxillofacial Unit. Simon Is a registered specialist in Oral Surgery. During this time Simon’s research was related to 3-D analysis of the head and neck and tumour mapping using MRI. Simon has spent the last 12 years developing the Dutch Barton Practice in Bradford-on- Avon. He describes the practice as a “scene from Heart Beat” when he bought the practice in 2007. Since then the practice has invested heavily in technology which enables him to follow the complete digital workflow. Simon accepts referrals for all forms of surgery and implants. He uses the full range of digital technology to enable him to plan 3-D implant surgery, bridge work and simple crowns. The practice has continued to develop the portfolio of digital treatments with further investment, resulting in a better work environment for both patients and staff. He has seen the unforeseen in digital dentistry and worked around most of them.

Dr. Saoirse O’Toole is a Clinical Lecturer in Prosthodontics at King’s College London Dental Institute. Half of her week is spent on clinics doing her specialist training and the rest of her week is spent doing research in the Centre for Clinical, Oral and Translational sciences. Her research focuses on the diagnosis and prevention of erosive tooth wear, in addition to developing methods to measure erosive tooth wear progression in primary care. She lectures nationally and internationally on erosive tooth wear and has co-authored a book chapter on tooth wear risk assessment

Sandip qualified with a Bachelor in Dental Surgery (BDS) from University College London (UCL) in December 1991. He worked in general dental practice for seven and then went onto further specialist training. He gained a Fellowship in Dental Surgery (FDS RCPS) from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow in 1998 and then undertook a three year full time specialist training programme in Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics at the Eastman Dental Institute in London. In 2000, he gained a Masters in Clinical Dentistry (MClinDent) in fixed and removable Prosthodontics from UCL, London. In 2001 he was successful in the Membership examination (MRD RCS) and gained entry onto the GDC specialist list in Prosthodontics. Sandip continued further training and remained at the Eastman for a further four years to complete a Consultant in Restorative Dentistry training. He gained a further Fellowship (FDS (Rest Dent)) in 2004 and entry onto the GDC specialist lists of Restorative Dentistry, Endodontics and Periodontology. In 2005, he was appointed to a new post as the first full-time Consultant in Restorative Dentistry at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. His main remit within the Hospital was to treat patients with cleft lip and palate, oral cancer, trauma and hypodontia. Sandip has been involved in treating patients with cleft lip and palate for over twenty years and set up the Cleft Clinical Excellence Network of which he is currently the chair. He is an examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons of England and is the Regional Specialty advisor for Restorative Dentistry in his region. He has undertaken Medico-legal work for many years and in 2015, he completed the Bond Solon Expert Witness training. Sandip is actively involved with the Oxford Playhouse theatre and is on the Board of Trustees. He is also currently the Chair of the Development Committee where he is actively involved in fundraising.

Craig graduated from Adelaide University and set up a cosmetic dental practice in Neutral Bay, Sydney, where he stayed for 30 years. His passion for advanced cosmetic dentistry led him to be voted founding president of The Australian Society of Dental Aesthetics (NSW branch) in 1990. He developed and lectured on many new techniques in the 1990’s and 2000’s and was invited to join the Pierre Fuchard Academy in 2001. Craig developed the successful cracked tooth model, as well as Dentaguage Calipers and software for Smile Design, and started the Erskine Dental supply company in 1992 to get the many new innovations he saw overseas to dentists, faster. The company has now evolved to manufacture Australia’s number one interdental brush, Piksters, as well as Supagrips, Preeben, Foamies, Master Wedge, Connect system toothbrushes etc and sells hundreds of imported products. He has filed over 20 patent applications and 50 registered designs, won the Best Clinical Innovation award in London 2015 for the reverse focus brush, and has many products in the leading USA Dental Newsletter’s “top products of the year” annual awards. He is currently developing orthodontic anchorage systems, high speed random access patient education software and developing Bamboo Piksters and toothbrushes , and other new eco-friendly dental products. Craig now works full time in lecturing , management, marketing and new product design at the Sydney office in Brookvale NSW and lives in Manly.

Tif Qureshi qualified from Kings College London in 1992. He is one of the Past Presidents of the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, He is a clinical director of IAS Academy, an International faculty that provides mentored education for general dentists on a pathway from appropriate simple to comprehensive restoratively focused orthodontics. Tif has an interest in restoratively focused orthodontics and truly minimally invasive restorative dentistry. He has committed his life’s work to empowering dentists to provide important alternative techniques – to offer a wide variety of treatments to many more patients, and not violating the fundamental precepts of orthodontics. Tif also pioneered the concept of Alignment Bleaching, Bonding and Progressive Smile Design. He is also an experienced teacher in the Dahl concept to assist in minimally invasive, patient-centred dentistry. Tif lectures extensively internationally and has had many articles published on all these subjects.

Peter qualified with honours from Bristol University in 1982. He worked in a series of junior hospital posts and general practice before gaining Fellowship in Dentistry, in 1986 entering the orthodontic training programme at the Royal London Hospital. He opened his own specialist practice in Solihull 10 days after completing his final year of study in 1989, where he soon developed an interest in adult orthodontics. He has been involved in formal teaching as a part-time lecturer at the Eastman (1994-6) and Royal London Hospitals (2000-2004). Peter lectures widely on adult orthodontics and its part in whole patient care, both nationally and internationally, whilst continuing his clinical work as the principal of his private practice, Orthodontic Excellence. Peter is a Platinum provider of Incognito lingual appliances and has been a 3M UK Mentor in its use. Peter is also a Platinum Elite provider of Invisalign, is a founding member of the UK group of The Invisible Orthodontist (TIO),and is a member of the Align UK Orthodontists Advisory Board. In 2018 he was invited to be a Clinical Speaker for Invisalign UK. In 1999 Peter founded the Royal London Orthodontic Alumni Association and has been its President since 2016. Peter has been an enthusiastic attendee of the Alpine Orthodontic Conference since 2003 and has organized its academic programme since 2012.

Karen has been a Consultant Orthodontist at The Royal Stoke University Hospital for 12 years. She completed her Orthodontic Training at Oxford University Teaching Hospitals and The Eastman Dental Institute (UCL) London. She is extensively involved with teaching and training and examines nationally and internationally for The Royal College of Surgeons of England. Karen has a particular interest in Orthognathic Surgery and Quality of Life and also in engaging and motivating patients and staff.

Following completion of her undergraduate training in Leeds in 1990, Yvonne worked in NHS general dental practice for 18 years. During this time, she obtained the LLM in Legal Aspects of Medical Practice in 2000 and completed the DPDS in 2004. She was also a member of Leeds LDC for 8 years. As well as working in general dental practice, Yvonne developed an interest in orthodontics and worked as a clinical assistant in both hospital and orthodontic practice for over 14 years. . In 2008 she started working for Dental Protection as a Dentolegal Adviser and moved to her role as Head of Underwriting Policy in 2017. Part of this role involves reviewing and identifying risks and trends in cases Dental Protection deal with. She continues to retain a specific interest in risks arising from orthodontic practice.

Eric has worked in clinical practice and held a number of roles in the NHS including Clinical Director, Medical Director and Consultant in Dental Public Health. He took up post as Deputy Chief Dental Officer at NHS England in November 2015 and leads the work on primary care networks, integration and new models of care.

Qualified as a dentist in 2005, Mohsan is the Chair of the Greater Manchester Local Dental Network and a Dental Rep for the Primary Care Board. Mohsan is a Principle Dentist and Director at Ahmad and Saleem Partners.

Eimear is leading the way for women in dentistry. She is the first woman to ever be president elect of the Association of Dental Implantology and works hard to promote women in dentistry in Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland. She was also the first female dentist in the UK to gain her implant diploma from The Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh. Eimear received her dental degree from the University of Edinburgh and she has run her own private dental practice in Edinburgh since 1996. She received her MFGDP and FFGDP from the Royal College of Surgeons London and her Diploma of Implant Dentistry from the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh. Eimear has been using CEREC technology since 2008 and believes the increased success of her practice has much to do with the implementation of digital dentistry.

Tim’s background in the Aesthetic Medical industry began in 2007 as a sales manager with Reliant Technologies selling Fraxel 1550, 1927 and CO2 lasers into the UK market, later also including Thermage Radio Frequency as the company was acquired and became Solta Medical. Tim moved, in 2011, to Zeltiq Aesthetics during the earlier days of Coolsculpting, working as both a Training manager and Practice development manager across EMEA through indirect markets and in the UK direct market. This covered a period of strong growth and development for Coolsculpting as a technology and through a period of huge growth for the global non-invasive body contouring market. He moved to Cynosure in 2014 to take the opportunity to successfully launch the Sculpsure Diode body contouring system to the UK market as product manager. Today Tim is the EMEA Product Manager for a number of the Candela Medical products including Picoway, VBeam Prima, Gentlelase and the Body Division. In the last two years he has worked with the EMEA team as Candela have launched the Vbeam Prima and continue to innovate, developing new products, expanding the company product portfolio while broadening the features and benefits of their existing class leading devices.

Sanjay Talwar qualified from Cardiff in 1999. He has been a practice owner since 2006 and owns a six surgery, mixed practice in the West Midlands, where he works with a team of six associates who provide both NHS and private dentistry. Sanjay is yet to decide on when he will commence his succession planning, however as a strategic thinker he is already considering key reasons as to why he would choose to sell his practice and what areas of improvement he is focussing on to ensure that when he implements his exit strategy he will secure the best return on his investment. Sanjay is happy to share his experiences and thoughts alongside the other panel members.

David Brewer has a long established reputation of arranging funding in the healthcare sector dating back over 25 years. Since 2010, David, as Director and co-owner of award winning Healthcare Finance Brokerage FTA Finance has acted for thousands of healthcare professionals providing guidance and advice and has developed a strong reputation for delivering a reliable, pro-active and friendly hassle free service. Being directly authorised by the FCA and with NACFB membership FTA Finance are now ideally placed to help businesses of all shapes, sizes and professions. With established contacts at the major banks and smaller specialist providers, David and his team are able to formulate a business plan and source a wide range of funding packages - his advice and knowledge can and WILL make all the difference when applying for finance.

Lis Hughes is Managing Director of Frank Taylor & Associates, the UK’s most successful sales agent. Lis has worked in the dental sector for many years and offers a depth of understanding in what does and does not work and which pitfalls are best avoided when buying or selling a dental practice. Working with both vendors and purchasers during a transaction, Lis has a recognised knowledge and understanding of the business side of dentistry.

Len D’Cruz qualified from the Royal London Hospital in 1989 and did his vocational training at Whipps Cross. After an associateship in Hertfordshire he bought into his practice in Woodford Green as an expense sharing partner a year later and eventually took over the practice with his wife Anne who is also a dentist. He has done clinical assistantships in Restorative Dentistry and orthodontics. Len has been a vocational trainer for the London Deanery for a number of years and the practice is Denplan accredited and is also a Gold BDA Good Practice Scheme member. It is now a seven surgery practice and the practice is also part of the NHS new contract pilots /prototypes since September 2011 Len was an Examiner for the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners for the MJDF exam and for the Overseas Registration Exam (ORE). He completed a Masters in Law at Cardiff in 2003 and the Certificate in Practice Appraisal from the FGDP in 2004.He completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Medical education from the University of Westminster in 2009 and has completed his FGDP Mentoring Certificate in 2012.He was a Director of the BDA (PEC member) from 2015- 2019) He currently splits his time between clinical general dental practice, and working with the BDA as a Senior Dento-legal advisor having worked at Dental Protection Ltd for 21 years. He is a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Bedfordshire for the MA in Dental Law and Ethics. He is also a Dental Postgraduate tutor for Health Education East of England . He has published “Legal aspects of General Dental Practice” (Elsevier/Churchill Livingstone) and co-authored “Understanding NHS Dentistry” with Raj Rattan and Michael Watson. He writes and lectures regularly on dento-legal issues. His hobbies include photography, reading fiction and non fiction and trying to keep fit a the gym. He has been awarded a Licentiateship from the Royal Photographic society (LRPS).

Dr Nyree Whitley has more than 20 years’ experience of clinical practice and was formerly a Regional Clinical Director at MyDentist. Nyree qualified from Guy’s Hospital in 1996 and, since then, has held posts in primary and secondary dental care, as a Postgraduate Dental Tutor for the Welsh Deanery, a Clinical Reviewer for the National Clinical Assessment Service (NCAS), an associate Dento-legal Advisor and Local Dental Advisor for Dental Protection and is still a practising dentist.