Lecturers
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| Dr. Alun Rees | Dr. Alyn Morgan | Dr. Ian Dunn | Dr. Jenny Pinder | Dr. John Moorhouse |
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| Michael Hughes | Dr. Richard Charon | Dr. Richard Cure | Dr. Roy Bennett | Dr. Andy Lane |
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| Dr. Roy Higson | Chris Barrow |
Dr Alun Rees
Alun trained in Newcastle and started his career as an oral surgery resident, before working as an associate in a range of different practices. With this solid foundation, Alun went on to launch two practices in the space of just 15 months, a challenge in the toughest economic conditions. After years of hard work Alun finally sold his award-winning business in 2005.
Alun’s background and experience give him a strong understanding of what others go through to build a successful practice. He has seen many different approaches and learned his own lessons in the real world.
Alun now runs Dental Business Partners to offer specific and specialised support for dentists and their teams. He has served as a media representative for both the BDA and BDHF and is an authority consulted by the media and has featured on BBC2, Sky TV and various radio stations.
A CTI trained coach he is also the only Kolbe Certified Consultant working in dentistry & medicine outside the USA.
Raised in South Wales, Alun has family roots in West Cork where he spends as much time as work allows. In other spare moments he has run three London marathons and lists rugby, real ale and music as relaxation.
Dr Alyn Morgan
BChD MSc
Alyn qualified from Leeds Dental School in 1995. After a year of Vocational Training, also working as a Clinical Assistant in Oral Surgery, he moved to work in general dental practice in Shipley, West Yorkshire becoming a partner in the practice in 2002.
After developing an interest in Endodontics whilst working in general practice he completed the Eastman Certificate in Endodontics in 2006, and then went on to undertake the Master's programme in Endodontics at the Eastman, being awarded his MSc with distinction in 2009.
Since then he has worked at the Eastman Dental Hospital part-time as a Specialty Doctor in Endodontics and is a Senior Clinical Teaching Fellow and Co-ordinator of Endodontic CPD at UCL Eastman CPD. He also takes referrals from colleagues all over the north of England for endodontic treatment in practices in Shipley and Ilkley.
Outside of work he is a keen golfer and skier, and as a part of his developing mid-life crisis recently took up triathlon, completing the Florida Ironman in 2010.
Dr Ian Dunn
BChD MFGDP (UK) MSc (Perio)
Dentist and Periodontist
GDC Number 74439
Ian qualified from Leeds in 1998 and went into general practice in the North West. In 2001 he was awarded Membership of the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners. In 2002 he joined the teaching staff at Liverpool Dental Hospital part time and is now the Teaching Lead in Periodontology. In 2007 he started a part-time MSc in Periodontology which he completed in 2010. Ian also lectures throughout the country with the long established PerioCourses team.
Ian still spends the majority of his week in practice throughout the North West where he takes referrals for all aspects of Periodontology. He is the British Society of Periodontology regional representative for Merseyside and Cheshire.
Dr. Jenny Pinder - Bio
BDS.BSc. MGDSRCS.FFGDPRCS.
GDC No: 45373
Jenny Pinder is in practice in the City of London at the BUPA Dental Centre; this centre is a large practice with general dentists and specialists.
Jenny has practiced Dentistry since 1971 and loves general dentistry. Her qualifications include a Fellowship in General Dental Practice, and she has been closely involved with the Faculty of General Dental Practice, including being Vice-Dean in 1996.
Jenny began to treat dental phobic patients early on in her career when she realised that she has a natural aptitude for helping people get over their fears. She gets a great deal of professional satisfaction from watching unhappy and anxious patients recover their confidence and self- esteem.
Jenny backed this up by getting a Psychology degree from Birkbeck College in 1986. This enabled her to teach new dental graduates and lecture widely.
Jenny’s family has been in dentistry for 100 years, including both parents and both grandfathers. This didn’t stop her from hating having her own teeth done, and she has to have pain free dentistry to be able to cope with it!!!
For the past few years Jenny has been treating more and more dental phobic patients. The condition is much more widespread than many people realise, and causes a lot of misery.
The treatment options she offers range from simple psychological techniques to a variety of safe methods of sedation. Dental Treatments have varied from just a simple cleaning after 30 years of phobia, to helping people through the loss of their teeth and having dentures.
Dr. John Moorhouse
BDS, DDH, MFGDP, DPDS, Dip Implant Dent RCS Eng
GDC No: 52597
John Moorhouse was awarded the degree of Bachelor of Dental Surgery, BDS, at Manchester University in 1978 winning the prize for Periodontology.
He has spent many years in the NHS and private practice providing the full range of skills required of the modern, forward thinking dental practitioner.
He has worked extensively abroad establishing dental clinics in Zaire, Thailand and Malawi. He was the lecturer in oral health for the school of Medicine in the University of Malawi and has published several research papers on oral health and health education. He was awarded a Diploma in Dental Health for Educators, DDH, in Dublin in 1989 winning the Presidents prize.
He was awarded the Diploma of Membership in the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners of the Royal College of Surgeons MFGDP, in 2001. He also gained the Diploma in Postgraduate Dental Studies, DPDS, in 2001 involving children's dentistry, denture design and provision, and the management of tooth wear. John was one of the first groups of dentists to be awarded the Diploma in Implant Dentistry and has been a tutor on the course ever since.
John has been a tutor on the Diploma in Implant Dentistry, run by the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners and Royal College of Surgeons, in the UK since January 2004. He has lectured and been a clinical tutor on the Faculty's Diploma in Restorative Dentistry course since 2005, and was made an honorary teaching fellow in Implantology at the Manchester Dental Hospital in 2006 where John lectures on their Implant MSc course.
John has been holding hands-on courses for postgraduate dentists in the Manchester Dental Education Centre from 2003. John retired in 2008 as Director of the North-western division of the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners, Royal College of Surgeons of England but retains his place on the board. He holds three day courses on Implantology for the Faculty.
As a member of the Association of Dental Implantology, John attends National and International advanced seminars and courses to stay abreast with this rapidly developing subject.
Michael James Hughes
Dental Practice Consultancy Service
For virtually the whole of his working life, Michael has been engaged in the financial sector, dealing in the main with professional people and corporate organizations. For almost 20 years, he has been heavily involved in the provision of advice to dentists and dental practices working both privately and within the NHS.
Michael’s work requires that he keeps in close contact with the profession and that he constantly monitors changes that happen both within dental practices and from outside influences on them from a regulatory and a business point of view. In the current climate with change happening so frequently and with the pressures of the general economic climate, Michael believes that the need for sound advice has never been greater.
In October 2000, Michael formed Dental Practice Consultancy Service as a specialist management consultancy provider to the dental profession. This business is involved in the following core activities:
- Valuation of dental practices
- Sale and purchase of dental practices
- Financing and re-financing of dental practices
- Preparation of business plans and financial forecasts
- Financial troubleshooting on behalf of banks and other financial institutions
- Provision of consultancy services regarding the establishment and dissolving of partnership arrangements
In conjunction with a sister trading operation, MJH Financial Services, 90% of the work that Michael undertakes is dental practice related.
From March 2008 to March 2010 Michael was chair of the Association of Specialist Providers to Dentists.
Dr. Richard Charon
BDS (V.U.Manc 1975)
Richard was educated as St. Marylebone Grammar School, London and qualified as a Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) from Manchester University, Dental School in 1975. He has practiced dentistry in Manchester, Windsor and Weybridge as well as spending almost 10 years in Caversham, Reading as an expense-sharing partner.
Richard has the first dental practice in Berkshire to have been accredited by BUPA DentalCover in 1994, and was appointed a Regional Dental Adviser by BUPA for 2 years, assisting other dentists in achieving their accredited status. In 1999 he was awarded Full Membership to the British Academy of Aesthetic Dentistry, at the time one of less than 100 dentists in the UK to achieve this highest form of Membership.
Richard has been in solely private practice since 1992 and has utilised Inhalation Sedation on a daily basis since 1978. He has been delivering independent teaching to small groups, on this subject, to delegates from the UK and the Republic of Ireland, since 2003.
He is both a member of and on the mentor's list for The Society for the Advancement of Anaesthesia in Dentistry and The Dental Sedation Teachers Group, and is also am a member of the Association of Dental Implantologists.
Dr. Richard Cure
BDS (UBirm) MGDS RCS (Eng.) FFGDP (UK) FDS RCS Ed. MOrth RCS Ed
Registered Specialist in Orthodontics
Richard is Honorary Associate Clinical Professor and Clinical and Course Director of Orthodontics at The University of Warwick, England. He is a Fellow of The Higher Education Academy; a Membership in Orthodontics examiner for The Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh; an examiner for MJDF for The Royal College of Surgeons of England, a Fellowship assessor and mentor for FFGDP of The Royal College of Surgeons of England; an examiner for the Overseas Registration Examination, the National Examining Board for Dental Nurses, and an examiner for the University of Warwick.
Richard is a research advisor for the Faculty of General Dental Practice and a member of the editorial board of Primary Dental Care, Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dentistry, Premium Practice Dentistry and has several papers published in professional journals. He developed the MSc in Orthodontics at The University of Warwick and an NEBDN approved training course for the Certificate in Orthodontic Nursing, which has been run at the education company, Orthodontic Team Training since2006. Richard also developed an impressions course and assessment for dental nurses in conjunction with NEBDN and liaison with GDC.
Richard is an invited lecturer for Ormco on The Damon System and routinely lectures on the University of Warwick MSc course in Orthodontics and Diploma in Orthodontic Therapy course and is a visiting lecturer to various University undergraduate, VDP and postgraduate groups in the UK and abroad. Richard is a Member of Orthodontic Specialists Group, the British Orthodontic Society, The American Association of Orthodontists, The World Federation of Orthodontists, British Lingual Orthodontic Society, British Dental Association, Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK), British Society of General Dental Practitioners and appointed as an expert witness in Orthodontics. Richard is currently undertaking PhD research into interprofessional education in Orthodontics.
Dr. Roy Bennett
BDS, MFGDP (UK)
GDC Reg no. 62785
Roy qualified from Liverpool Dental School in 1987. He started his dental career on the Wirral, where he worked as a dental associate. In 1995, he joined a private practice and became a partner in 1998. He has divided his time between private practice and teaching at Liverpool University over the last 13 years.
Roy went on to obtain his Diploma in General Dental Practice (MFGDP) and Diploma in Dental Sciences in 2001. He is the founder of Mellow Dental which is a sedation business that helps other practices offer this vital service for anxious patients.
Having held a special interest in Sedation for many years Roy s wide experience and training allow him to tailor care for his patients, including those who may require complex treatment, providing them with care which is both ethical and patient centered.
Roy has been a clinical lecturer at Liverpool University Dental School since 1996, lecturing IV sedation to undergraduate/postgraduate dentists on the section 63 GDP courses and the Postgraduate Certificate in Sedation since 2001.
In addition, Roy undertakes peripatetic IV sedation for GDPs in their practices across the North West for oral surgery, implant and restorative cases, and supplies all materials, kit, monitoring equipment, drugs and paperwork thus providing the treating dentists and their team time to concentrate on their work.
Roy has undertaken advanced training in life support and every year undergoes re-certification in ILS, and has undertaken over 2,500 IV sedation cases over the last 13 years. This includes treating a wide spectrum of cases of varying difficulty in the Special Care Dental Unit at Liverpool University where Roy has been fortunate to work with many specialists at this unit.
Roy’s broad understanding and experience which has been gained over the years has enabled him to offer the anxious patient a holistic service whilst valuing the need for excellent teamwork.
Dr. Andy Lane
MPhil, BDS, DGDP (UK)
GDC registration number: 52428
Andy has worked in the field of occlusion and TMD since 1978, attended the very first Stockport Dental Seminars courses with Dr Jim Orr of the Pankey Institute in the early 1980’s and the first NGA courses in 1985. Andy was co-founder and Secretary of the British Society for Occlusal Studies, served as Associate Adviser in GDP running the Preston VT Scheme, International Chairman of the American Equilibration Society and on the Editorial board of The Probe magazine.
Andy was one of the first dentists in the UK to lecture on porcelain veneers, in 1985-6 and since then has run and taught hundreds of courses on aesthetics, occlusion, TMD, orthodontics, practice management and the aetiology of caries. Andy has published scientific papers on occlusion, impression techniques and the properties of light-cured materials and also won the Manchester Medical Society Research Award in 2000.
Dr. Roy Higson
DGDP(UK) 1992,BDS Manc
GDC Reg. no 42089
Dr Roy Higson is the founder of Stockport Dental Seminars, Roy is also the chairman of Talking Points and Better Practice. He was a partner in a practice in New Mills, Derbyshire for nearly 30 years and has held numerous posts including chairman of the BDHF and Secretary of the British Dental Migraine Study Group. He now concentrates on teaching Occlusion in General Practice.
Roy attended all the Pankey Continuum and was invited to be the non-American on the board of the International Partnership for the Study of Occlusion. He is widely published on a variety of topics, particularly how occlusion is used in the treatment of headaches. He is on the Advisory Board of Dental Protection and President of the British Society of Occlusal Studies (BSOS).
Chris Barrow
Dental Business Consultant/ Customer Service Training/ Dental Practice Manager/ Dentist Marketing
Chris is a knowledgeable expert who offers practical business logic, relevant, effective, proven ideas and a serious depth of character.
Chris Barrow has been active as a consultant, trainer and coach to the UK dental profession for over 15 years; he combines long experience and deep expertise with the originality and independence needed to resolve the thorniest problems. Naturally direct, assertive and determined, he has the ability to reach conclusions quickly, as well as the sharp reflexes and lightness of touch to innovate, change tack and push boundaries.
Chris spent the first 17 years of his working life in the corporate sector and followed this with 23 years of self-employment. The different dynamics of both worlds have given him the valuable gift of knowing how to operate – and communicate – in both.
In 1987 Chris was active in the establishment of the Institute for Financial Planning, an organisation representing the first fee-based Financial Planners; Chris specialised in working with small businesses.
In 1993 Chris decided to transition from the world of fee-based financial planning to business coaching and became one of the first UK students at Coach University, from where he graduated as a certified coach.
Recognising the opportunity in the dental profession, 1997 saw the creation of The Dental Business School (DBS) and the development of a 12-month business coaching programme for dental practice owners and their teams, delivered to over 400 UK dental practices in the following 10 years.
In October 2008, became Director of Private Sector Development at Integrated Dental Holdings Ltd, the largest dental corporate in the UK and now acts as an occasional consultant to IDH as well as continuing his freelance consultancy work for corporates, PCT's and independent practices.
As a speaker he is dynamic, energetic and charismatic enough to captivate audiences of any size. His style is casual, open and authentic and – being naturally caring and funny – he's as easy to talk to as he is to listen to. Chris was one of the UK's first business coaches, which means few others can match his 15 years' experience.
Ask Chris what motivates him, and he'll say it's to help people succeed in their lives and businesses more quickly and easily than he did.