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Dental roll call in Queen’s birthday honours
14th Jun 2010
CBE for Paul Langmaid, chief dental officer for Wales
Paul Langmaid, chief dental officer for Wales has been awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. He has held the post for 14 years.
He graduated from Cardiff Dental School in 1975 and undertook house officer posts in oral and maxillofacial surgery at Cardiff Royal Infirmary and University of Wales Hospitals, and in paediatric dentistry at Cardiff Dental Hospital, before going into general practice in Cornwall in 1976.
Paul has worked in the three main components of NHS dentistry (general dental services, community dental services and hospital dental services) and also in Israel and Romania.
From 1986 to 1992 Paul worked for the Overseas Development Administration as a technical co-operation officer in the British West Indies. He joined the civil service as a senior dental officer in December 1993 and was appointed chief dental officer for Wales in November 1996.
Other dental faces in the roll call of honours were the General Dental Council's Sylvia Medland, and John William Rose, dental advisor to NHS Western Cheshire. He was recognised for services to the NHS.
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