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The top 50 influencers on the UK dental profession
16th Mar 2007
The results have been compiled in our hugely popular annual readers' poll to find out the most influential people in the dental sector. Thousands of you voted online and here are the results! If you would like to comment on what has yet again proved to be one of the most exciting and talked-about features in the dental sector, please do so at the bottom of this page or email us at newsdesk@dentistry.co.uk. The Result! 1. Kevin Lewis For the second year running Kevin Lewis comes out on top. Many people selected him as their number one choice but he was also there or thereabouts in many others’ top 10 lists, proving the significant spread of his influence throughout the profession. Kevin is well known for his vibrant, sharp and iconic writing style where he gives his unique wisdom on the current state of UK dentistry. During his 20 years in full-time general practice, he developed special interests in preventive dentistry and dental practice management. He has written two textbooks on practice management, contributed to CD training programmes on infection control and is dental director of Dental Protection, where he has been since 1989. Kevin is a popular speaker, lecturing globally on a variety of issues, and in 2003 was appointed a member of the Council of the Medical Protection Society. In 2006 he became a regular contributor to Dentistry magazine, for which he writes a popular monthly column. 2. Michael Wise A specialist in surgical and restorative dentistry and a visiting professor at the Eastman Dental Institute, Michael has a private restorative practice in London. He’s a member of many professional societies, including the American Academies of Restorative Dentistry and Fixed Prosthodontics, and has lectured widely both on a national and international scale. Michael qualified in 1968 from the London Hospital Dental School and in 1972 obtained a Fellowship in Dental Surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons. Since 1977 he has run postgraduate courses in his practice while he is also the author of many publications and handbooks. Having scored a very high position in this poll for the second year running, it’s easy to see how widespread his influence undoubtedly is. 3. Edward Lynch Professor of Restorative Dentistry and Gerodontolgy at Queen's University, Belfast, as well as consultant in Restorative Dentistry at the Royal Hospital, the scale of Edward’s influence sees him into the top five. During his illustrious academic career, Ed has supervised many postgraduate students and has been awarded plenty of prizes for his research. A specialist in three disciplines – endodontics, prosthodontics and restorative dentistry – he presents more than 50 postgraduate courses worldwide each year. He has served as senior lecturer in Conservative Dentistry, honorary consultant in Restorative Dentistry and Postgraduate Course Organiser for the University of London. He has been awarded 94 research grants, totaling more than £6 million. Edward is on the editorial board of numerous international journals having spent many years treating specialist referrals. He is also chairman of the European Experts group on tooth whitening and has been awarded several patents for the management of caries using Ozone. As he says himself: ‘I am convinced that promotion of better health for people is best served by research, for which I want to further collaborative efforts and to encourage more new young enthusiastic researchers.’ 4. Roy Higson 5. Raj Rattan 6. Eddie Crouch 7. Paddi Lund 8. Barry Cockcroft 9. David Houston 10. Tony Blair 11. Chris Barrow 12. Amarjit Gill 13. Trevor Burke 14. Christopher Orr 15. Paul Tipton 16. Lester Ellman 17. Ellis Paul 18. Simon Hocken 19. John Tiernan 20. Margaret Seward 21. Rosie Winterton 22. Crispian Scully 23. Hew Mathewson 24. Manny Vasant 25. Ashok Sethi 26. Stephen Hancocks 27. Mike Martin 28. John Renshaw 29. Steve Moulder 30. Linda Greenwall 31. Julian Webber 32. Gordon Christensen 33. Larry Rosenthal 34. Tidu Mankoo 35. Michael Watson 36. Raman Bedi 37. Ruby Austin 38. Steve Jones 39. Ian Gordon 40. William Dorfman 41. Mabel Slater 42. Mervyn Druian 43. Derrick Setchell 44. Susie Sanderson 45. Derek Watson 46. Abid Faqir 47. Julian English 48. Ingvar Branemark 49. Cathy Jameson 50. Amolak Singh
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