Introducing this year’s Dentistry Top 50influencers of UK dentistry, as voted for by the dental profession.
1. Tony Kilcoyne – BDA councillor and national press campaigner2. Sara Hurley – chief dental officer (NHS England)3. Theresa May – Brexit Prime Minister4. Henrik Overgaard-Nielsen – chair of the GDPC at the BDA5. Milad Shadrooh – ‘the singing dentist’6. Liz Kay – associate dean at the Peninsula Dental School7. Stuart Ellis – implant dentist, director of the Cambridge Academy of Dental Implantology and an implant dentistry lecturer8. Andrew Chandrapal – immediate past-president of the BACD9. Christian Coachman – prolific speaker and inventor of digital smile design10. Sir Paul Beresford KCMG – private practitioner and MP for Mole Valley11. Tif Qureshi – pioneer of the Inman Aligner system12. Ian Brack – chief executive and registrar at the GDC13. Christopher Orr – chairman of the Aesthetic Dentistry Awards judging panel14. John Milne MBE – CQC dental adviser, ex-chair of the General Dental Practice Committee15. Andrea Ubhi – award-winning cosmetic dentist16. Nilesh R Parmar – implant dentist and facing car driver and organiser of the Ice White party17. Raj Rattan MBE – dental director at Dental Protection18. Kevin Lewis – former dental director at Dental Protection and Dentistry consultant editor19. Peter Ward – chief executive of the BDA20. Reena Wadia – specialist periodontist and runs a specialist periodontal referral clinic21. David Houston – chair of the judging panel for the Private Dentistry Awards22. Simon Chard – chairman of BACD young dentist committee23. Zaki Kanaan – former president of the BACD24. Judith Husband – non-executive director at the BDA25. Mervyn Druian – renowned private dentist26. Richard Millhouse – implant dentist/general practitioner, clinical implant mentor, expert witness, past examiner/supervisor Warwick MSc27. Nairn Wilson CBE – professor of dentistry at King’s College London, former BDA president28. Bertie Napier – renowned private dentist and former president of the BACD29. Arshad Ali – clinical director of the Scottish Centre of Excellence for Dentistry and keen golfer30. Chris Barrow – practice management guru and castaway on Channel 4’s The Island31. Eddie Crouch – successfully sued the government over his NHS contract, member of the BDA PEC32. Jason Smithson – international lecturer and postgraduate clinical lecturer33. Andrew Dawood – lecturer and expert in zygomatic implants34. Margaret Ross OBE – senior lecturer for DCPs and programme director BSc (Hons)35. Edward Lynch – professor and principal director of biomedical and clinical research, State University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA36. Amit Patel – specialist periodontist and generous skydiver37. Rob Oretti – Royal College of Surgeons examiner for the implant diploma and BAAD president38. Dev Patel – CEO at Brushlink, Dental Circle and clinical director of Dental Beauty Swanley39. Fiona Ellwood – lecturer and examiner and patron of the Society of British Dental Nurses40. Rahul Doshi – leading aesthetic dentist, makeover TV show expert, lecturer and writer41. Paul Tipton – ex-cricketer for Lancashire and professor and lecturer in restorative dentistry42. Linda Greenwall BEM – whitening guru, leading aesthetic dentist, Dental Wellness Trust founder43. Elaine Halley – digital smile designer expert44. Paul Brunton – dean of a faculty of dentistry in New Zealand45. Martin Kelleher – private practitioner46. Basil Mizrahi – writer and lectuere and Harley Street prosthodontist47. Melonie Prebble – dental therapist, speaker, writer and horse whisperer48. Attiq Rahman – international lecturer on implant and aesthetic dentistry49. Jeremy Hunt – secretary of state for health50. Bill Moyes – GDC chair