Introducing the Dentistry Top 50 2025 – a celebration of the individuals actively shaping the future of UK dentistry in a time of challenge and change.
The Dentistry Top 50 is back for another year.
This list highlights the people who are actively shaping the profession – in clinics, classrooms, policy meetings, startup boardrooms and community campaigns. Whether they’re fighting for better access, mentoring the next generation, innovating in clinical care or pushing boundaries in business, these 50 are making things happen.
Because dentistry needs these people more than ever.
It’s been another tough year: NHS access remains in crisis. Costs are rising. The private sector is adapting in real time to shifting patient expectations – and the profession is still grappling with how to stay resilient, motivated and adaptable. But as always, the profession has done more than cope – it’s responded, with creativity, compassion and conviction.
The names on this list exemplify that, setting the tone for what the next chapter of dentistry in the UK should look like.
Pushing dentistry forward
There’s no one formula for making the Dentistry Top 50. You’ll find educators and innovators, mentors and media figures, researchers, entrepreneurs, campaigners and frontline clinicians. What they share is a clear and tangible contribution to dentistry.
This year, we’re putting even more weight on recent impact: this isn’t about legacy. It’s about momentum, impact, and the voices pushing dentistry…
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