Private Dentistry Awards winner Craig Mallorie discusses leadership, specialism and opening a specialist oral surgery and dental implant centre in south Wales.
When Craig Mallorie graduated from Cardiff in 2006, he had no way of knowing just how wide-ranging his career would become – or that it would eventually bring him back to south Wales to set up what is now one of the region’s most comprehensive specialist oral surgery and implant referral centres.
Now a specialist oral surgeon and clinical director of the South Wales Specialist Oral Surgery and Dental Implant Centre, Craig’s career has spanned general practice, hospital dentistry, overseas training, Harley Street, and ultimately practice ownership. Looking back, he sees it as a path shaped by curiosity, drive and a willingness to step outside his comfort zone.
‘I qualified in 2006 and spent my first couple of years in general practice,’ he says. ‘It didn’t take long to realise I wanted to focus on surgery more seriously, so I went back into hospital dentistry as a maxillofacial senior house officer. That’s where I completed my MJDF and really confirmed that oral surgery was what I wanted to do.’
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