Roy Bennett

Dr Roy Bennett FCGDent is a dentist with a special interest in the care of anxious patients and has undertaken thousands of sedation cases including intravenous, inhalation, oral, intranasal and hypnotherapy. With over 35 years’ experience, including 15 years part-time in NHS hospital-based special care dentistry, he has accepted referrals and supported practices across the North West of England.

Director of Mellow Sedation Training Services, he is a highly experienced undergraduate and postgraduate teacher and is accredited as a course organiser by the Intercollegiate Advisory Committee on Sedation in Dentistry. He is a member and mentor of both the Dental Sedation Teacher Group and the Society for Advancement of Anaesthesia in Dentistry, a past board member of the Association of Dental Anaesthetists and a Senior Clinical Adviser for UK Sedation.

He graduated BDS from Liverpool University in 1987, completed postgraduate training in Conscious Sedation and holds the Diploma of Membership of the Faculty of General Dental Practice UK, a Diploma in Dental Science from Liverpool University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Forensic Odontology from the University of Hertfordshire. He is a Fellow of the College and of the Royal Society of Medicine. He was appointed a Trustee of the College in 2025.

Updated 2025