Laurie Powell

Laurie Powell FCGDent, a general dental practitioner and partner in a three-surgery, mixed NHS-and-private practice in Bicester, was elected in 2025 to represent Wessex & Oxford. He qualified from Sheffield Dental School in 1993 and holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Restorative Dentistry from the University of Bristol, where he was also a part-time clinical lecturer for undergraduate dentists and dental therapists for five years. A keen advocate of clinical research, he has been Principal Investigator for three practice-based University of Dundee studies into treatments for toothache and deep tooth decay, and is the Primary Dental Care Research Champion for Thames Valley and South Midlands. He is also currently an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Primary Care Dentistry, studying for a research-based Master’s in Primary Care at the University of Manchester. He is a Fellow of both the College and the Higher Education Academy, Chair of Oxfordshire LDC and represents primary care on the NHS Integrated Care Board for Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West.

Updated 2025