College of General Dentistry Event

Introduction to Digital Dentistry

Friday 29 January 2027 – Saturday 30 January 2027

Funded places on this course are reserved for successful candidates in the Tom Bereznicki Award for Advanced Aesthetic Dentistry. It is not possible to register on this course separately.

Dentsply Sirona Academy, Building 3, The Heights, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 0NY

The Introduction to Digital Dentistry course, which combines theory, demonstrations and hands-on experience, has been designed by Dr Tom Bereznicki and Dr Chris Leech specifically for early career dentists with limited or no experience of practising within a digital workflow. It provides a comprehensive introduction to digital dentistry techniques, and how harnessing them can enhance your aesthetic practice and patient care.

The two-day course will include hands-on elements of learning, demos and lectures with additional theory and material science modules delivered through pre-course videos.

The course will take you step-by-step through the complete process of creating a digitally produced crown, from scanning to cementation, and provisionally includes:

  • Presentations on digital dentistry and digital dentures
  • Short demonstrations followed by hands-on experience of:
    • Scanning each other
    • Scanning a preparation of a restoration on a pre-prepared model
    • Using software to design your final restoration
    • Demonstration of programming and milling processes
    • Adjustment and polishing techniques using pre-milled crowns that fit the model
    • Cementation of the crown onto the model

Refreshments and lunch are provided on both days.

The course accommodates 12 participants and also takes place on Friday 12 – Saturday 13 February 2027.

Watch interviews with successful candidates who describe what they learnt on the course, and pass on advice to other early career dentists.

Course leaders

Dr Chris Leech FCGDent
Dr Bal Sohal
Dr Tom Bereznicki FCGDent

Dr Chris Leech
BDS, MAGDS RCS (Ed), MFDS RCPS (Glasg), Dip Imp Dent RCS (Ed), FDS RCS (Ed), FCGDent

A graduate of Newcastle Dental School, Dr Leech is a partner in a private dental practice and President-Elect of the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. He holds the Diploma in Implant Dentistry of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, for which he is now an examiner. He was also the first dentist to be awarded the Membership for Advanced General Dental Surgery by RCS Edinburgh and is a Fellow of its Faculty of Dental Surgery. He is also a member of the Society for the Advancement of Anaesthesia in Dentistry and of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, and is a Fellow of the College of General Dentistry.

Dr Bal Sohal
BDS (Kings) Hons

Dr Sohal is a cosmetic dentist who has showcased his work in presentations in the UK and US. He is experienced in the use of digital workflows, in particular for restoring single unit restorations and aesthetic multi-unit veneers, crowns and onlays. He graduated BDS from King’s College London in 2018, where he was undergraduate president of the dental society and was awarded the Guy’s Full Shield, awards from the Richard Dickinson USA Trust Fund and King’s Opportunity Fund, the Gold Star Award and the Jelf Medal for the most distinguished undergraduate.

Dr Tom Bereznicki
BDS (Edin), FDS RCS (Ed), MFDTEd, FCGDent, MFDSEng

After graduating from Edinburgh, Dr Bereznicki worked as a house surgeon at Guy’s and The Royal Dental Hospitals before entering general dental practice, in which he has over 40 years’ experience. With a special interest in restorative dentistry, in particular occlusion and emergence profile, he was also a visiting clinical specialist teacher at King’s College London Dental Institute and later joined the teaching faculty for the university’s MSc in Aesthetic Dentistry. In 2018, he joined the Academy of Dental Excellence as a senior specialist teacher, and in 2021 became a partner associate lecturer for the University of Portsmouth’s Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Aesthetic and Restorative Dentistry. In 2023, he founded the Tom Bereznicki Charitable Educational Foundation which supports educational opportunities for early career dental professionals. A former member of the FGDP and Founder Member of CGDent, he has been a Fellow of the College since 2022 and is a member of both the Faculty of Dental Trainers at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He is also a regional speaker on occlusion for the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry.

Attending the course

The Introduction to Digital Dentistry course has been created solely for the Tom Bereznicki Award for Advanced Aesthetic Dentistry, which is open to dentists who qualified between 2020 to 2024 and who practise in the UK or within the European Union. Successful candidates will each be awarded a fully funded place on one of two course dates, and hotel accommodation, UK travel and subsistence will also be covered.

To enter, eligible dentists must submit an aesthetic case they plan to treat with a mainly analogue workflow, which involves more than one tooth, including at least one anterior tooth, and the use of composite to restore teeth.

The 2026 award is now closed for entries.

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Presentations of Associate Fellows and Fellows

Thursday 28 January 2027, 6-9pm, London

Professor Sreenivas Koka FCGDent being ceremonially admitted into Fellowship by College President Dr Roshni Karia

The Livery Hall, Cutlers’ Hall, Warwick Lane, London EC4M 7BR

Fellows and Associate Fellows who have not previously been formally presented are invited to be ceremonially admitted into our Fellowship community by the President of the College, Dr Roshni Karia.

The presentations will be incorporated within the Fellows’ Winter Reception, and will take place in front of gathered Fellows and Associate Fellows of the College.

This is only the second opportunity for those in six new Fellowship categories to be presented, and any Fellows in Dental Nursing, Orthodontic Therapy, Dental Hygiene, Dental Therapy, Dental Technology or Clinical Dental Technology attending the 2027 Fellows’ Winter Reception who were not presented at the 2026 Fellows’ Summer Reception will be ceremonially admitted.

It is also just the fourth opportunity for Associate Fellows to be presented, and all Associate Fellows attending the Fellows’ Winter Reception who have not previously been presented will be ceremonially admitted.

New Fellows, and any College Fellow attending the Fellows’ Winter Reception who has neither been ceremonially admitted at a previous College Fellows’ Reception nor had their fellowship of the former FGDP(UK) conferred at a Diplomates’ Day will be ceremonially admitted.

Photographs of each presenting Fellow and Associate Fellow being ceremonially admitted by the President will be made available shortly afterwards to download free of charge.

The Fellows’ Winter Reception is an opportunity for dental professionals to network with their peers, as well as to meet College Trustees and members of the College Council and Faculty Boards.

Taking place from 6pm to 9pm, with registration open from 5.30pm, it will be the final element of the ‘Winter Day’ programme of events which also includes:

Formal business attire is recommended.

Ticketing

Ticket prices and a registration link will be posted here in due course.

Non-members or existing members applying for Associate Fellowship or Fellowship and who wish to be ceremonially admitted at the Winter Reception are advised to submit their applications as soon as possible in order to allow enough time for admissions procedures to be completed.

Information on eligibility for Associate Fellowship and Fellowship and is available here

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Presentation of the 2026 College Medal

Thursday 28 January 2027, 6-9pm, London

Dr Patricia Thomson FCGDent (l), winner of the 2026 College Medal (r)

The Livery Hall, Cutlers’ Hall, Warwick Lane, London EC4M 7BR

The 2026 College Medal, the College’s most prestigious honour, will be awarded to Dr Patricia Thomson FCGDent.

Reserved for no more than one recipient per year, the College Medal is awarded for exceptional service to the dental profession and its patients in a manner aligned with the values and mission of the College. Dr Thomson will receive the award in recognition of her wholehearted commitment to the profession, and her longstanding service to CGDent and previously to the Faculty of General Dental Practice (FGDP), both nationally and in the west of Scotland.

Since graduating from Glasgow Dental School in 1983 until her retirement from practice this year, Dr Thomson amassed 43 years’ unbroken service as a general dental practitioner. Principal of a mixed NHS-and-private practice for over 30 years, she assisted the Vocational Dental Practitioners in her practice for over 20 of these, also nurturing the careers of many Dental Care Professionals, associate dentists and non-clinical staff. In recent years, she practised as a part-time associate dentist, and she continues to teach undergraduates as a part-time Clinical Teaching Fellow in the restorative department at the University of Glasgow.

Heavily involved for more than two decades in the highly active West of Scotland division of the former FGDP, she tutored numerous colleagues for entry exams for the Royal Colleges and presented teaching sessions on orthodontics to vocational trainees. Elected in 2016 to represent the West and North of Scotland on the national FGDP Board, she was re-elected in 2019 and transferred to the College Council when CGDent succeeded the FGDP.

In 2021, she led the establishment of CGDent Scotland to succeed the West of Scotland division, and has since continued her involvement both in the study groups and in planning the annual study days, which have been running since 1992 and now regularly attract over 400 colleagues.

She was appointed the first Chair of the College’s Regional Funding Panel and was elected Vice-President of the College in 2022. She served a second term as Vice-President in 2023-24, and was re-elected to the Council in 2024 before standing down in 2025 after completing the maximum permitted nine years’ service. She continues to represent the College as its nominee on the NHS Education for Scotland Dental Committee, a role she has held for many years.

With a longstanding interest in orthodontics, she spent three years on a part-time clinical attachment in Glasgow Dental School’s orthodontic department, training in fixed appliance therapy, and later completed an MSc in Primary Dental Care (Dental Science) with an interest in orthodontics, achieving a distinction.

She also holds the Diploma of Membership of the Joint Dental Faculties of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (MJDF) and the Diploma of Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (MFDS), and is a Fellow of the International College of Dentists and a Past President of the West of Scotland branch of the British Dental Association.

Dr Thomson will be the fifth recipient of the College Medal, following Ian Mills, Andrew Hadden, Ario Santini and Kevin Lewis.

The presentation of the College Medal, to be made by the President of the College, Dr Roshni Karia, will be incorporated within the 2027 Fellows’ Winter Reception*, and will take place in front of gathered Fellows and Associate Fellows of the College.

The Fellows’ Winter Reception is an opportunity for dental professionals to network with their peers, as well as to meet College Trustees and members of the College Council and Faculty Boards. The event will be open to all members of the College’s Fellowship community (Associate Fellows, Fellows and College Fellows).

*The presentation of the 2026 College Medal was originally scheduled to take place during the 2026 Fellows’ Summer Reception, however that event was cancelled due to the UK Health Security Agency’s red heat-health alert.

Formal business attire is recommended.

Ticket prices and a registration link will be posted here in due course.

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Fellows’ Winter Reception

Thursday 28 January 2027, 6-9pm, London

The Livery Hall, Cutlers’ Hall, Warwick Lane, London EC4M 7BR

The fifth annual College of General Dentistry Fellows’ Winter Reception will take place on the evening of Thursday 28 January 2027 in the historic Cutlers’ Hall in London.

The event is an opportunity to network with peers over drinks and canapés, as well as to meet College Trustees and members of the College Council and Faculty Boards.

A welcome by the Chair of the College and an address by the President will be followed by the admission of new Fellows and Associate Fellows.

Taking place from 6pm to 9pm, with registration open from 5.30pm, it will be the final element of the Winter Day programme of events (further details to follow).

Formal business attire is recommended

Ticketing

The event is open to all members of the College’s Fellowship community (Associate Fellows and Fellows), as well as members of the College’s Board of Trustees, Council and Faculty Boards.

Information on eligibility for Associate Fellowship and Fellowship is available here

Ticket prices and a registration link will be posted here in due course.

The following event(s) will also be taking place in and around the same location on the same day:

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Lilian Lindsay memorial lecture 2027

Thursday 28 January 2027, 11am-12.30pm (tbc), London

The Court Room, Cutlers’ Hall, Warwick Lane, London EC4M 7BR

The College will once again host the Lindsay Society for the History of Dentistry for the delivery of the 32nd annual Lilian Lindsay memorial lecture.

Further details of the lecture will be announced in due course.

The Lindsay Society for the History of Dentistry promotes interest, study and research into the history of dentistry and aims to bring together people who share these interests.

The Society is named after Lilian Lindsay (1871-1960), a leading dental historian and the first woman to be educated and trained as a dentist in the UK. After qualifying from Edinburgh in 1895, she went on to become the first female member, first librarian and first female president of the British Dental Association; President of the British Society for the Study of Orthodontics; and President of both the Odontological Section and History of Medicine Society at the Royal Society of Medicine. She was also the author of A Short History of Dentistry and published the first English language translation of Pierre Fauchard’s Le Chirurgien Dentiste (The Surgeon Dentist).

The following event(s) will also be taking place in and around the same location on the same day:

  • the Fellows’ Winter Reception, including the Presentations of Associate Fellows and Fellows (6-9pm, open to Associate Fellows and Fellows, chargeable, advance booking required)

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Composite Injection Moulding Technique course

Saturday 5 December 2026

Funded places on this course are reserved for successful candidates in the Tom Bereznicki Award for Tooth Wear Cases. It is not possible to register on this course separately.

GC UK training facility, Buckinghamshire

The Composite Injection Moulding Technique course, which combines theory, demonstrations and hands-on experience, has been designed by Dr Tom Bereznicki FCGDent and Dr Chris Leech FCGDent for early career dentists. It aims to provide participants with the knowledge and skills required to deliver successful composite restorations using the injection moulding technique.

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Select appropriate cases
    • Identify ideal indications and contraindications for composite injection moulding
    • Assess occlusion, wear patterns, and patient expectations
    • Apply a structured approach to case planning and consent
  • Plan & design predictable outcomes
    • Understand the role of diagnostic wax-ups and digital planning
    • Translate aesthetic principles into functional restorative designs
  • Fabricate accurate stents
    • Select appropriate materials for stent construction
    • Produce precise, well-fitting stents to ensure predictable composite flow
    • Avoid common errors that compromise outcomes
  • Execute the Injection Moulding Technique
    • Follow a step-by-step clinical workflow
    • Achieve predictable composite placement with minimal finishing required
    • Manage isolation, bonding protocols, and composite handling
  • Refine & finish restorations
    • Perform efficient finishing and polishing protocols
    • Optimise occlusion and surface anatomy
    • Achieve high-end aesthetic outcomes with longevity in mind
  • Deliver long-term success
    • Implement maintenance protocols and review strategies
    • Identify and manage complications or failures
    • Communicate effectively with patients regarding longevity and expectations

Approx 6 CPD hours. GDC Development Outcomes: C

Refreshments and lunch are provided. The course accommodates 20 participants.

Course leaders

Dr Chris Leech FCGDent
Dr Tom Bereznicki FCGDent

Dr Chris Leech
BDS, MAGDS RCS (Ed), MFDS RCPS (Glasg), Dip Imp Dent RCS (Ed), FDS RCS (Ed), FCGDent

A graduate of Newcastle Dental School, Dr Leech is a partner in a private dental practice and the Scientific Director of the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. He holds the Diploma in Implant Dentistry of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, for which he is now an examiner. He was also the first dentist to be awarded the Membership for Advanced General Dental Surgery by RCS Edinburgh and is a Fellow of its Faculty of Dental Surgery. He is also a member of the Society for the Advancement of Anaesthesia in Dentistry and of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, and is a Fellow of the College of General Dentistry.

Dr Tom Bereznicki
BDS (Edin), FDS RCS (Ed), MFDTEd, FCGDent, MFDSEng

After graduating from Edinburgh, Dr Bereznicki worked as a house surgeon at Guy’s and The Royal Dental Hospitals before entering general dental practice, in which he has over 40 years’ experience. With a special interest in restorative dentistry, in particular occlusion and emergence profile, he was also a visiting clinical specialist teacher at King’s College London Dental Institute and later joined the teaching faculty for the university’s MSc in Aesthetic Dentistry. In 2018, he joined the Academy of Dental Excellence as a senior specialist teacher, and in 2021 became a partner associate lecturer for the University of Portsmouth’s Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Aesthetic and Restorative Dentistry. In 2023, he founded the Tom Bereznicki Charitable Educational Foundation which supports educational opportunities for early career dental professionals. A former member of the FGDP and Founder Member of CGDent, he has been a Fellow of the College since 2022 and is a member of both the Faculty of Dental Trainers at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He is also a regional speaker on occlusion for the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry.

Attending the course

The Composite Injection Moulding Technique course has been created solely for the Tom Bereznicki Award for Tooth Wear Cases, which is open to dentists who qualified between 2020 to 2024 and who practise in the UK. Successful candidates will each be awarded a fully funded place on the course, and hotel accommodation, travel and subsistence will also be covered.

To enter, eligible dentists must submit an tooth wear case they plan to treat, which involves at least four anterior teeth, and the use of composite applied by hand or by injection moulding.

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CGDent Scotland Annual Study Day

Friday 4 December 2026, 9am-5.30pm (registration from 8am, drinks reception until 7pm)

Glasgow Science Centre, 50 Pacific Quay, Glasgow G51 1EA

“Digital dentistry for the dental team: you say you want a revolution”

Dr Noland Naidoo
Dr Helen Kaney FCGDent
Prof. Dr. Murali Srinivasan
Professor Gerry McKenna FCGDent

Lecture programme

The CGDent Scotland Study Day 2026 lecture programme will be on the topic of digital dentistry for the dental team and features speakers:

  • Dr Noland Naidoo BChD, PgDipDent (Implantology), MDent (Pros); special interest in prosthodontics and endodontics
  • Dr Helen Kaney BDS, LLB, Dip LP, MBA, FCGDent; Head of Dental Division at the MDDUS
  • Prof Murali Srinivasan BDS, MDS (Pros), MBA, MAS (Reconstructive Dentistry), DrMedDent, PD; Director of General, Special Care and Geriatric Dentistry at the University of Zurich
  • Prof Gerry McKenna BDS, MFDS (RCS Ed), PhD, FDS (Rest Dent) (RCS Ed), FHEA, FCGDent; Consultant in Prosthodontics and Restorative Dentistry at Queen’s University Belfast

Format

The CGDent Scotland Study Day can be attended in person or virtually.

For in-person attendees, over five hours of CPDA lectures will be interspersed with two coffee breaks, a two-course lunch, and a drinks reception afterwards. Delegates can also visit the accompanying trade exhibition. Free parking is available.

Fees

The early bird rate ends on Tuesday 30 June 2026

Non-member dentist: £349 (current early bird rate: £249)

Odonto ticket (Glasgow Odontological Society & The Royal Odonto-Chirurgical Society of Scotland Members) : £319 (current early bird rate: £219)

CGDent member dentist: £249 (current early bird rate: £149)

Non-member retired, technician, hygienist, therapist, nurse or practice manager: £149

CGDent member retired, technician, hygienist, therapist, nurse or practice manager: £129

Recent graduate (graduated in or after 2023): £149

Foundation Trainee / Vocational Trainee: £95

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Membership of the College of General Dentistry is open to all registered dental professionals. Membership is available from £135 for dentists, £45 for dental nurses and £91 for other registered dental professionals. The full list of CGDent membership rates is here  

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Advanced orthodontics course (block 2)

Wednesday 2 December 2026 – Saturday 5 December 2026

This training block is reserved for enrolled candidates progressing towards the CGDent Postgraduate Diploma in Primary Care Orthodontics.

IAS Academy, Towergate House, 22 Wintersells Road, Byfleet, Surrey KT14 7LF

The Advanced Orthodontics course is a comprehensive, 120-credit, Level 7 programme leading to the award of the CGDent Postgraduate Diploma in Primary Care Orthodontics.

Delivered by IAS Academy, it is designed to give General Dental Practitioners the skills and knowledge needed to treat more complex malocclusions, including extraction cases, taking them up to just below specialist training level. It covers all appliance systems – fixed functional, aligners, lingual and Inman – and includes both the theory and practical aspects of orthodontic care.

In addition to lectures, students will discuss multiple new cases, participate in hands-on practical sessions and receive one-to-one mentoring by specialists for ten treated cases. The syllabus, which is delivered across six 3-4 day training blocks as well as weekly online planning discussions, includes:

  • Records, assessment, diagnosis and treatment planning
  • Treatment planning for Class I, Class II div1, Class II div 2 and Class III malocclusions
  • Radiography – Ceph/OPG/CBCT
  • Fixed appliances
  • Lingual appliances
  • Removable appliances
  • Functionals
  • Retention
  • Aetiology of malocclusion, growth & development
  • Development of the dentition and tooth movement
  • Dental material & biomechanics
  • Multidisciplinary care, including restorative, periodontics & surgery
  • Critical reading skills
  • Health education, health & safety, legislation and audit
  • Marketing and practice management 

Successful completion of the CGDent Postgraduate Diploma in Primary Care Orthodontics satisfies the Clinical & Technical domain of Fellowship and brings automatic eligibility for Associate Fellowship of the College.

Attending

This training block is specifically for candidates accepted onto the 2026-28 cohort of the diploma course and is limited to 12 places. To ensure enough case-flow and experience, the course is recommended for dentists who have treated at least ten fixed cases, are treating a minimum of ten orthodontic cases per annum, and are familiar with using fixed appliances.

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Mentoring and coaching course for dental care professionals, part 2

Friday 27 November 2026

Funded places on this course are reserved for successful applicants for the 2026 Foundation Nakao – CGDent Award in Coaching and Mentoring. It is not possible to register on this course separately.

Delivered online via Zoom

Establishing a mentoring and coaching culture is key to the College’s commitment to workforce diversity, inclusion, and wellbeing. In promoting effective mentoring practice, we aim to foster appropriate support in the career pathway progression for all members of the oral healthcare team.

Thanks to sponsorship by Foundation Nakao, generously donated through Prof Avijit Banerjee FCGDent, the College is offered a very special opportunity for a three-day training course in mentoring and coaching for dental care professionals. Our aspiration is to cultivate a community of College members amongst dental care professionals who are equipped and confident to nurture their peers.

The Mentoring and Coaching Course for Dental Care Professionals is offered only to the winners of the Foundation Nakao – CGDent Award in Coaching and Mentoring 2026, with successful applicants each awarded a fully funded place on the course.

College members who are registered as a dental therapist, dental hygienist, dental nurse, orthodontic therapist, dental technician or clinical dental technician and who have at least two years’ post-qualification experience are eligible to apply.

The short course is being delivered synchronously online, using the Zoom platform, by UMD Professional, an organisation with more than thirty years of experience within dentistry, medicine, healthcare and law, to establishing coaching and mentoring practices within organisations.

Course dates

FURTHER INFORMATION & APPLICATIONS

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Foundation Nakao – also known as The Nakao Foundation for Worldwide Oral Health – was founded in Luzern in 2018 by Makato Nakao, Chairman of GC Corporation, a leading manufacturer of dental materials and equipment. GC also partners with the College on the CGDent-GC Award for Foundation Trainees and The Tom Bereznicki Award for Tooth Wear Cases

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2026 College Lecture

Thursday 12 November 2026, 3pm-5pm, London

Regents University, Inner Circle, Regents Park, London NW1 4NS

The 2026 College of General Dentistry Lecture will be delivered by Dr Catherine Rutland FCGDent.

The Ethical Shield: Protecting enamel, professional integrity and patient smiles will explore how dental professionals can continuously integrate ethical values into their working lives in order to provide patients with assurance and confidence in the care they receive.

This will be the second annual College Lecture, and will build on both Martin Kelleher’s inaugural College Lecture, Satisficing standards in dentistry, and on the rich legacy of Malcolm Pendlebury Lectures previously hosted by the Faculty of General Dental Practice UK (FGDP).

The College Lecture will be accompanied by the launch of the College’s Charter campaign, marking our fifth anniversary.

Catherine Rutland is Head of Clinical and Policy at Dentaid, representing the dental charity across the profession and engaging with MPs, public health teams and commissioners. She is also a Board Member of Dental Protection, which indemnifies and supports 70,000 dental professionals worldwide, and a Non-Executive Director and Council Member of the Medical Protection Society, which has a further 245,000 medical professional members in 40 countries. Part of the General Dental Council’s Dental Leadership Network, she is a Trustee of the Dentists’ Health Support Trust, which supports dentists facing mental health and addiction challenges, and was appointed a Trustee of the College of General Dentistry in 2026. She was previously Director of Policy and Clinical Affairs at the Association of Dental Groups, whose members work with over 22,000 registered dental professionals in treating over 10 million dental patients, and Clinical Director at Simplyhealth, including Denplan, where she chaired both the Clinical Governance Committee and the Denplan Excel Board.

After qualifying as a dentist in 1992 from the University of Leeds, where she achieved a Distinction in oral surgery, she spent two and a half years in secondary care as a House Officer in Leeds and Senior House Officer in Newcastle before moving into general dental practice. She completed Vocational Training in Sunderland and spent a year there as an associate GDP before practising in Reading for three years. From 2000-2019, she was Principal Dental Surgeon and a joint partner at a private dental practice in Thatcham, West Berkshire. She joined Denplan as a Dental Advisor in 2010, and was later promoted to Senior Dental Advisor, Head of Professional Support Services and Head Dental Officer before working there full-time from 2019. In 2013, she completed a Master’s degree in Medical Ethics and Law at King’s College London, writing her dissertation on whether both professional integrity and patient autonomy can be satisfied in fulfilling patients’ cosmetic dental desires. She became a Certified Member of the Institute of Risk Management in 2015 and was awarded a Chartered Management Institute Level 7 Certificate in Leadership Mentoring and Coaching in 2016. She became a Fellow of the College in 2023, and in 2024 was a keynote speaker at the CGDent Scotland Annual Study Day, the College’s largest annual CPD event, lecturing on ethical and legal considerations in the provision of aesthetic and cosmetic dental procedures.

Registration & fees

All dental professionals, and others with professional interests in contemporary dental practice, are eligible to attend, with discounted places available to College members.

College member
– early booking		£30
£20
Non-member
– early booking		£40
£30

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*This lecture was originally scheduled to take place as part of the College Summer Day on 25 June 2026, however the day unfortunately had to be cancelled due to the UK Health Security Agency’s red heat-health alert.

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