Matthew Collins

Matthew Collins FCGDent is a general dental practitioner in a mixed NHS-and-private practice Batley, and has a particular clinical interest in dental rehabilitations for patients with worn and missing teeth. He graduated from Leeds University in 1998 and has undertaken extensive postgraduate training in composite techniques, aesthetic dentistry and dental implantology, holding both a Master’s degree in Clinical Dentistry from the University of London and the Diploma in Implant Dentistry of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He joined the former Faculty of General Dental Practice UK (FGDP) in 2001, achieved Fellowship in 2010, and was later a Facilitator for the Faculty’s ‘Preparing for Fellowship’ programme and a member of the Faculty Academy. He was elected to the FGDP Board as a National Representative in 2020, transferred to the College Council in 2021, is a member of the College’s Membership Admissions Panel and Regional Funding Panel and was elected Vice-President for 2023-24. He was elected to represent the Faculty of Dentists in 2024, and is the College’s observer on the BDA General Dental Practice Committee. He is also Chair of Calderdale and Kirklees Local Dental Committee and a member of the Association of Dental Implantology.

Updated 2024