Abdul joined the family practice in 2012 after completing his doctorate in dentistry. Among many post graduate courses, he has completed a postgraduate certificate course in Cambridge in Implantology, a postgraduate diploma in Business Leadership and Management and recently completed his Masters course in Implants at the University of Central Lancashire. His lecture “Titanium Mindset” won the award for the best lecture at the regional implant meeting in Dublin. He has also lectured for the ITI in London at their annual UK meeting. Currently, Abdul is undertaking a certificate course in NLP with the American board of Neurolinguistic programming.

Bindiya qualified from King’s College London in 2011 and for the last 8 years she has worked as a general dental practitioner. In 2018, Bindiya completed her Masters in Dental Law & Ethics at the University of Bedfordshire. Her research focused on newly qualified dentists and their perception of the GDC standards with particular interest on the impact this has on them both clinically and otherwise. Bindiya is also a Regional Associate at the Dentists’ Health Support Trust.

Hoda is a Principal Lecturer in Medical & Dental Education at the University of Bedfordshire and is the Teaching & Learning Lead across the School of Healthcare Practice. With a background in dentistry, Hoda achieved her Masters in Clinical Dentistry in 2000 and was awarded her PhD in 2008 and in 2016 she completed her MA in Education. Hoda leads MA Dental Education and MA Dental Law and Ethics courses and her research interests focus on innovation in teaching and learning, ethical practice and continuous professional development. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Daakshini graduated from the University of Bristol. Her dental foundation training year was spent with a trainer with a dentolegal background. She then gained further training in the Oral and Maxillofacial Department at the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth. During the year she enjoyed surgical aspects of the field treating patients of all ages. Currently working as a Dental Officer in Community Dental Service at the Great Western Hospitals NHS trust, she has a strong grasp of the application of dental law and ethics involved in providing treatment to patients of extreme ages and with various mental and physical disabilities.

Malika graduated from University of Bristol in 2015, and following completion of her Dental Foundation Training, has been working as an Associate dentist at two dental practices for the past three years. She aims to provide a high standard of patient centred dental care, and enjoys providing all aspects of general dentistry. She will be starting her Masters in Dental Implantology from September 2019.

Tom is a Chartered Accountant who works for Morris and Co Specialist Dental Accountants. Tom has been helping dentists with their accounting, tax and NHS pension queries for a number of years and has considerable knowledge on the NHS pension scheme. Tom lectures to a number of foundation dentist and therapist schemes on self-employment and has been involved in the HMRC enquiry into dental associate tax status. Tom is also a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW) Healthcare Committee.

Alan is a Chartered Accountant and Partner in UNW LLP chartered accountants where he is Head of the Dental Business Unit which looks after approximately 500 dentist clients throughout the UK. Alan writes regularly for the dental press, and presents at BDA seminars. He is a member of the National Association of Specialist Dental Accountants & Lawyers (NASDAL), a member of the technical committee, and chair of the NHS Superannuation committee. He is the editor of the quarterly NASDAL goodwill survey which analyses all member client practice sales, purchases, and valuations. Alan is also a member of the Association of Specialist Providers to Dentistry (ASPD).

James Green is a Maxillofacial and Dental Laboratory Manager at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust and the North Thames Cleft Centre, a supra-regional service run from both Trusts, for patients with clefts of the lip and palate from North London, Essex and South and West Hertfordshire. He regularly lectures as an invited speaker both nationally and internationally and is also an accomplished author having had papers published in peer reviewed journals such as the Annals of Plastic Surgery, the Angle Orthodontist, the British Dental Journal and the Primary Dental Journal.

As dentists, and father and son, Derek and Leonard own and run 11 General Dental Practices across Northern Ireland, with a staff of approx. 180 and provide NHS and private dentistry to over 60,000 registered patients. They focus on the highest quality of patient care whist ensuring compliance with all regulators. They have recognised the increasing burden of stress on Associate and Principal dentists in recent years – due to increasing levels of complaints/litigation, patient expectations and financial pressures. As a result, they co-founded The Dentists Academy, which focuses on personal growth and professional development for dentists in General Dental Practice.

As dentists, and father and son, Derek and Leonard own and run 11 General Dental Practices across Northern Ireland, with a staff of approx. 180 and provide NHS and private dentistry to over 60,000 registered patients. They focus on the highest quality of patient care whist ensuring compliance with all regulators. They have recognised the increasing burden of stress on Associate and Principal dentists in recent years – due to increasing levels of complaints/litigation, patient expectations and financial pressures. As a result, they co-founded The Dentists Academy, which focuses on personal growth and professional development for dentists in General Dental Practice.