Lecturer Details: Essential Periodontics: Surgery for the Diseased Patient

Lecturer nameDr Ian Dunn MFGDP(UK) RCSEng2001, BChD Leeds 1998
Lecturer profileIan qualified from Leeds in 1998 and went into general practice in the North West. In 2001 he was awarded Membership of the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners. In 2002 he joined the teaching staff at Liverpool Dental Hospital in the Periodontology Department where he is currently the Undergraduate Teaching Lead in Periodontics and holds an Honorary Speciality Doctor position. In 2010 he completed his MSc in Periodontology and in 2013 he was admitted to the GDC Specialist List in Periodontics.

Ian spends three days a week in private practice in the North West of England where he takes referrals for all aspects of Periodontology. He is the British Society of Periodontology regional representative for Merseyside and Cheshire, and is also the BSP Honorary Editor and Webmaster.
Lecturer nameMr Phil Ower BDS MSC MGDSRCS
Lecturer profilePhil Ower qualified from King's London in 1978. He joined the RAF after qualifying and was a general dental practitioner until taking an MSc in Periodontology in 1992, after which he was RAF Adviser in Periodontology and ran the RAF School of Dental Hygiene. After leaving the RAF in 1996 he lectured at the Eastman Dental Institute and worked in several specialist practices. For 10 years he worked alongside the renowned Bernie Kieser at the Periodontal Practice in London and now practices exclusively at the Briars Dental Centre in Newbury. He has been an examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons of England (MGDS) and has served two terms on the Council of the British Society of Periodontology (BSP). He is serving a third term on the BSP Council prior to his Presidency of the BSP in 2015-16. In 2014 he was elected to the BSP Faculty. Phil has had papers published in the Journal of Clinical Periodontology, Dental Update, Dental Practice and Independent Dentistry and has served on the editorial boards of Primary Dental Care, Dental Health and the Primary Dental Journal. He is a Module editor on the eDen project for e-Learning for Healthcare and is currently editing a new undergraduate textbook for the publisher Elsevier. He lectures throughout the UK and internationally, and spoke at Europerio 7 in Vienna in 2012. He is also responsible for the perio component of the FGDP(UK) Diploma in Restorative Dentistry in both London and Manchester.