Lecturer Details: Advanced composites

Lecturer nameMr Martin Chan BDS , MDSc., FDS (Rest Dent) RCPS, DRD, MRD, RCSEd
Lecturer profileMartin Chan is an NHS Consultant in Restorative Dentistry at the Leeds Dental Institute (Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust), lead clinician for dental implants and head of department. He has published widely in refereed journals, and is very active in postgraduate training of general dental practitioners, dental core trainees and specialist trainees. He is also a part-time specialist practitioner in a busy referral practice at Specialist Dental Care in Ilkley.
Lecturer namePeter Nixon BChD (Hons), MFDS RCSEd, MDentSc, FDS (Rest Dent)
Lecturer profilePete qualified in 1998 and has been a Hospital Consultant and Specialist Dentist for over 15 years. Having worked at the Leeds Dental Institute for 19 years, he moved to York Hospital in 2019.
Pete spends half the week at York Hospital and also works part-time in private practice at Kirkgate Dental in Tadcaster. He is very much a clinician and focuses on treating patients every working day.
To become a Consultant and Specialist, after his 5-year degree course, Pete worked for 4 years in a combination of general practice and hospital jobs and then trained for a further 5 years in hospital as a Registrar, focusing on specialist and complex dental treatment. Along the way, he completed a Masters degree in Restorative Dentistry and passed the necessary examinations at the Royal College of Surgeons to become a specialist.
Peter is a registered Specialist in restorative dentistry, endodontics, periodontology and prosthodontics. He is very experienced in Dental implants, providing surgical and restorative treatment from simple to the most complex cases over the last 20 years. Peter is an examiner for dentists in implant dentistry for the Royal College of Surgeons.
Lecturer nameMital Patel BSc(Hons), BDS, MFDS RCS, MSc, FDS, RCPS
Lecturer profileMital completed an intercalated BSc(Hons) in Dental Science in 2002 and qualified as a dentist in 2005 from Cardiff Dental School. He then moved to London to complete his foundation training before travelling up to Yorkshire in 2008 to undertake five years of specialist training in Restorative Dentistry at Leeds Dental Institute. During this time he was awarded an MSc in Restorative Dentistry with distinction and completed his training in 2013 after which he moved back to London to take up his current role as Consultant in Restorative Dentistry at Barts Health NHS Trust in London.

Mital's clinical practice incorporates all aspects of restorative dentistry. He is particularly involved in the rehabilitation of patients with dental trauma and is a member of the head and neck trauma MDT at The Royal London Dental Hospital. Mital is also the clinical lead for the endodontic service and is involved in postgraduate teaching and training in implant dentistry as part of the MClinDent programmes in Prosthodontics and Periodontology.

Mital enjoys teaching and training at all levels and has published and co-authored a number articles in peer reviewed journals. He also undertakes private practice dedicated to all aspects of restorative dentistry in North London and Essex