Lecturer Details: DHTF Medical Confusions in Dentistry

Lecturer nameProfessor Adrian Thorp BDS (Liverpool), LLB (Hons), MFDS RCS (Eng), M Sur
Lecturer profileAdrian qualified from Liverpool University, then a part-time Associate Specialist in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery alongside as a primary care oral surgeon in North Wales in his own seven-surgery practice.
Adrian started the Oral Surgery MCN in North Wales and was one of the individuals who developed the National Accreditation for Tier 2 Oral Surgery in Wales. He is Deputy Chair of the Strategic Advisory Forum for Oral Surgery in Wales, giving advice to the Chief Dental Officer. He was asked to re-write the Welsh Health Curricular on Oral Surgery provision, which was given Ministerial Approval. He has developed a training scheme to upskill General Dental Practitioners to prevent onward referrals of primary care oral surgery.
He sits on the Speciality Advisory Committee for Oral Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of England and was one of the individuals that developed the new four-year curriculum for Oral Surgery in the UK. He also sits on the Strategic Advisory Board for Oral Surgery / Oral Medicine for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
Adrian is one of the representative that sits on the British National Formulary for NICE to determine the drugs available for the Dental Practitioners Formulary.
Adrian is one of the assessors for the General Dental Council for non-CCST applications to the Oral Surgery Specialist List. In addition, he is an expert witness for the Dental Defence Union for medico-legal cases in relation to Oral Surgery.
Adrian is the current Chair of the Oral Surgery Dental Specialist Fellowship Examination and has previously examined for the Diploma in Oral Surgery and is Deputy Chair for the MFDS Examination.