Lecturer Details: Implant Maintenance in Primary Care

Lecturer nameTimothy Harris BDS MFDS (RCS) MSc FHEA
Lecturer profileTim Harris is a dentist and Director Circus Dental, Bath and a Clinical Teacher Dental implantology (University of Bristol). Tim has been providing sedation to patients and has been teaching and mentoring for sedation techniques
for many years.

Short Resume of Career to date:
- BDS Bristol 2002
- Vocational Training, Bristol 2002-2003
- Associate Dental Surgeon, New Zealand 2006-2007
- Senior House Officer / Staff Grade, South West Deanery 2003-2008
- DwSi Oral Surgery Somerset PCT 2008-2018
- Clinical teacher Oral Surgery University of Bristol 2008- 2023
- Associate dentist – Dental Implant Clinic, Bath 2009-2019
- Dentist and Director. Circus Dental 2019 to date

- Experience relevant to the topic:
- Experience in Primary and Secondary care since 2009 training with SAAD.
- SAAD member
- Sedation Mentor
- Sedation update course provision 2015 onwards.

Lecturer nameColin McGuirk BDS, MSc (Dental Implantology), MClinDent
Lecturer profileColin McGuirk works in a private referral practice in Bath limiting his practice to prosthodontics and dental implantology. Colin’s expertise is in utilising minimally invasive, adhesive techniques to restore teeth. He has a particular interest in treating complex cases and especially in the management of tooth wear.

Colin has completed extensive postgraduate studies including two masters degrees; a MSc in dental implantology and a MClinDent in fixed and removable prosthodontics and was awarded a distinction for both degrees.

Colin is a postgraduate mentor for King’s College London and a clinical lecturer for the university of Bristol. He is involved in teaching dentists as part of MSc and MClinDent programmes and through independent courses across the UK.