Dean of the Faculty

Ian Mills has been elected as the next Dean of the Faculty of General Dental Practice UK (FGDP[UK]). Ian, who works in general dental practice in North Devon, previously held the post of Academic Clinical Fellow at Plymouth University Peninsula School of Dentistry, and is a Fellow of the Faculty. He is currently senior Vice-Dean of FGDP (UK) and will be inaugurated as Dean on 15 June 2018, taking over from Dr Mick Horton.

Chair of ECDSC

Charlotte Waite has been elected Chair of the BDA's England Community Dental Services Committee (ECDSC). Charlotte is a senior community dentist based in Leicestershire, and has served as Vice Chair for the last three years.

NI Council Chair

Roz McMullan has been re-elected as Chair of Northern Ireland Council. Roz previously served as NI Council Chair from 2015-17. She is elected as a representative member from BDA Northern Ireland Branch. Roz previously practised as a consultant orthodontist in the Western Health and Social Care Trust. As part of her role as Chair she sits as a non-voting member on the Northern Ireland Dental Practice and Salaried Dentists Committees.

Richard Graham, a GDP, was elected as Vice Chair of Northern Ireland Council.

BDJ Reader Panel

The British Dental Journal has appointed a Reader Panel, selecting the following 13 panel members from 22 applications:

Shyam Karia

Erika Spyer

Margaret Foxton

Thomas Dey

Pav Chana

Glesni Llwyd

Michael O'Reilly

Pramod Subbaraman

Simon Threadgill

Hussein Hassanali

Gillian Howie

Varinder Bassi

Bethan Liddy.

The Panel members have been chosen from a wide range of career stages and geographical areas in the UK and will be called upon for feedback, ideas and suggestions for the BDJ.