Professor Damien Walmsley (left) with Dr Christopher Lynch

Dr Christopher Lynch has been named as the new Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Dentistry – a leading international dental journal in restorative dentistry.

Dr Lynch, Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Restorative Dentistry at Cardiff University, takes over from Professor Damien Walmsley of the University of Birmingham, who steps down after a successful nine years in the role.

Commenting on his appointment, Dr Lynch said: 'My ambition is that the Journal of Dentistry will continue to be a leading dental publication, with an emphasis on publishing high quality research that has the anticipated level impact of influencing the practice of dentistry at clinician, research, industry and policy-maker levels.'