Dr Jonathan Bennett has been appointed by the Peninsula Dental School as Senior Lecturer in Dental Education. A graduate of the Universities of London and Oxford in Dentistry, Science and Education, Jon Bennett has contributed extensively to both undergraduate and graduate dental courses in the UK and overseas.

He has a special interest in teaching applied basic science in dentistry supported by extensive experience of biomedical research and clinical work in the fields of Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology.

The Peninsula Dental School is a new initiative designed to take a fresh approach to the teaching and development of prospective dentists and to ensure its graduates are best prepared to rise to the oral health challenges of the future.

The School will welcome its first cohort of students in September 2007 to the Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) degree course.