Quality Assurance

Amit graduated in Dentistry from the University of Liverpool in 1997. Following a training post in Restorative Dentistry at the Liverpool Dental School, he gained significant experience in Oral and Maxillofacial surgery through 3 prestigious hospital posts. He obtained his Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgeons at the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh in 2000.

Alongside his private practice, he also works as Associate Specialist in Periodontics and Honorary Clinical Lecturer at the University of Birmingham Dental School. His special interests are dental implants, regenerative and aesthetic periodontics.

Amit obtained his Masters in Clinical Periodontology and Clinical Dental Dentistry at Guy’s, Kings and St Thomas’ Dental Institute. Amit then obtained his Membership in Restorative Dentistry from the Royal College of Surgeons of England and became a registered Specialist in Periodontics. He works with several different implant systems including Biohorizons and Astra Dental Implant systems. He is also experienced in advanced surgical techniques for the treatment of Periodontal (gum) disease including sinus lift surgery, bone augmentation, the use of growth factor for bone regeneration and cosmetic root coverage surgery.

Amit is dedicated to providing specialist dentistry at the highest level and to training other dental professionals and has been voted inside the top 50 most influential dentists in the UK. Amit is very well known lecturer nationally and internationally.

Maggie has received awards for dental hygiene services and periodontal research. She is the first dental hygienist to hold an MPhil qualification in periodontology. After several extensive years of experience in treating periodontal diseases without surgery, Maggie Jackson decided to start her own practice. Maggie is a hygienist of exceptional reputation and experience.

In November 2003 she was awarded a Master of Philosophy in Dentistry a post graduate degree from Leeds University. She has a number of publications and has used her personal research findings to help design a new interdental brush.

She lectures throughout the UK and locally on the hygienist (BSDHT) committees. She regularly receives referrals for more complex, non-surgical periodontal (gum) treatments from other dental practices.

Dr Om Kurmi is an Associate Professor, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry University Professor. He worked as a Senior Scientist in Respiratory Epidemiology at the Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit (CTSU), Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, the UK for 5.5 years. After the first degree in microbiology from Nepal in 2001, Dr Kurmi completed a post-graduate degree at De Montfort University in 2003. He then completed a PhD in the field of respiratory and environmental epidemiology from the University of Aberdeen. After working as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Birmingham (2009 – 2012), he joined CTSU in August 2012 as a respiratory and environmental epidemiologist. His main work relates to carrying out research in the field of non-communicable diseases, environmental health and occupational health. He has been involved in the supervision of postgraduate students (MSc and DPhil) at University of Oxford and University of Birmingham. He was involved in teaching postgraduate students and problem based learning to undergraduate medical students at the University of Birmingham. He is a visiting faculty member of Central Department of Environmental Sciences, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

Helen is a very experienced and well-respected highly sought after Quality Assurance Auditor, having worked for some 20 years in this area within the broad ‘Health’ arena and having a medical background. She is a centre approval manager and is the lead External Quality Assurance Verifier for Awarding Organisations.  Helen liaises with the regulators of qualifications, the regulators of National Occupational Standards, and the BSI. Helen’s recent projects include the writing of Qualifications for the dental industry including the Post Graduate Diplomas for Orthodontic Dentofacial Dentistry, Aesthetic and Restorative Dentistry, Management of Clear Aesthetic Orthodontic Alignment.

Wendy qualified as a dental nurse in 1996 and has since gained a qualifications in Dental Radiography (2003) Oral health Education Certificate (2004) Disease Prevention (2012) and Impression taking (2013). Wendy is currently a Practice Manger for a multi-surgery practice over 3 sites, which she helps with mentoring and teaching dental nurses to pursue extra qualifications to enhance their skills into a skill mix team.

Wendy is also the Postgraduate Dental administrator for Health Education England at Colchester Hospital, she also represents Practice Manager’s and Dental nurses at the Local Dental Network.

Nick Barker qualified in 1990 from London Hospital where he continued to work as the House Surgeon in Prosthodontics. He moved into general practice and became a practice principal in 1994 in a two surgery practice. He now oversees work carried out in a multi-surgery practice over 3 sites with a wide skill mix that involves Hygienists, Therapists, and Extended Duties Dental Nurses, Foundation Year 1 and Associate dentists and MSc students.

He gained an MSc with Distinction in Restorative Dental Practice from UCL Eastman in 2009.
Nick also works as the Postgraduate Dental Tutor for Health Education England at Colchester University Hospital, the Chair of Essex Local Professional Network, an elected member of English and UK councils at the BDA and a dental defence expert witness working with the major dental defence bodies.

He is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Barts and the London Dental Institute and a clinical lecturer on the MSc in Periodontology and Advanced Periodontal Practice at the University of Essex.

His work at NHS England includes sitting on the various national dental groups that regularly reviews developing NHS dentistry across the country.

His other work includes being a National Key Opinion Leader for Dentsply Sirona and DMG dental companies.