Dr Andrew Wallace has become the new representative for Northern Ireland on the College Council.

Succeeding Susan Nelson, who demitted this month after completing the maximum permitted nine years’ service, Dr Wallace is a dentist at Cranmore Dental and Marlborough Clinic, two private dental practices in Belfast.

He qualified from Queen’s University Belfast in 1998, and during 25 years as a general dental practitioner, including six in NHS practice, he developed interests in more complex dentistry and undertook postgraduate training in the treatment of patients with missing teeth using implants and bridgework, as well as in cosmetic makeovers.

He has been accepting referrals for over 10 years and now limits his practice to referrals in prosthodontics, endodontics and orthodontics. He was previously a partner at Bachelors Walk Dental, where he successfully took the practice through assessments including the British Dental Association’s Good Practice Scheme, Denplan Excel and Investors in People.

He holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Endodontics from the University of Chester, and has been awarded the Master of Clinical Dentistry in Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics (MClinDent with Distinction) by King’s College London. He also completed the IAS Academy Advanced Course, which since 2021 has been the preparatory course for the CGDent Diploma in Primary Care Orthodontics.

Now a Director of the IAS Academy, he has been a lecturer, trainer and mentor for over 15 years, providing Inman Aligner training, teaching its minimally invasive ‘align, bleach and bond’ protocol, and delivering courses on clear aligners, fixed braces, ortho-restorative and restorative space closure. He has also been a trainer for Philips, ClearCorrect, Dentsply Sirona and Henry Schein, and was previously a postgraduate tutor and honorary clinical lecturer at King’s College London.

He gained full Membership of the former Faculty of General Dental Practice of the Royal College of Surgeons England (FGDP) in 2015, became a Foundation Member of CGDent in 2020, and was admitted to Associate Fellowship of the College in 2021. He is also an active member of the Irish Academy of Aesthetic Dentistry.

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