David Payne qualified from Birmingham University in 1970 and has worked in all areas of general practice, establishing the Selly Park Dental Centre in 1972. He has served on the local Dental Committees of Birmingham and Sandwell for twenty years. He has been Chief Dental Officer for a major industrial corporation. He is currently a member of Remote Air Medical and has assisted in establishing dental services in developing countries. He is married with three children and plays cricket for a local side, and is a former editor of The Queens Medical Magazine. He is also a Dental Officer for the Cunard shipping line and serves on the world cruise.

Louis Mackenzie graduated from Birmingham University in 1990. He then joined the Selly Park Dental Centre where he primarily worked for the NHS before developing a private practice in 1995. Mr Mackenzie's family-based approach is centred on providing high quality, long-lasting dentistry using the most up-to-date preventive and aesthetic techniques. Mr Mackenzie is a clinical lecturer at Birmingham University Dental School where he teaches final-year students. He is also an honorary clinical assistant at Birmingham Dental Hospital, and an elected member of the LDC serving on the advisory committee. In 2001 he completed a years course in restorative/ cosmetic dentistry at the Manchester Centre for Dental Education. He is married to Solihull dentist Gilly Mackenzie and they have two small children. He plays tennis and golf and is captain of a local cricket team.

Hugo Whitehead qualified from Birmingham University in 1990. He has gained extensive experience in general dental practice, attending many post-graduate courses and fostering a keen interest in endodontics. He has been a clinical assistant in the oral surgery department at the Birmingham Dental Hospital for the last ten years. He is a Member of the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners and is currently a course tutor for the Midlands area and advises on the principles of Best Practice.

Paula Thomas graduated from Birmingham University in 1988 and spent the first year after qualification as a houseman at The Corbett Hospital. She then went in to general dental practice providing a high quality of dental care and treatment in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. In February 2000 she was invited to join The Selly Park Dental Centre to exercise her skills and facilitate the school run for her two young daughters.

Michael Waplington qualified from Birmingham University in 1988, and spent two years working in Oral Surgery Department in the West Midlands. He gained his M.Dent Sc in 1995. He has presented research work at scientific meetings in the UK, Europe, Asia and the USA, and continues to teach postgraduate endodontic courses. He is registered on the General Dental Council Specialist List in Endodontics, and is Honorary Lecturer at the University of Birmingham Dental School. Michael has recently been elected for the British Endodontic Council.

Nigel Moss - Specialist in Surgical Dentistry, graduated from Birmingham University in 1974 and moved into hospital practice in Oral & Maxillo-facial surgery where he spent the next 6 years gaining surgical experience. Shifting into general practice he continued to concentrate on surgical and restorative aspects and started working with tissue-integrated implants in 1988 after training in Switzerland and Scandinavia. He has continued to develop his interest in implant based restorative treatment and is equipped to offer a full range of implant options. Nigel teaches implant techniques in the U.K. and internationally, and regularly attends major symposia in europe and the U.S.A. A regular squash player, occasional cricketer, motorcyclist and oenophile with a love of good jazz.

Pratima Dhir
Graduated from Dundee University in 1998. After further training at St. Andrews she was appointed Senior House Officer at Manchester Hospital. Subsequently she has worked in general practice, developing a special interest in periodontics (gum conditions). She is currently taking an advanced post-graduate qualification and attends numerous courses. She, in common with many of our clinicians has been co-opted onto the teaching staff of Birmingham University Dental School. Pratima joined the Selly Park Dental Centre in 2002 and has become a much valued team member. She is a regular badminton player, a keen swimmer and enjoys traveling and music.

Robert Slater - Specialist Orthodontic Advisor, qualified from Birmingham University in 1990 as a Dental Surgeon. He worked in the hospital service in Maxillo-facial surgery and restorative dentistry for four years. He attained the Fellowship in Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1994. He then completed his Orthodontic Specialist Training at Guy's Hospital graduating in his Master of Science degree from the University of London and his Membership in Orthodontics from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1997. He spent two years in Brighton working as a Registrar in Orthodontics at the Children's hospital and as a Orthodontist in a practice. He has worked in Specialist Orthodontic Practice in Birmingham since 1997. He is also a part-time clinical lecturer in Orthodontics at the University of Birmingham.

Roger Pearson trained as a mature student at the Charles Clifford Dental Hospital in Sheffield and graduated from Sheffield University in 1980 with honours and distinctions. He had previously pursued a research career in physics and engineering.  After several years experience in NHS general practices in Birmingham and Wolverhampton he acquired a long established private practice in Edgbaston in 1987 and has now relocated this practice to Selly Park Dental Centre.
In 1991, Roger joined the staff of Birmingham Dental Hospital and the University School of Dentistry and he currently holds the post of Associate Specialist in Restorative Dentistry and Lecturer in Clinical Practice.
Based on his many years of experience in treating patients referred to the Hospital with a wide range of complex restorative problems, Roger was admitted to the General Dental Councils specialist list in prosthodontics when this was established in 2001.  He has lectured and organised postgraduate courses for practitioners and, as Head of a clinic preparing dental students for their final qualifying exams, he has taught and examined for many years. Ably assisted by his wife, Susan, who herself has over 30 years of experience in dental nursing and administration, Roger is able to provide a high standard of continuing care to his registered patients and also to those referred to him by their own dentists for specialist treatment.