Committee Member Portfolios

Andrew Lane MPhil, BDS, DGDP(UK)

Andrew qualified from the University of Bristol with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery in 1978, followed by the Diploma in General Dental Practice, Royal College of Surgeons, UK in 1993 and a Master of Philosophy in 1999 for research into dental materials at the University of Manchester.

He won the SmithKline Beecham Dental Practice Innovation award in 1995 and the Manchester Postgraduate Dental Society Award for research in 1999. He prepared the General Dental Council's written submission to the House of Lords Scientific Select Committee investigation into Complementary Medicine. Andrew is now the principal of Stockport Dental Seminars, organising and teaching advanced occlusion courses around the UK, combined with a partnership in a private general dental practice in Saddleworth.

Andrew was a founder of the British Society of Occlusal Studies in 1986 and was the society's secretary for 10 years. During that time organised over 50 postgraduate training courses, including teaching fixed appliance orthodontics to GDPs, along with a variety of courses on occlusion, TMD, aesthetics and alternatives to amalgam. Other positions held include Dental Vocational Training Advisor in General Dental Practice, UK Chairman of the American Equilibration Society, Chairman of Dental Relief for Romania Appeal, leader writer for Dentistry Monthly magazine and editor of Biological Dentistry newsletter.