Consultants
Dr Shash Bhakta | Lead Clinician and Head of Restorative Dentistry Clinical Interests: Oral rehabilitation of head and neck cancer patients and patients who have suffered facial trauma, endodontics, prosthodontics and implant dentistry. |
Dr Zaid Ali | Lead for Restorative Oncology service and Training Programme Director for the Dental Core Trainees at Leeds (non OMFS) Clinical Interests: Oral rehabilitation of head and neck cancer patients and patients who have suffered facial trauma, implant dentistry, prosthodontics, endodontics and research. |
Dr Asmaa Al-Taie | Lead for Tooth Wear Rehabilitation Clinical Interests: Restorative dentistry, fixed-removable and implant prosthodontics. Research Interests: Dental materials and clinical solutions in prosthodontics. |
Miss Hannah Beddis | Training Programme Director for Restorative Dentistry speciality training Clinical Interests: Developmental dental problems, periodontics, implant dentistry, premolar transplants, TMD/bruxism and working within the multi-disciplinary team with orthodontics. |
Mr James Chesterman | Lead for periodontics Clinical Interests: Periodontics, implant dentistry |
Miss Kathryn Durey | Lead for developmental dental problems Clinical Interests: Developmental dental problems, implant dentistry, fixed prosthodontics, periodontics and working within the MDT with orthodontics/OMFS. |
Mr Matthew Gahan | Clinical Interests: Endodontics, implant dentistry, removable prosthodontics. |
Mr David Gray | Clinical Interests: Oral rehabilitation of head and neck cancer patients, prosthodontics and implant dentistry |
Professor Nic Hodson | Academic Head of Restorative Dentistry at the University of Leeds Clinical Interests: Periodontics |
Miss Leean Morrow | Director of the BSc Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy, Health and Safety Co-ordinator for the Leeds Dental Institute and the Appraisal Lead for Leeds Dental lnstitute CSU. Clinical Interests: Fixed and Removable prosthodontics |
Mr Jaymit Patel | Lead for prosthodontics Clinical Interests: Oral rehabilitation of head and neck cancer patients, implant dentistry, prosthodontics, research. |
Specialty Registrars
Rachael Jablonski | Zhain Mustufvi |
Nimit Patel | Roshni Ruparelia |
Anurag Srinivas | Joshua Twigg |
Mustafa Zaman |
Specialty Dentists
Thomas Hodson |
Hygienists and Therapists
Sally Elsworth | Alison Hodson |
Lorna Lichy | Laura Marshall |
Wei-Lun Tsoi |
Additional team members
We have a wonderful team of dental core trainees, dental nurses, receptionists, administrators, support workers and many others within the Restorative Department. They support all the clinical activity, helping the smooth running of our clinics and improving the patient journey.