Hygienist Team
Maggie Jackson
MPhil, RDH, DipDHE, FAETC, GDC No 197
Maggie is our hygiene team leader. She was born in the U.K. and brought up in a small village but she loved the idea of travel and adventure and joined the WRAF as soon as she was 17. She trained in the service as a dental nurse and was quickly selected for hygienist training. Now in her early 60’s, she is still very enthusiastic about her work and endeavours to inspire others with her enthusiasm. Despite periodontal treatment sometimes being testing for patients, they like her and she has built an enviable reputation as a clinician and an opinion-former in the profession as a whole. In November 2003 she was awarded a Master of Philosophy in Dentistry a post graduate degree from Leeds University. She has had a number of publications and has used her personal research findings to help design a new interdental brush. Maggie loves travelling and spending time with her large family including fourteen grandchildren.
Kai King
GDC No 3228
Kai is a hygienist who, as a valuable member of our hygienist team, has many years experience successfully working with patients with periodontal diseases. She qualified as a hygienist in Birmingham and then moved to a hospital in the Middle East working with well respected periodontist Robin Davies. She works with us, and in the family business, and has served on BDHA/BSDHT North West and national committee for many years and helps organise BSDHT and joint BSP/BSDHT meetings with Philip Greene. Kai loves spending time with her family who all enjoy sailing and travelling.
Nina Ainsworth
GDC No 4991
Nina, also a long standing member of our team of hygienists, is devoted to treating periodontal problems, and is an excellent patient motivator. She began her professional life as a dental nurse working for several years with Philip Greene who was a strong influence on her advancing her career. She was encouraged to take training at Manchester Dental Hospital as a Dental Hygienist and after a few years in general practice was selected for further ‘advance training’ by Maggie and asked to join the team.
Nina had a fairytale wedding in Italy and loves spending time with her husband and daughter.
Dentistry Team
Dr B David Cohen
PhD, MSc, BDS, MFGDP, LDSRCS, CUEW Specialist in Endodontics
David Cohen qualified in 1971 with B.D.S. from the Royal Dental Hospital of London and 1972
L.D.S.R.C.S. from the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Following qualification he worked in general practice in Manchester. At a lecture by an endodontist in 1976, he became interested in Endodontics and in order to advance his knowledge in this field he undertook a number of postgraduate courses in the United States at Boston University School of Graduate Dentistry, under the leadership of Dr. Herbert Schilder. In 1981 he commenced part-time postgraduate research in Endodontics, which led to an M.Sc. being awarded in 1984 on the strength of a thesis entitled “An Investigation into the relative merits of some Endodontic Filling Systems”. In 1986 he was invited to undertake further research work, culminating in a Ph.D. being awarded by the University of Manchester in 1991 on the basis of a thesis entitled ”Development and Evaluation of Endodontic Filling and Pulp Capping Materials”. This led to the development of new materials in both areas of root filling and pulp capping and worldwide patents for such materials. In 2005 he was awarded a Certificate of Expert Witness Accreditation by Cardiff University.
In 1981 David opened a practice ‘Limited to Endodontics’ part-time, which has now grown into the full time practice at The Malt House. For a number of years David taught postgraduate Endodontics and undergraduate studies as a Lecturer at Manchester Dental Hospital and currently holds the position of Honorary Research Associate at Manchester University. He was admitted to the endodontic specialist register as soon as the register was inaugurated in 1998.
He has written widely on endodontic subjects and in 1994 was a Visiting Fellow to the Singapore Ministry of Health. He has also lectured extensively in the U.K. and U.S.A. David has served as the President of the British Endodontic Society and Chairman and/or executive member of a number of local dental and endodontic associations. He has also been since 1979 a member and regular attender at meetings of the American Association of Endodontists
Outside dentistry he loves spending time with his family, especially his four young grandchildren. He also enjoys learning Spanish, photography, collecting whisky and vodka miniatures and flying his aeroplane. He has been very active in his local Jewish community, including the most recent stint of three years as the President of his local synagogue, and has recently been appointed Governor of a local secondary school.
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