All courses at Ucer Education are delivered by a team of highly-trained and qualified education providers and experienced clinicians.
The Faculty
Prof. Cemal Ucer
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Prof. Cemal Ucer
Prof. Cemal Ucer, BDS, MSc, PhD, MFDS RCS (Eng), FCGDent, FDTFEd., ITI Fellow, Specialist Oral Surgeon
Professor of Dental Implantology, University of Salford
Fellow of the British Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons
Cemal Ucer first established a private hospital based implant referral centre in 1995. He was awarded an MSc in Implantology at Manchester Dental Hospital following his research into guided bone regeneration and osteopromotion. He later gained a PhD for his clinical and laboratory studies into the factors affecting the success of implant treatment in iliac grafts and the investigation of the effect of skeletal bone density on implant survival. He has personally trained and mentored more than 1,000 dentists in implant dentistry as one of the main providers of implant education in the UK.
Cemal’s current clinical research interests include investigation of the role of major bone grafting on success of dental implants, management of nerve damage, 3D surgical navigation, reconstructive bone surgery, GBR and sinus grafting techniques, as well as rehabilitation of severely atrophic maxilla with zygomatic and 3D printed customised implants. Academically, he has gained European recognition for his work on the development of a new framework for teaching and assessment of clinical competence in implantology. He is a co-author of the consensus paper produced by the Association for Dental Education in Europe (ADEE) following the first pan-European collaboration between EU universities to establish common training and assessment standards in dental implantology. He is an invited member of the working group convened by the FGDP (UK) and the General Dental Council (GDC) to update the Training Standards in Implant Dentistry (TSID) guidelines in 2012 and 2016.
Cemal is a Fellow of the Dental Trainers Faculty of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd), a Fellow of the International Team for Implantology (ITI), a Fellow of College of General Dentistry and a member of Megagen’s MINTEC UK & Ireland Board for education and clinical research. ) and the chair of the editorial advisory board of Implant Dentistry Today. Cemal is Professor and Clinical Lead of the MSc programme in Dental Implantology at University of Salford and a member of the Faculty of Examiners of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh’s Diploma in Implant Dentistry. He is a past president (2011-2013) and honorary life member of The Association of Dental Implantology (ADI).
Professor Ucer’s private Centre for Oral-Maxilla-Facial and Dental Implant Reconstruction has been accredited as an International ZAGA Centre which provides treatment for the rehabilitation of severely atrophic jaws using the standardised anatomically driven ZAGA Zygomatic Implant technique without major bone grafting.
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Prof Simon Wright
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Dr Simon Wright
Dr Simon Wright, MBE, MSc PGDip Dental Implantology BDS PGCTLCP FHEA is Academic Lead of the MSc in Dental Implantology at Salford University and ICE Mentee School.
He has been a principal partner of Glencairn Dental group of practices since 2002. He completed the Trafford One Year Implant Course in 2004 and has gone on to complete his Diploma in Implant Dentistry and his MSc in Dental Implantology. Dr Wright is a Senior Lecturer in Implantology at the University of Salford, but also lectures nationally and internationally for Astra Tech, Straumann, the ITI, Mersey Deanery, and on the MSc courses at Manchester, Cardiff and Sheffield.
Simon has won awards for his research papers and is a keen mentor. He also hosts study clubs in the North West and is the Director of Education for the Association of Dental Implantology. He is also proud to be a member of PEERS.
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Dr Andrew Shelley
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Dr Andrew Shelley
Dr Andrew Shelley PhD MSc BDS MFGDP(UK) DPDS MGDS RCSEd FFGDP(UK) FDS RCSEd Dip Rest Dent RCS Eng
QUALIFICATIONS
• PhD University of Leeds 2014
• MSc University of Leeds 2010
• Dip Rest Dent RCS Eng Royal College of Surgeons of England 2008
• FDS RCSEd Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 2005
• FFGDP(UK) Royal College of Surgeons of England 2004
• MGDS RCSEd Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 2000
• DPDS University of Bristol 2000
• MFGDP(UK) Royal College of Surgeons of England 1996
• BDS University of Manchester 1979
POSITIONS HELD IN DENTISTRY
• Co-ordinator for FDS by Assessment, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
• Examiner, Diploma in Restorative Dentistry, Faculty of General Dental Practice
• Associate Specialist in Restorative Dentistry, North Manchester General Hospital
• Vocational trainer
• Advisor to BUPA Dental
• Lecturer, Diploma in Restorative Dentistry, Faculty of General Dental Practice
• Course director, MJDF(UK) study group, Faculty of General Dental Practice
• Part time clinical teacher in Primary Dental Care, University of Manchester Dental School
• Clinical tutor, Perio Implant Europe
PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS
• British Dental Association
Stockport Section:
• Treasurer, Secretary and Chairman 1985-90
East Lancashire and East Cheshire Branch:
• Branch Secretary, 1990-1997
• Editor annual magazine 1990 to 1999
• President 2003
National:
• Member of Representative board 1990-3
• Faculty of General Dental Practitioners (UK)
Member of Divisional Board
• British Society for Restorative Dentistry
• British Society of Paediatric Dentistry
• Faculty of Dental Surgery Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
SPECIALIST LIST
Andrew is a registered specialist in prosthodontics and on the specialist list of the the General Dental Council
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Dr Ulpee Darbar
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Dr Ulpee Darbar
Dr Ulpee Darbar, BDS, MSc, FDS RCSEd, is a Consultant in Restorative Dentistry and is also on the specialist lists in Restorative Dentistry, Periodontology, Prosthodontics and Endodontics.
Ulpee is Divisional Clinical Director of the Eastman Dental Hospital and also the Lead for dental implants at the Eastman as well as being Clinical Tutor for the trainees and Programme Director for the Dental SHOs. She is widely recognised for her specialist interests in periodontology and implantology and lectures and teaches widely on these topics. She also holds a number of external positions for the Royal Colleges & Specialist Societies.
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Dr Lloyd Searson
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Dr Lloyd Searson
Dr Lloyd Searson BDS, MS (Univ. of Michigan), FDS.RCS(Eng), Consultant and Specialist in Restorative Dentistry, GDC Registration No: 54293
Lloyd graduated in 1980 from the Welsh National School of Medicine, Cardiff. Following graduation, he continued to work at the school in the departments of Oral Surgery and Conservative Dentistry before accepting a post in the department of Conservative Dentistry at the Eastman Dental Institute. In 1983 Lloyd won a prestigious, highly competitive Science and Engineering Research Scholarship which allowed him to enrol onto the Master of Science in Restorative Dentistry programme at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, USA.
After completing his MSc in 1985, Lloyd returned to work at The Eastman Dental Institute where he was a highly respected and longstanding Consultant and Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Prosthodontics department for over twenty years. During this time, Lloyd took over one of the most illustrious restorative practices in London and The London Centre for Prosthodontics was born. Lloyd is the lead clinician and the senior partner.
In addition to his time spent at the practice, Lloyd lectures nationally and internationally in all aspects of prosthodontics and implant dentistry. He is renowned as one of the leading implant surgeons in the United Kingdom and he has co-authored two books on the subject. He continues to treat cases and teach within the hospital setting as a Consultant in Restorative Dentistry at Kings College Dental Hospital.
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Dr David Madruga
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Dr David Madruga
Dr David Madruga BDS FFGDP RCS (Eng), MJDF RCS (Eng), MFDS RCSEd DipImpDent RCS (Eng) (Adv Cert), DipClinPerio (Gothenburg), MSc Implant Dentistry (Leeds), PGCertDentEd (UoB), FHEA, FIADI
Implant Surgeon
Fellowship Adviser FGDP- Royal College of Surgeons (RCS)
Tutor Diploma Implant Dentistry FGDP (RCS)
Associate Clinical Professor University Rey Juan Carlos (Madrid)
President of International Academy of Dental Implantology Europe (IADI, Europe)
GDC No. 104892
Implant Surgeon
Fellowship Adviser FGDP- Royal College of Surgeons (RCS)
Tutor Diploma Implant Dentistry FGDP (RCS)
Associate Clinical Professor University Rey Juan Carlos (Madrid)
President of International Academy of Dental Implantology Europe (IADI, Europe)
GDC No. 104892
Dr. David Madruga is a qualified dental surgeon from the University Complutense of Madrid. He has worked in several practices in the UK since 2006, taking care of both NHS, private and Denplan patients and has successfully helped to develop several Conscious Sedation/ Implant referral centres across the country.
The Oxford Society of Oral Implantology awarded him with a Postgraduate Certificate in Comprehensive Oral Implantology and Prosthetics in 2008. Furthermore, in 2009 he completed a second year in Advanced Implantology and Bone Graft Surgery organised by the above Society and the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Implantology of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Lille II (France).
He was awarded the Diploma of Member of Joint of Dental Faculties of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (MJDF RCS Eng) in 2009, from where he completed a Diploma and Advanced Certificate leading to an MSc in Implant Dentistry at the Royal College of Surgeons (London). This qualification is currently considered the gold standard in postgraduate training in Implant Dentistry in UK.
He has also carried out research work in the field of bone regeneration and plasma rich in growth factors (PRGF) at the University of Leeds, which served him to obtain a Masters Degree in Clinical Dentistry (Implant Dentistry).
In 2013, he completed an intensive 2-year postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Periodontology, organised by the Department of Biomaterials/Handicap Research of the University of Gothenburg (Sweden), under the supervision of worldwide known Professor Dr Thomas Albrektsson.
He was also awarded Member of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of Edinburgh (MFDSEd) in 2013.
During the past years he has also attended a variety of national and international courses in oral rehabilitation, implant and aesthetic dentistry (France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Mexico, USA).
He was appointed Fellowship Adviser of the Faculty of General Dental Practice (Royal College of Surgeons of England) and elected board member of the Fellowship Development group in 2014.
David combines his clinical work with his other passion, teaching and mentoring other dentists interested in furthering their knowledge in different fields of Dentistry. He currently works as Tutor of the prestigious Diploma in Implant Dentistry of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and as Associate Clinical Professor at the University Rey Juan Carlos (Madrid).
In 2015, David was awarded Fellowship of the prestigious Higher Education Academy in recognition of attainment against the UK Professional Standards Framework for teaching and learning support in higher education.
David has recently been appointed President of the International Academy of Implant Dentistry (IADI, USA) in Europe.
David has been nominated Associate Professor at the University Rey Juan Carlos (Madrid), where he is currently working towards completion of his Clincal Doctorate (PhD). He is also course Director of the Master of Science in Implant Dentistry, formally articulated between the Faculty of General Dental Practice (Royal College of Surgeons of England) and the University Rey Juan Carlos (Madrid).
He is also Co-Director of the full-time clinical program “Master in Advanced Implantology, Tissue Regeneration and implant-supported rehabilitation” at the University Rey Juan Carlos (Madrid).
He currently leads a highly qualified team in Conscious Sedation, Dental Implantology and Periodontics, taking both internal and external referrals. He carries out all forms of implant dentistry from basic dental Implantology to more complex cases requiring bone-grafting procedures.
He performs immediate placement/loading of implants and “same day teeth” full mouth rehabilitations, reducing surgery time and healing process and allowing his patients to leave the practice with fixed implant-supported restorations on the same day.
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Clinical Team
Mel Hay
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Mel Hay
Mel Hay PA to Prof. Cemal Ucer
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