Wessex Branch - Red flag in oral and maxillofacial surgery

Anna qualified as a dentist in 1988 in Guy's Dental Hospital and, after working for some years in General Practice, completed an MSc in Endodontics in 1997. She has worked since as a specialist endodontist in practice and also taught endodontics to Undergraduate students in Guy's Dental School. Anna spent 17 years in Italy where she ran her own Endodontic Referral Practice, receiving referrals from dentists all over Piedmont. She is a member of the British Endodontic Society, also of the Langham Endodontic Study Club for specialists, of which she was Senior Executive Officer in 2007/2008. She has given lectures and hands-on courses in England and Italy over the years and has published articles in the International Endodontic Journal, Dental Traumatology and the Journal of Endodontics. Anna returned to England in 2015, and she is now proud to be the specialist endodontist in the excellent team of the Bond Dental Clinic in Salisbury.

Birute is a Specialist Prosthodontist and Implantologist based in Salisbury.

She completed an MClinDent in Prosthodontics at Eastman Dental Institute and was awarded a distinction. Previously, she achieved a Post Graduate Certificate in Advanced Aesthetics at Eastman Dental Institute.

Birute is capable of carrying out complex and extensive restorative planning and works within a referral practice alongside a multi-disciplinary team of specialists. 

She is active in promoting learning and frequently hosts dental study club events for clinicians in the south west, where she is often sought out for her clinical advice. 

Alex is a consultant maxillofacial surgeon with NHS practice in head and neck (oral, salivary and skin cancer) surgery and complex facial reconstruction (including facial reanimation for facial palsy) and salivary gland surgery. In private practice he additionally focusses on aesthetic facial plastic surgery (rejuvenating surgery such as facelift, neck lift, blepharoplasty and brow/forehead lift) plus day-case implants for total dental rehabilitation under general anaesthetic.

Whilst based principally in the NHS at Queen Alexandra Hospital Portsmouth, he works privately at Spire Portsmouth Hospital and at Medicana Clinic Winchester. He is the research lead for the British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. He is the co-lead of the facial reanimation service and core member of both the skin cancer and head and neck multidisciplinary teams at Portsmouth.

Mr Goodson is a clinical supervisor for maxillofacial surgeons in training in Wessex. He has authored over 40 peer-reviewed publications, as well as several textbooks in maxillofacial surgery and presents regularly on the national and international scene. Mr Goodson is also an associate medical editor for Libri Publishing UK and a peer-reviewer for the British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.