The Dental Alumni Association was established in 2002 with the aim to encourage and provide opportunities for past dental students and staff to meet and keep in touch with each other, current students and with staff within the faculty and Dental Hospitals of the overarching Dental Institute of King’s Health Partners.
The Dental Institute is proud of its alumni, and is in regular contact with over 7,000 dental graduates from the current and former schools including Guy's Hospital Dental School, King's College Hospital Dental School, the Royal Dental Hospital Dental School and the United Medical Dental Schools.
Dental alumni frequently return to the Dental Institute for class reunions and social events, and every year the Dental Alumni Association organises a popular professional development event for alumni; the Dental Alumni Weekend.
Dental Alumni Weekend 7 - 8 March 2025
I am really excited to welcome you to my last Alumni weekend as President of KCL Dental Alumni Association. I hope to see many friends of old and also to welcome some new faces, too. Registration and bookings will open in early January and the booking form will be accessible here.
To book for all events at the Dental Alumni Weekend please access the booking form here:
Please note this is a fairly new format and you may need to amend your clinical diaries to join us on the Friday! In addition this meeting is held jointly with the Hygienist and Therapists Section.
The theme of this year’s Alumni Weekend is “Beyond the Smile.”
We are grateful to Neoss who are the main sponsors for the weekend. Neoss will be running hands-on workshops on Dental Implant planning and use of scanners, on Friday morning and on Saturday afternoon. Further details of this will be provided in due course but you can register your interest in attending one of these sessions on the booking registration form. The session will be free to those who have registered to attend scientific sessions on Friday or Saturday of the rest of the meeting
The Staff and Alumni Drinks Reception and Annual Dental Dinner will take place on Friday evening 7th March, at the Hilton Tower Bridge Hotel, 5 More London Riverside, Tooley Street, London SE1 2BY. This promises to be an exciting evening with the usual excellent meal, prize giving, and entertainment. We particularly look forward to welcoming reunion groups who qualified 10, 20, 25 and 30 years ago. The dress code is Black Tie (optional), with guests and partners warmly welcome to join us.
The Dental Alumni Weekend two-day programme commences at 13:30 on Friday 7th March in the Function Room and concludes Saturday 8th March in the Tower Lecture Theatre in Guy’s Tower. This year’s programme includes the Keynote lectures from Professor Amal Johal, Professor Peter Brennan, Mr Anish Shah, Dr Federico Amati & Professor Mark Ide.
There will also be the opportunity to hear from our Executive Dean, Professor Michael Escudier on updates at the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences and tours of clinical teaching facilities , including hands on demonstrations of our Haptics Teaching facilities. Delegates attending the Clinical Day will receive CPD certificates reflecting their participation, with separate certificates provided for the sessions on each day.
Complete details of the whole programme can abe access by the links below.
The Dental Alumni Association will be holding its Annual General Meeting to which all alumni are invited.
Lunch will again be hosted by our Executive Dean, providing guests with an opportunity to meet Professor Escudier, whilst networking with fellow alumni and staff.
For those unable to attend the meeting in person, the main sessions from Clinical Day, 8th March 2025, will be streamed live. All registrants will also be able to access this online material at their leisure for up to 4 weeks after the event.
I very much look forward to seeing many of you at the Dental Alumni Weeked.
Dr Charlie Spedding
President KCL DAA
Registration Fees :
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Annual Dinner :
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Full registration fee
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£99.00
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Discounted fee for hygienists, therapists and dentists within 2 years of qualifying
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£75.00
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Friday Scientific Programme :
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Early bird registration before 7th February
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£25.00
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£30.00
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Saturday Scientific Programme :
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Early bird registration before 7th February
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£45.00
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£50.00
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2025 Event Programmes:
Dental Alumni weekend programme 2025 - Friday 7th March 2025
Dental Alumni weekend programme 2025 - Saturday 8th March 2025
Other Downloads:
In 2006 the Dental Institute Alumni Association established its Alumnus of the Year and Distinguished Service Awards. These recognise exceptional service both within and outside the Faulty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences.
- Alumnus of the Year Award is for a person who qualified at one of the constituent Schools and who has achieved distinction in any walk of life and brought credit to the profession, directly or indirectly with particular emphasis on the last three years.
- Alumni Distinguished Service Award, which is intended to honour a long-serving member of staff who has made a significant contribution to the Faulty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences or one of its constituent Schools.
The criteria for the Awards are:
Alumnus of the Year Award
The Alumnus of the Year Award is for a person, who qualified at one of the constituent Schools and has achieved distinction in any walk of life and who has brought credit to the profession, either directly or indirectly with particular emphasis on the last three years. Nominations for this award are sought via InDent from all dental alumni, including current staff. The Alumni Executive will make the award from the list of nominations.
Alumnus Distinguished Service Award
The Alumnus Distinguished Service Award is intended to honour a long-serving member of staff, who has made a significant contribution to the King's College London, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences or one of its constituent Schools. Members of staff are invited to nominate a name or names. The Alumni Executive will make the award from the list of nominations.
Dentistry Alumni Award Winners
2024
Alumnus of the Year Award - Professor Jennifer Gallagher
Alumnus Distinguished Service Award - Dr David Radford
2023
Alumnus of the Year Award - Professor John Radford
Alumnus Distinguished Service Award - Dr Lyndon Cabot
2022
Alumnus of the Year Award - Professor Jonathan Shepherd
Alumnus Distinguished Service Award - Professor Tim Watson
2021
Alumnus of the Year Award - Professor Michael Escudier
Alumnus Distinguished Service Award - Dr Jackie Brown
2020
Alumnus of the Year Award - Mr Eric Whaites
Alumnus Distinguished Service Award - Emeritus Professor Edward Odell
2019
Alumnus of the Year Award - Professor Nigel Hunt
Alumnus Distinguished Service Award - Dr Pepe Shirlaw
2018
Alumnus of the Year Award - Professor Francis Hughes
Alumnus Distinguished Service Award - Dr David Craig
2017
Alumnus of the Year Award - Professor Mark Woolford
Alumnus Distinguished Service Award - Dr Lyndon Cabot
2016
Alumnus of the Year Award - Professor Tim Watson
Alumnus Distinguished Service Award - Professor Saman Warnakulasuriya
2015
Alumnus of the Year Award - Dr Jeremy Asquith
Alumnus Distinguished Service Award - Professor Stephen Dunne
2014
Alumnus of the Year Award - Professor Moya Meredith Smith
Alumnus Distinguished Service Award - Professor Peter Morgan
2013
Alumnus of the Year Award - Professor Michael Gleeson
Alumnus Distinguished Service Award - Mr Eric Whaites
2012
Alumnus of the Year Award - Professors John Greenspan and Deborah Greenspan
Alumnus Distinguished Service Award - Mr Martin Kelleher
2011
Alumnus of the Year Award - Professor Edwina Kidd
Alumnus Distinguished Service Award - Dr Ron Wilson
2010
Alumnus of the Year Award - Professor Stephen Challacombe
Alumnus Distinguished Service Award - Dr Derek Debuse
2009
Alumnus of the Year Award - Professor Thomas Lehner
Alumnus Distinguished Service Award - Dr Brett Robinson
2008
Alumnus of the Year Award - Professor Crispian Scully
Alumnus Distinguished Service Award - Professor Thomas Pitt Ford
2007
Alumnus of the Year Award - Professor Harold Preiskel
Alumnus Distinguished Service Award - Dr Meg Skelly
The Dental Circle recognises alumni, staff, former staff and friends of the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences at Guy’s, King’s College and St Thomas’ Hospitals and the Royal Dental Hospital, who very generously help us to provide current students and staff with the best facilities and opportunities that they need to succeed through making gifts of £1,000 or more each year.
The Executive Dean, Professor Michael Escudier, acknowledges Dental Circle donors as advisors, who provide both intellectual and financial resources to the faculty, contributing to its advancement.
E-mail giving@kcl.ac.uk or call 020 7848 3053 if you'd like to be find out more information about supporting the University.
The Alumni Office is always pleased to hear from alumni and we hope that through our benefits & services, events, and volunteering opportunities we can help you to stay connected to your fellow alumni and the university.
In addition to the Dental Weekend and Dental Circle, there are many ways for you to get involved:
- Please visit https://www.kcl.ac.uk/alumni for the complete list of alumni benefits, events and volunteering.
- Find a mentor, become a mentor, or expand your network by joining King’s Connect: https://kingsconnect.org.uk/
- Rally your classmates and organise a reunion: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/alumni/events/reunions
- For general enquiries please contact forever@kcl.ac.uk via email or by phoning +44 (0) 20 7848 3053.