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Richard Cook

Professor Richard Cook

Reader in Diagnostic technologies / Hon Consultant in Oral Medicine

Research interests

  • Dentistry

Biography

Professor Cook qualified BDS Hons from the University of London, Guy’s Hospital in 1989, working for three years as House Surgeon / SHO posts, graduating FDS (Gold Medal) from RCS England in 1993 before taking up his first Lecturer post within the Guy’s Dental School.

He then transferred to University of Birmingham to complete his medical degree and after two years of junior medical jobs, completed his MRCS Edinburgh. He returned to the Guy’s Campus of King’s College London to undertake a PhD as an MRC Clinician Scientist, and continued his Oral Medicine training to consultant level, with an NIHR Clinical training Fellowship.

Richard’s FDS(OM)RCSEd was awarded in in 2008 and he took up his consultant appointment at Guy’s in 2009, when he also completed his PGCAP, and was awarded FHEA as a consequence.

Richard Cook is now Professor/Hon Consultant and Academic Lead for Oral Medicine at the Guy’s campus of King's Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences.  His research interests encompass optics, opto-diagnostics and applications of non-invasive and non-threatening imaging, to human diagnosis and disease / treatment monitoring, with direct applications to pre-malignant / malignant disease.    

    Research

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    Centre for Oral, Clinical & Translational Sciences

    From toothwear to oral pathology, from facial reconstruction to oral surgery, there's one thing that all our research shares: an underlying desire to make a difference to patients and bring benefits to society. We’re particularly strong in prosthodontics and endodontics research, and our work in this field feeds into our postgraduate programmes.

    News

    Oral Micro-vascular Diagnostic Imaging

    Read about King's work on how AI is being used in oral micro-vascular diagnostic imaging, as featured in the Bringing the Human to the Artificial exhibition.

    Diagnostic Microvascular Imaging Case Study AdobeStock_543446781

    Root canal treatments overhauled through new device to detect untreated bacteria

    A new method of detecting bacteria during root canal treatments could eradicate the need for follow up appointments and prevent treatments from failing,...

    Root canal

      Research

      1800x500 dentistry_video_hero
      Centre for Oral, Clinical & Translational Sciences

      From toothwear to oral pathology, from facial reconstruction to oral surgery, there's one thing that all our research shares: an underlying desire to make a difference to patients and bring benefits to society. We’re particularly strong in prosthodontics and endodontics research, and our work in this field feeds into our postgraduate programmes.

      News

      Oral Micro-vascular Diagnostic Imaging

      Read about King's work on how AI is being used in oral micro-vascular diagnostic imaging, as featured in the Bringing the Human to the Artificial exhibition.

      Diagnostic Microvascular Imaging Case Study AdobeStock_543446781

      Root canal treatments overhauled through new device to detect untreated bacteria

      A new method of detecting bacteria during root canal treatments could eradicate the need for follow up appointments and prevent treatments from failing,...

      Root canal