Richard Cure BDS(UBirm) MGDS RCS(Eng) FFGDP(UK) FDS RCS Ed. MOrth RCS Ed.
Registered Specialist in Orthodontics
Richard established and runs a multi-surgery Specialist Orthodontic Practice in Leamington Spa and also has a Hospital post in provision of Cleft Lip and Palate care. He was granted a Winston Churchill Travel Fellowship in 1994 in recognition of his research work into the Management of patients with Cleft Lip and Palate. This research took him to treatment centres in Scandinavia, North America and the Far East.
He is an examiner for: MFGDP examination of The Faculty of General Dental Practitioners (UK) of The Royal College of Surgeons of England; the International Qualifying Examination (IQE); Warwick University MSc course in Implantology, NEBDN, the National Examining Board for Dental Nurses and an Assessor for FFGDP(UK) the Fellowship of The Faculty of General Dental Practitioners (UK).
Richard is a member of the Editorial Board of Primary Dental Care, the official journal of The Faculty of General Dental Practitioners (UK), The Royal College of Surgeons of England and a member of the Core Group of MFGDP examiners. He is an Honorary Lecturer at University of Warwick and lectures to various University undergraduate, VDP and postgraduate groups both in the UK and abroad. Is Postgraduate Dental tutor at Warwick and has run MGDS study groups. He is a Trained Clinical Audit Facilitator and has published in the British Dental Journal on the subject.
He is a member of the Orthodontic Specialists Group of The British Orthodontic Society, The American Association of Orthodontists, The World Federation of Orthodontists, British Lingual Orthodontic Society, British Dental Association, Faculty of General Dental Practitioners (UK), British Society of General Dental Practitioners, a member of Council of the Midland Orthodontic Society and was it’s President for 2004-2005. Chairman of Warwickshire Local Orthodontic Committee.
Richard has an ongoing commitment to providing quality training and is ideally qualified to be involved in the provision of integrated education for the whole of the Dental team. His Specialist Practice has achieved Investors in People recognition as a mark of its commitment to such training and development.
