2017, issue 6

Dentistry - a community of practice?

John Makin DDU dento-legal adviser
ByJohn Makin
Published10 February 2017
John Makin stresses the importance of being connected and working together, both as individual colleagues and as a profession as a whole.

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John Makin
Dento-Legal Consultant

John Makin BDS PgDL PgCDE FHEA served as head of the DDU until 2026 and remains at the DDU as a Dento-Legal Consultant. He qualified in Manchester in 1983 and has worked as a general dental practitioner in Lancashire and Devon before joining the DDU as a Dento-Legal Adviser. He was involved with foundation training for many years as both a trainer and VT adviser/training programme director with the Manchester and Exeter DFT schemes.

Dentistry - a community of practice?