Careers consultations: orthodontics

Growing demand for treatment is just one reason why orthodontics is such an attractive dental specialty, says Tony Ireland.

Professor Tony Ireland

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Professor Tony Ireland
Consultant orthodontist PhD, MSc, BDS, FDS, M.Orth RCS (Eng)

Tony Ireland is consultant orthodontist at the Royal United Hospitals Bath and Emeritus Professor of Orthodontics at the University of Bristol. He graduated from Guy’s Hospital in London and returned there to do his postgraduate training to become a specialist in orthodontics on the three-year full time training programme, leading to an MSc and membership in Orthodontics. During his senior registrar training and early years as a consultant, he obtained his PhD in dental biomaterials. He has been actively involved in dental education throughout his career and was most recently the training programme director of the DDS/M.Orth programme at the University of Bristol.

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