Five New Members Elected To College Of General Dentistry Council
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- Published: Sunday, 18 May 2025 21:13
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The College of General Dentistry (CGDent) has announced the results of recent elections to six seats on its Council, with five new members elected and one re-elected.
Image Courtesy CGDent: : (l-r, top row first) Re-elected CGDent Council Member Eldo Koshy and newly-elected Council Members Martin McKinstry, Charlotte Jeavons, Pejman Khaki, David Offord and Laurie Powell
Charlotte Jeavens FCGDent Head of the School of Human Sciences at the University of Greenwich, has been elected to the National seat, which represents College members from across the UK.
She began her career as a dental nurse before moving into oral health improvement with the Community Dental Service, has been a Dental Public Health Lead and Dental Services Manager for two NHS Primary Care Trusts and retains GDC registration.
With 25 years’ experience of teaching and academic leadership, amongst her achievements she was previously the Programme Lead for Greenwich’s BSc in Public Health and MSc in Global Public Health.
Dr Jeavons is the first Dental Care Professional in the history of the College to be elected in a seat representing members in all dental team roles. She succeeds Helen Kaney who stood down after six years service.
Pejman Khaki FCDent Principal Dentist at a private general practice in Crawley, has been elected to the South Thames (formerly South East and South West Thames) seat. Having initially graduated with a BSc in Neuroscience from King’s College London (KCL), he qualified BDS from Bart’s and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry in 2004 before working in corporate dental practice.
Dr Khaki succeeds Roshni Karia MCGDent who represented the seat on the FGDP Board and Council from 2017 until becoming President of the College last year.
Martin McKinstry FCGDent is a general dental practitioner and owner of a mixed NHS-and-private practice in Glasgow, has been elected to represent West and North Scotland. A Fellow, Foundation Member and Certified Membership Facilitator of the College, he is also a committee member of CGDent Scotland, an MFDS tutor, a VT Trainer (Educational Supervisor) and VT Adviser (Training Programme Director), and a committee member of Greater Glasgow and Clyde LDC.
He succeeds Patricia Thomson FCGDent who is standing down after completing the maximum nine years’ service, which included two terms as Vice President of the College.
David Offord FCGDent is CEO of a large referral-only dental practice with clinics in Edinburgh and Kelso. He has also been elected to the East of Scotland seat.
Born and bred in Greenock, he was in the last year group to graduate from the University of Edinburgh Dental School in 1994 and is a specialist oral surgeon. In addition to working in general practice in Edinburgh, he has been a Senior House Officer in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery units, held staff grade roles in a District General Hospital, spent two years working as a dentist in Australia and Singapore, and for five years combined oral surgery staff grade jobs with working in specialist practice.
David succeeds Yann Maidment FCGDent who has represented the region since 2016 and served as the College’s (and former FGDP’s) Research Lead since 2017.
Laurie Powell FCGDent, a GDP and partner in a three-surgery, mixed NHS-and-private practice in Bicester, has been elected to represent Wessex and Oxford. He qualified from Sheffield Dental School in 1993 and holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Restorative Dentistry from the University of Bristol, where he was also a part-time clinical lecturer for undergraduate dentists and dental therapists for five years. A keen advocate of clinical research, he has been Principal Investigator for three practice-based University of Dundee studies into treatments for toothache and deep tooth decay, and is the Primary Dental Care Research Champion for Thames Valley and South Midlands.
Dr Powell succeeds Sami Stagnell AssocFCGDent, Sami Stagnell AssocFCGDent who has represented the seat since 2019 and is currently leading a revision of the College’s Training Standards in Implant Dentistry publication.
Eldo Koshy FCGDent a prosthodontist and implant dentist in Kerala, India, has been re-elected to the Overseas seat, which he has represented since the College opened, having previously held the same seat on the FGDP Board from 2019-2021.
The Council is the voice of the College’s members, overseeing its role as a professional body and guiding its development to fulfil its mission. Elections are held annually on a rotational basis, with the Northern Ireland seat due for election in 2026.
Elected Council members serve three-year terms, and are then able to stand for re-election – subject to a lifetime limit of nine years’ service on the Council, including any past service on the FGDP Board.
Those elected this year will be inaugurated at the next Council meeting, which takes place in Sheffield on Friday 13 June on the day of the Inaugural College Lecture and Summer Reception.
What is The College Of General Dentistry?
The College of General Dentistry is the first independent college for primary care dentistry in the UK.
A professional body and registered charity serving the public interest in oral health, it is the UK’s only medical college run by and for dental professionals and welcomes all oral health professionals into membership. Supporting professional development and recognition for the whole dental team, it is building on the achievements of the former Faculty of General Dental Practice of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FGDP) in setting standards for general dental care, and has a vision to achieve Royal College standing. For enquiries, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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