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Chief Dental Officers (United Kingdom)

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The Chief Dental Officers (or CDOs) in the United Kingdom are the most senior advisors for dentistry in each of the four UK governments, and are the heads of the dental profession.^[1][2] The CDO is one of the six chief professional officers, one for each of six professions, to give advice in their respective speciality.^[3]

• William G Senior, 1956–1961
• William Holgate, 1961–1971
• George D Gibb, 1972–1984
• Professor Martin Downer, 1984–1990^[4][5]
• Brian Mouatt, 1990–1996
• Robin Wild, 1997–2000^[6]
• Dame Margaret Seward, 2000–2002^[7]
• Professor Raman Bedi, 2002–2005^[8][9]
• Barry Cockcroft, 2005–2015^[1][9] (acting 2005 to 2006)^[3]
• Sara Hurley, 2015–2023
• Jason Wong, 2023-

• Thomas HJ Douglas, 1956–1959
• James W Galloway, 1959–1971
• Dr James L Trainer, 1971–1979
• Dr Martin C Downer, 1979–1983^[4]
• Norman K Colquhoun, 1984–1993
• J Robin Wild, 1993–1997
• T Ray Watkins, 1997–2007^[10][11]
• M Margie Taylor, 2007–2018^[11][12]
• Tom Ferris, 2018–^[12]

• William G Senior, 1956–1961
• William Holgate, 1961–1971
• George D Gibb, 1972–1984
• Dighton R Edwards, 1984–1985
• David M Heap, 1986–1996
• Dr Paul Langmaid, 1996–2010
• Dr David Thomas, 2010–2016
• Dr Colette Bridgman, 2016–2021
• Andrew Dickenson, 2022-

• William G Senior, 1956–1961
• William Holgate, 1961–1971
• George D Gibb, 1972–1984
• James F Mageean, 1984–1990
• William J N Collins, 1990–1998
• Doreen Wilson, 1998–2006
• Donncha O'Carolan, 2006–2013
• Simon C Reid, 2013–2020
• Michael Donaldson, 2020–2021 (acting)
• Caroline Lappin, 2021–

• Open Wide – Memoir of the Dental Dame, Dame Margaret Seward, published by The Memoir Club, ISBN 9781841041070