Lecturers

David Birnie

BDS Edin FDS DMI RSC Edin FDS MOrth RCS Eng

David Birnie graduated from Edinburgh Dental School in 1970 and spent three years as a lecturer in periodontology before starting his orthodontic training in 1975. Later that year he was appointed registrar in orthodontics at Kingston Hospital, Surrey and at the Royal Dental Hospital, London. In 1977, he moved to the Eastman Dental Hospital as a senior registrar in orthodontics. Since 1982, he has been a consultant orthodontist at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, is a civilian consultant to the Royal Navy Dental Service, a visiting consultant and senior clinical lecturer in orthodontics at the University of Bristol Dental School and is in private orthodontic practice.

Clinical interests include:

• clinical applications of computers and health informatics
• pre-adjusted edgewise appliances
• self-ligating brackets
• clinical application of biomaterials research
• the non-surgical management of severe malocclusion
• orthognathic surgery

David has lectured extensively throughout the United Kingdom including invited presentations at the British Orthodontic Conference, the Consultant Orthodontists Symposium, the British Dental Association's Annual and Scientific Meeting in addition to presenting lectures and papers in Cyprus, China, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa and in the USA. Since 2004, David has given courses on self-ligating brackets in Australia (Brisbane and Perth), Croatia, Denmark, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Singapoer, Spain, Sweden, Thailand and the United Kingdom.  David has also given workshops at the International Damon Symposia held in Monaco (2005, 2006), Barcelona (2007), Rome (2008) and London (2009).

With Nigel Harradine, David has co-presented Excellence in Orthodontics in the United Kingdom since the first course in 1987 in York and at Excellence in Orthodontics overseas courses in Australia, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Norway, Republic of Ireland, Switzerland and The Netherlands.

David is on the Council of the Faculty of Dental Surgery and is Dean of the Faculty of Health Informatics at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh where he is also a member of the Specialist Advisory Board in Orthodontics, Dental Examinations Committee and and an ex officio member of College Council. David passed the Diploma in Medical Informatics of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2001, a part-time two year course on health informatics delivered over the internet. David represented the College on General Dental Council from 1998-2003 during which time he was a member of the Central Examining Board for Dental Hygienists, the Dental Auxiliaries Committee, the Health Committee, the Professional Conduct Committee, the PCD Curricula Overview Group, the Orthodontic Therapists Curriculum Working Group, the Registration Subcommittee of the Education Committee and the Registration Review Group. David is a past chairman of the Specialist Advisory Committee in Orthodontics and Paediatric Dentistry. At Queen Alexandra Hospital, David was Clinical Director for Surgery, Trauma and Oncology from 1994 to 1999 and is currently Associate Medical Director for Queen Alexandra Hospital's £200 million Redevelopment Project funded through the government's Private Finance Initiative programme which opened in June 2009 and chairs the Trust's Change Management Team which applies lean principles to healthcare.

Nigel Harradine

BDS London FDS RCSEd FDS MOrth RCSEng
MSc(Orth) MB BS London

Nigel Harradine qualified from Guys Hospital, London in 1971 and was then a house surgeon at Guys before undertaking his undergraduate medical training, qualifying again from Guys in 1975. A medical house physician post followed at Guys and then a year as an intern in London, Ontario before he settled on orthodontics as his chosen speciality and returned to the United Kingdom. A year of full-time general dental practice was followed by the two-year orthodontic course at the Royal Dental Hospital, London and Kingston Hospital, Surrey. In 1981, Nigel went to the Eastman Dental Hospital, initially as a lecturer and then as a senior lecturer in orthodontics. Since 1984 he has been a consultant at Bristol Dental Hospital and School where he is in charge of the undergraduate program and fully involved in the postgraduate teaching.

Particular clinical interests have included:

• the use of computers for planning and recording the effects of treatment and for storing
• digital clinical records
• functional appliances
• the Straight-Wire Appliance pre-adjusted edgewise appliances
• self-ligating brackets
• the effects of orthognathic surgery

Nigel shares many of these particular interests with David and he has published on all these topics and on others, including a random prospective trial of the effects of third molar extraction on later incisor crowding.

With David Birnie, Nigel Harradine has co-presented the annual Excellence in Orthodontics Course since 1987 and has lectured extensively throughout the United Kingdom including multiple presentations to the British Orthodontic Conference and the Consultant Orthodontists Group Symposium, including the Chapman Lecture and the Ballard Memorial Lecture.

In addition to Excellence in Orthodontics courses overseas, Nigel has delivered invited lectures and courses in France, Holland, Switzerland, Israel, South Africa, Australia and the USA, where he has given three presentations to the annual session of the AAO and the keynote afternoon address to the Pacific Coast Society.

Away from the chairside, Nigel's roles have included being the President of the BDA hospitals group, Chairman of the BOS scholarship committee, Chairman of the Royal College working party on Read Coding, Secretary for seven years of the Royal College Orthodontic Audit working party, Secretary of the BOC organising committee and a member of the British Orthodontic Society Council. He is a past Chairman of the Consultant Orthodontists Group and a previous Clinical Director of Bristol Dental Hospital. Nigel currently chairs the British Orthodontic Society Computer Users Group, is in charge of clinical audit in Bristol Dental Hospital and was the inaugural chairman of the British Orthodontic Society Foundation.