Colchester Dental Specialist Centre
TC Patel
GDC - 57765 BDS Newcastle University 1983, DGDP(UK) 1994, DRDP Lond 2003 Dentist
TC was made Fellow of the General Dental Practice (FFGDP) by examination, and Fellow of the International College of Dentists (FCID), which recognises his commitment to postgraduate professional development. It also marks his ability to deliver the highest standard of patient care and dental competence. His interests are in Advanced Restorative and Surgical Dentistry; which encompasses the Smile Design service and cosmetic dentistry, restoring complex wear cases, dental implants and fixed orthodontics. He has postgraduate qualifications from the Eastman Hospital in Restorative Clinical Practice, and in June 2007, he achieved his Diploma in Dental Implantology (Advanced Certificate) at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. For 25 years, TC also performed the role of Senior Clinical Assistant in Orthodontics at Southend General Hospital. He is a member of the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, Association of Dental Implantologists and has been a Course Tutor on the FGDP (UK) Diploma in Implant Dentistry, at the Royal College of Surgeons, since 2008. He is an examiner on both the FDGP(UK) Implant Diploma and Fellowship examinations at the Royal College of Surgeons. Here at the Colchester Dental Specialist Centre, TC works alongside a team of qualified and experienced oral surgeons, endodontists and periodontists. He accepts referrals for complex restorative dentistry, for general practices in Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, London and Cambridgeshire.