Merseyside Regional Head and Neck Cancer Centre
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Mr Chris Butterworth

BDS(Hons), MPhil, FDSRCS (Eng.), FDS(RestDent) RCS (Eng.)
Consultant in Oral Rehabilitation

Chris is a consultant in Oral Rehabilitation based between the regional maxillofacial unit at Aintree and the Liverpool University Dental Hospital. He is the lead clinician for dental implants at the Dental Hospital and also leads the oral rehabilitation service in Merseyside for the rehabilitation of oral cancer patients. He holds an honorary lecturer's contract with the University of Liverpool.

He has extensive experience in the treatment planning, surgical placement and restoration of dental implants. He is interested in the use of computerized dental implant planning techniques for complex cases and in quality of life outcomes following dental implant treatment.

He is a member of the Association of Dental Implantology, the British Association of Head and Neck Oncology and is president-elect of the British Society for the study of Prosthetic Dentistry. He sits on the specialist advisory committee for Restorative Dentistry at the Royal College of Surgeons of England and examines at all levels of postgraduate examinations in Restorative Dentistry. He has contributed significantly to the scientific literature and lectures on a regular basis within the UK. He sits on the Specialist advisory Board for the Diploma in Implant Dentistry examination at the Royal college of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

Click here to see Mr. Butterworth's Academic CV.

Secretary (Su): 0151 706 5205

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