Dentist fills up on advance training

9:25am Tuesday 11th November 2008

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A NORTH-EAST dentist has become the first in the UK to graduate from a worldrenowned advanced training programme.

Dr Ken Harris, of Riveredge Cosmetic Dentistry, has returned from Seattle, in the US, after graduating from the Kois Center, which is internationally recognised for its training programmes for dentists from around the world.

Dr Harris, who runs Riveredge’s centres in Sunderland and Newcastle, is the first UK dentist to graduate from the centre.

He said: “Dr Kois is a worldclass teacher, and I initially travelled to Seattle intending just to study occlusion, (how teeth meet together), but such was the quality of the teaching I was hooked. I just had to complete the entire process, preferably as soon as possible.

“It has cost more than £50,000 to complete, but it has been worth every penny.

Being the first UK graduate maintains the position of Riveredge right at the top of the tree in UK dentistry.”

Dr Harris completed a masters’ curriculum in various specialist areas, including cosmetic dentistry, implants, periodontics and occlusion, along with general restorative dentistry.

He has made the trip to Seattle about six times in the past 18 months in order to complete all the modules of the programme.

As a Kois Center graduate, Dr Harris now becomes eligible to sit the mentor exam next July.

Dentists who pass the examination will be invited to join the Kois Center Mentor programme and become involved in teaching future Seattle delegates.