Professor Mark Thomason

Qualified BDS Newcastle in 1983, and after a series of junior hospital posts was appointed lecturer in Prosthodontics in Newcastle in 1985. He obtained his FDS RCS Ed in 1987 and completed his PhD in Periodontics 1995. In 1998, he was promoted to Senior Lecturer with an honorary consultant contract in Restorative Dentistry.

He was made a visiting Professor in the Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University Montreal, Canada, 2002-2003 and subsequently Adjunct Professor in the Faculty. Mark was appointed to a Personal Chair in Prosthodontics and Oral Rehabilitation in Newcastle in recognician of his work in these fields.

He is President Elect of the BSSPD and Current President of the Prosthodontics Research Group of the International Association of Dental Research. He is also President Elect of both the Gerodontic Oral Research Group of the IADR and the European College of Gerodontology. He is the current Editor of the European Journal of Prosthodontics and Restorative Dentistry.

His research interests include management of oral problems in organ transplant patients and patient satisfaction and associated quality of life issues in relation to oral rehabilitation and in particular, implant supported prosthesis.