Dr Richard Cure, BDS (Birmingham) MGDS RCS (England), FFGDP(UK), FDS RCS Ed, MOrth RCS Ed

Contact richard dot cure at warwick dot ac dot uk

Honorary Associate Clinical Professor & Clinical Director Orthodontics

Module leader Principles and Practice of Orthodontics modules

Registered Specialist in Orthodontics.

Richard established and runs a multi-surgery Specialist Orthodontic Practice in Leamington Spa and also has a Hospital post in provision of Cleft Lip and Palate care. He was granted a Winston Churchill Travel Fellowship in 1994 in recognition of his research work into the Management of patients with Cleft Lip and Palate. This research took him to treatment centres in Scandinavia, North America and the Far East.

He is an examiner for: Membership in Orthodontics of The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh; MJDF examination of The Faculty of General Dental Practitioners (UK) of The Royal College of Surgeons of England; the International Qualifying Examination (IQE); NEBDN, the National Examining Board for Dental Nurses and an Assessor for FFGDP(UK) the Fellowship of The Faculty of General Dental Practitioners (UK).

Richard  is a member of the Editorial Board of Primary Dental Care, the official journal of The Faculty of General Dental Practitioners (UK), The Royal College of Surgeons of England; the Editorial Board of the international journal Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dentistry, and a member of the Core Group of MFGDP examiners. He is Associate Clinical Professor at Warwick University Medical School and lectures to various University undergraduate, VDP and postgraduate groups both in the UK and abroad. He is a member of the Core Group of MFGDP examiners. Is Postgraduate Dental tutor at Warwick and has run MGDS study groups. He is a Trained Clinical Audit Facilitator and has published in the British Dental Journal on the subject.

He is a member of the Orthodontic Specialists Group of The British Orthodontic Society, The American Association of Orthodontists, The World Federation of Orthodontists, British Lingual Orthodontic Society, British Dental Association, Faculty of General Dental Practitioners (UK), British Society of General Dental Practitioners, a member of Council of the Midland Orthodontic Society and was it’s President for 2004-2005. Chairman of Warwickshire Local Orthodontic Committee.

Richard has an ongoing commitment to providing quality training and is ideally qualified to be involved in the provision of integrated education for the whole of the Dental team. His Specialist Practice has achieved the British Dental Association Good Practice award and Investors in People recognition as a mark of its commitment to such training and development.