Our carefully selected team of Specialists are a friendly, highly trained group of dental professionals with a unique breadth and depth of experience and expertise. Together they are caring and supportive in our approach and dedicated to providing you with an exceptional, personalised service.

Dr Paul Tipton BDS, MSc, DGDP, UK

Specialist in Prosthodontics

Dr Tipton commenced his advanced restorative dental training in 1987, where after 2 years study he was awarded a Masters Degree in Conservative Dentistry from the prestigious Eastman Dental Hospital in London. In 1992 he was awarded an honorary ‘Diploma in General Dental Practice’ from the Royal College of Surgeons of England and appointed a member of the British Dental Associations Independent Practice Committee.

Dr Tipton is regarded as a leading authority on cosmetic and restorative dentistry and implantology in the UK. Recognised and certified as a Specialist in Prosthodontics* by the General Dental Council in 1999, Dr Tipton regularly lectures on cosmetic, implant and restorative dentistry to dentists across the UK, Europe, North America & Asia.

He is on the editorial board of Independent Dentistry and Restorative & Aesthetics Practice and was a founding member of the British Academy of Aesthetic Dentistry (BAAD) and the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (BACD).

Dr Tipton regularly writes clinical articles for the dental and consumer press on smile design and how a beautiful smile can be achieved and he has been featured in magazines in ‘Stars of Private Practice’.

He has recently been voted by UK dental professionals the most influential Prosthodontics Specialist in the UK.

Dr Norman Gluckman BDS

Registered specialist in Endodontics
(Root Canal Treatment)

Since graduating from Witwatersrand university in 1969, Norman has amassed over 20 years as a specialist in Endodontics (root canal treatment) using the latest microscopic techniques he aims to provide the highest possible care. He likes to unwind playing squash and relax going to theatre.

Dr John Duran BDS

Oral Surgeon

John Doran is a fully qualified Oral surgeon with more than 15 years experience in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. He qualified from Guys Dental School in 1991 and started his career in Oral & Maxillofacial surgery in a hospital environment. John is also a teacher of Oral Surgery King Dental Institute.

John was placed on the Surgical Specialist register in 2000 and on the Oral Surgery Specialist register in 2007. His special interests are dental acupuncture, dental implants, medical informatics, tele-dentistry and forensic dentistry.

Dr Nikos Mardas - PhD, MS, DipDS

Specialist in Periodontics

Senior Clinical Lecturer in Periodontology, Eastman Dental Institute, University College London.

Dr Nikos Mardas qualified in Dentistry at the University of Athens, Greece in 1992 and he completed his 3 year training as a Specialist in Periodontology at the Royal Dental College, University of Aarhus, Denmark in 1997. At the same year, he completed his Master of Science Degree in Periodontology. From September 1997 to September 2000, he was an academic and clinical staff member in the same university where he was awarded his PhD degree in May 2005.From September 2000 to March 2005 he was working as a Periodontist in his own private practice limited in Periodontics and Implant dentistry in Athens Greece while at the same time he was consultant Periodontist in other two private practices.

In 2005 he joined the world known Eastman Dental Institute (UCL) where he is currently holding the position of Senior Clinical Lecturer/ Honorary Specialist (UCLH). He is also the program co-ordinator for the Master in Clinical Dentistry/ Periodontology, the only UK based specialist training program In Periodontology that is accredited by the European Federation of Periodontology. Dr Mardas is an active member of the Hellenic and British Periodontal Society, the European Federation of Periodontology, the European Association of Osseointegration, Higher Education Academy and Fellow of the International Team for Implantology. He has published a significant number of scientific papers in national and international peer-reviewed journals in the field of periodontal and bone regeneration and dental implants and he is a member of the editorial team in national and international scientific journals and he has extensively lectured nationally and internationally.

Clinical expertise: Dr Mardas has more than 17 years of private practice and university hospital based clinical experience in non-surgical and surgical treatment of periodontal disease including conventional and regenerative periodontal surgery, periodontal plastic surgery, alveolar bone augmentation procedures and dental implants alone or in combination with bone grafting procedures.

Dr Nazan Adali - MSc BDS(hons) BSc FDSRCS(Eng) MOrthRCS(Eng) MFDS RCS(Eng)

Specialist in Orthodontics

GDC Registered Specialist and Consultant level Orthodontist

Dr Adali graduated with double honours from Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals Dental Institute in 2001. Subsequently, she held hospital appointments at Guy’s Hospital, UCLH and Great Ormond Street Hospital.

She completed her specialist training in Orthodontics at UCL Eastman Dental Institute in 2007 and was awarded a Masters degree and Membership in Orthodontics of the Royal College of Surgeons. She became a senior trainee at King’s College Hospital and gained the Fellowship in Orthodontics and has received several awards including from the Craniofacial Society of GB and European Orthodontic Society. Dr Adali has presented at national and international conferences and is a member of the Clinical Ethics Committee of Luton and Dunstable Hospital.

She is friendly and relaxed, and enjoys treating children and adults in order to transform their smile and bite.