Curriculum Vitae: Dr Edwin Bonner
BDS 1967
Sloan Fellow, London Business School 1974
MDent (Prosthodontics) 1985
Biographical Details
1961 – 1967 Studied dentistry at University of Witwatersrand Johannesburg South Africa > Bachelor of Dental Surgery
1967 – 1973 NHS dental practice UK
1973 – 1974 Sloan Programme at London Business School > Sloan Fellow of London Business School 1974
1975 – 1980 Private dental practice UK; seminars on practice management at The London Business School
1981 – 1985 Registrar, University of Witwatersrand School of Dentistry > Master of Dentistry in Prosthodontics
1986 – 1989 Specialist dental practice Johannesburg
1986 – 1989 Part-time Specialist lecturer University of Pretoria
1990 – 2007 Full-time private practice UK
2007 – present Local Dental Advisor to Dental Protection Ltd
1985 – 1989 Expert Witness in Dentistry South Africa, approximately 250 cases
1990 – present Expert Witness in Dentistry UK, approximately 2250 cases
Attended court on approx 10 occasions
Registered as a specialist Prosthodontist with the General Dental Councils of the UK and South Africa
Past cases approx 2500, approx 100 new instructions / annum.
Work related to Personal Injury (+ – 60% ), and to dental negligence ( + – 40%).
Work mainly on behalf of the Claimant (+ – 95%).
Main fields of interest include:
general restorative dentistry
dental prostheses (dentures, crown and bridges, implants)
facial, head and neck pain including whiplash; and
temporo-mandibular joint (tmj) dysfunction.
Local Dental Advisor, Dental Protection, Medical Protection Society Ltd ( 2008 –
Chairman CODE (Confederation of Dental Employers) (2001 – 2008)
Former Advisory board, Dental Practice Magazine
Former Advisory board, Smile-on.com
Former Contributor to ‘Dental Practice Magazine’, ‘Dental Tribune UK’, ‘Face2Face (CODE)’, ‘Dentistry’
(more than 1000 articles in total)
Former Editor Smile-on.com dental newsletter (2008-9)
Former Editor Pharmacy1st pharmaceutical newsletter (2008-9)