Paul Scott Orthodontics

Consultant Level - Specialist orthodontist based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, undertaking NHS and private orthodontics on children and adults.

Biography
Paul Scott

Specialist Orthodontist
GDC Number: 76025
BChD(Leeds), MFGDP(UK), MFDSRCS(Eng), MSc, MOrth(Ed), FDSRCS Orth(Eng)

Paul studied dentistry at Leeds University qualifying in1999. He then spent several years gaining a broad postgraduate education, working in both NHS and private general dental practice, community and the hospital service in both the UK and New Zealand with posts in Paediatric dentistry and Maxillofacial surgery. It is during this time that he successfully passed the Membership in General Dental Practice and the Membership in Dental Surgery examination awarded by the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

He undertook his postgraduate Orthodontic training at Guys Hospital London, where he was awarded the degree of Master of Science in Orthodontics (King's College London) and Membership in Orthodontics from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2007, as well as winning the coveted University Teachers award for the best research project at the 2007 British orthodontic conference.

Paul joined the highly regarded Orthosolutions practice in North Leeds as a specialist Orthodontist in 2007 and in 2009 decided to undertake further part time consultant training in treating cases requiring multidisciplinary care such as Hypodontia, Cleft lip and palate and Orthognathic Surgery at Leeds Dental Institute and York District Hospital. He was awarded a Fellowship in Orthodontics by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2012 recognising his training to Consultant orthodontist level.

Paul has been a registered specialist with the General Dental Council since 2007. He is also a member of the British Dental Association, the British and European Orthodontic Societies, and the British Lingual Orthodontic Society. Paul has published extensively in the dental and orthodontic literature and currently reviews for three of the leading orthodontic journals. He is actively involved in the Leeds postgraduate specialist training programme and has previously been a trainer of newly qualified dentists and currently runs a number of courses / presentations throughout the year to general dental practitioners.

He keeps himself at the cutting edge of orthodontics with peer review sessions with his local orthodontic colleagues with regular attendance at training courses and national / international conferences.

Paul's main clinical interests are adult orthodontics, hypodontia (developmentally absent teeth) and orthognathic surgery, outside of work Paul enjoys spending time with his young family, playing golf and watching rugby (as his body has given up on playing).