FGDP(UK) Vice Dean appointed Honorary Dental Surgeon to the Queen

Two Queen’s Honorary Dental Surgeons are appointed from each of the three branches of the British Armed Forces. Though the role is honorary, each assumes responsibility on a rotation with the Queen’s Honorary Surgeons, Physicians and Nurses for medical arrangements at Investitures at Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle or the Palace of Holyroodhouse.

“I feel very honoured and humbled to have been appointed Honorary Dental Surgeon to the Queen and to have been chosen to be the Chief Dental Officer of the RAF,” remarked Richardson. “This represents the pinnacle of my military career.”

Richardson joined the RAF in 1989 and has served as a dental officer in Afghanistan, mainland Europe, the Far East and the UK. He is currently the Armed Forces’ Principal Dental Officer for the Wessex Region. Richardson is also a fellow of both the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow and the Faculty of Dental Trainers at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

“Mark’s appointments as the Chief Dental Officer of the RAF and Honorary Dental Surgeon to the Queen are fitting recognition for a career dedicated to the delivery of exceptional care for an exceptional patient population, as well as his broader contribution to continuing excellence in training,” added Dr Sara Hurley, Chief Dental Officer for England.

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