Dr Iain Hoeltschi studied dentistry at King’s College Hospital, London and graduated in 1991. After vocational training he moved to South Wales to become a senior house officer in maxillofacial surgery. He then held posts in restorative dentistry, child dental health and periodontology at Newcastle Dental Hospital and was awarded the Fellowship in Dental Surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians of Glasgow in 1996.