Beaconhill Smile Group appoints Odeyemi, UK-trained oral surgeon, group clinical director

In furthering its leadership role in the healthcare industry in Nigeria, the board of directors of the Beaconhill Smile Group (Exclusive Smile and Beaconhill Smile Clinics) has approved the appointment of a UK-trained consultant oral surgeon and implantologist, Olakunle Odeyemi, as group clinical director and head of Oral Surgery, with effect from September 15, 2020.

The appointment coincides with the fifth anniversary of the Beaconhill Smile Clinics.

Odeyemi brings to the Beaconhill Smile Group a wealth of experience gathered from the healthcare space globally and over 27 years of practice experience from the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK. Having graduated from the University of Ibadan College of Medicine in 1984, Odeyemi proceeded to the UK in 1991 where he trained at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, obtaining a Fellowship of Dental Surgery, FDSRC (Eng.) in 1994. He also obtained an LLM (Legal Aspects of Medical Practice) from Cardiff University in 2008.

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Odeyemi has worked in various hospitals in the UK, including Blackburn Royal Infirmary, Gloucester Royal Infirmary and the Odstock Burns and Plastic Surgery Unit of the Salisbury District Hospital, Salisbury. He specializes in advanced oral surgery procedures including bone augmentations, sinus lift, bone block procedures, conscious sedation, PRF amongst others. He has placed over 1,000 implants successfully in the UK.

With his training in conscious sedation and his calm approach to clinical care, Odeyemi was able to attract numerous anxious patients to his practice in the UK thereby making him one of the most sought after and celebrated dental implantologists in the UK.

He is a member of various professional bodies including the British Association of Oral surgeons and the Association of Dental Implantology (ADI), UK.

Odeyemi would undoubtedly be an invaluable asset in driving a new patient safety and quality improvement focus as Group Clinical Director of the Beaconhill Smile Group.