| Areas of Expertise: |
Preventive and conservative dentistry / orthodontics
Restorative, root canal, periodontal, implant and cosmetic dentistry
Forensic dentistry / odontology
Dental / medical competence, negligence and malpractice
Dental practice administration and records
Dental legal / ethical issues
Personal injury, road traffic and other
accidents involving the teeth
Criminal assaults ( CICA )
Bite mark analysis and identification
Consultant Forensic Odontologist to Kenyon International Emergency
Services, the world leader in mass fatality and emergency response,
(web site), appointed to assist in the identification of disaster victims.
Roger Goulden has immense experience of clinical dentistry,
having been in general practice since 1965. Since qualification he
has undergone extensive continuing education, attaining higher
qualifications in Restorative Dentistry and General Practice. He is
a Specialist in Restorative Dentistry, having been accredited to the
the Specialist List by the General Dental Council in January 1999
He has also followed a part time teaching career, having been
employed from 1978 to 1996 by London University to teach undergraduates
at Guy's Hospital and King's College Dental School.
From 2004, he was a course tutor in implant dentistry at the
University of Warwick, and in 2006 he was appointed Associate
Clinical Professor in the Medical School at that University (web site).
He has also had a postgraduate teaching commitment, providing
courses, lectures, videos and articles for practising dentists and
lawyers. From 1985 to 1991 he was Examiner for the Royal College
of Surgeons, assessing dentists presenting for the MGDS diploma,
the highest qualification available in General Dental Practice.
Candidates Counsellor for the MGDS diploma, Royal College
of Surgeons of England. 2000 - 2009
Since 1985, Roger Goulden has been involved in medico-legal
matters and has obtained the Diploma in Forensic Odontology
and the degree of Master of Laws (Legal Aspects of Medical
Practice), both qualifications affording training in the handling
of evidence and the preparation of medico-legal reports
These qualifications give Roger Goulden an unparalleled basis
for medico-legal reporting, since he is able to draw on more than
40 years' extensive first hand experience of clinical and academic
dental practice, combined with a detailed knowledge of the legal
process and contemporary scientific literature
Expert evidence is provided in 150 - 200 written reports each
year in all his areas of expertise, together with oral evidence in
court, appearances having been made in numerous Crown Courts
and at the High Courts in London and Dublin
Trained in the legal aspects of report writing, giving evidence
in court, and in the responsibilities of a Single Joint Expert
Av. no. of new instructions a year : 150
No. of reports written in last 3 years : 450
No. of court appearances in last 3 years : 12
Geographical area of work: All of UK
Memberships of other professional associations :-
British Dental Association (web site).
Consulting Member of the British Society of Oral Implantology (web site).
British Association for Forensic Odontology (web site).
Fellow, Pierre Fauchard Academy (web site) |
