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Nigel Hunt: 'I wanted to be an orthodontist before I wanted to be a dentist'
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Professor Nigel Hunt has been Professor and Head of the Department of Orthodontics at the UCL Eastman Dental Institute since 1998. His clinical interest is the management of craniofacial deformity, and he leads a research team in the field of craniofacial reconstruction and tissue engineering. Nigel was elected Dean of the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of England in June 2014. He is also the immediate past-Chairman of the British Orthodontic Society and its President for 2015.
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