Paul Tipton

Professor Paul Tipton BDS, MSc, D.G.D.P RCS, Dip Rest Dent, Dip Imp Pros, Dip Pros, Dip Aesth Dent. Specialist in Prosthodontics. Visiting Professor of Restorative and Cosmetic Dentistry, City of London Dental School

Professor Paul Tipton is an internationally acclaimed Specialist in Prosthodontics who has worked in private practice for more than 36 years. He is the founder of Tipton Training, one of the UK’s leading private dental training academies which has trained over 4,000 dentists over 30 years. He is the author of over 100 scientific articles for the dental press. 

Professor Tipton qualified from Sheffield University in 1978 and in 1982 opened his own referral practice in Manchester. He continued to build his skills, studying at Eastman Dental Hospital in London, where after 2 years of study he obtained a Master’s Degree in Conservative Dentistry in 1989. In the same year he began teaching the new MSc in Restorative Dentistry at the University of Manchester.

In 1992, Professor Tipton was awarded an honorary Diploma in General Dental Practice from the Royal College of Surgeons of England and was appointed a member of the British Dental Association’s Independent Practice Committee. In 1999 Professor Tipton was awarded Specialist status in Prosthodontics from the General Dental Council.

Professor Tipton is on the editorial board of Private Dentistry Magazine, The Journal of Indian Prosthodontics Society and Implant Dentistry and is a medical writer and part of the advisory board at Expert Beauty Magazine and ‘Woman’s’ magazine. In 2014 he was made visiting Professor of Restorative and Cosmetic Dentistry at the City of London Dental School. He was a founding member and on the Board of Directors of the British Academy of Aesthetic Dentistry and the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. He is the past president of the British Academy of Implant Dentistry and is currently the President of the British Academy of Restorative Dentistry (BARD). He was recently elected Fellow of the International Academy of Dental Facial Esthetics (IADFE).

He regularly lectures both internationally and at home and is renowned for his one-year Post Graduate Restorative, Operative, Aesthetic and Dental Implantology courses. Tipton Training has successfully trained more than 4,000 dentists over the last 30 years and this continues to rise year after year. Most recently in November 2022 Professor Paul Tipton won the Kimberley Finlayson “Lifetime Achievement Award” in recognition for his outstanding contributions to private dentistry and dental education.