Robert Kinloch Elected As New Chair Of Scottish Dental Practice Committee

Robert Kinloch has been elected as the new Chair of the Scottish Dental Practice Committee (SDPC) of the British Dental Association (BDA). Dr Kinloch, who practises at Alexandria, near Loch Lomond, was elected unopposed and takes up his responsibilities with immediate effect. He succeeds Colin Crawford, who resigned from the Committee to take up an appointment in the salaried dental service.


Dr Kinloch graduated from Glasgow Dental School in 1977. He has dedicated his whole career to general dental practice, working initially as an associate then establishing his own practice in 1981. He remains there to this day, providing predominantly NHS care.


He has a special interest in the role of information technology in dentistry, and has been an advocate of the extension of the N3 national broadband network to dental surgeries in Scotland, which it is hoped is a building block to full clinical systems. He has also provided dental care to the population of the upper reaches of the Amazon in Peru, as part of his work for the Vine Trust, a medical charity of which he is a board member.


He has extensive experience of representing the profession, both in Scotland and UK-wide. He is a current member of the BDA's Executive Board, Chair of the BDA's Scottish Council and Chair of the BDA's UK and Scottish Policy Health Groups. He was President of the West of Scotland branch from 2008 to 2009, and before that served as Branch Secretary for nine years.


Thanking his committee for his mandate, Dr Kinloch said:

"It is an honour to be elected to represent Scotland's high street dentists and I look forward to continuing the good work of SDPC. We have unresolved issues with changing decontamination requirements and plans to introduce lifelong patient registration. We are also pressing for the introduction of an oral health assessment and a revised Statement of Dental Remuneration. All of these issues must be tackled against a backdrop of uncertainty in public spending and a Scottish Government election in just over a year."


Dr Kinloch is married to Elizabeth and has two children. In his spare time he enjoys keeping fit and reading biographies.


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British Dental Association