Medico-Legal Curriculum Vitae

Mr Keith G Smith BDS FDSRCS PhD
Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon

Contact and correspondence

Practice address

Newton House
Coombs Road
Bakewell
Derbyshire
DE45 1AQ

Email: k.g.smith@keithsmithomfs.co.uk

Website: https://www.keithsmithomfs.co.uk

Secretary

Telephone: 01629 812746
Fax: 01629 813084
Email: secretary@keithsmithomfs.co.uk

Academic qualifications

• Bachelor of Dental Surgery (with Honours), University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1981)
• Fellowship in Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of England (1985)
• Certificate of Accreditation in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of England (1993)
• Doctor of Philosophy, University of Sheffield (1994)

Professional registration and memberships

General Dental Council
Full registration
Registration number: 55350

General Dental Council Specialist List
Oral Surgery

Dental Defence Union
Membership number: 162199X

Appointments

• Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, BMI Thornbury Hospital, Sheffield
  March 1995 – Present
• Senior Lecturer in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Sheffield
  March 1995 – March 2017
• Honorary Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
  March 1995 – March 2017

Management and administration

• Clinical Lead for Diagnostic and Surgical Services (Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology), Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
  April 2002 – April 2005
• Head of Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine and Surgery, University of Sheffield
  August 2005 – August 2009
• Clinical Lead for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sheffield Children’s Hospital
  October 2010 – March 2017
• Training Programme Director for Oral Surgery, Yorkshire and Humber Deanery
  October 2011 – March 2017

Membership of learned societies

• Fellow of the British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
• Member of the Association of British Academic Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
• Member of the British Association of Oral Surgeons
• Member of AO Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Society
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine
• Member of the British and Irish Society of Oral Medicine

National profile

• Member of Council, Medical Defence Union and member of the Dental Advisory Committee (2015 – Present)
• Member of the General Dental Council Panel of Experts and Advisor to the Fitness to Practise Committee (2014 – Present)
• President, British Association of Oral Surgeons (January 2012 – December 2014)
• Representative of the British Association of Oral Surgeons on the Senate of Dental Specialties, Royal College of Surgeons of England and member of the Council of the European Federation of Oral Surgery Societies (2012 – 2015)
• Founding Editor-in-Chief of Oral Surgery, Journal of the British Association of Oral Surgeons (Edited 2007–2012, Editorial Board member to present)
• Representative of the Royal College of Surgeons of England on the Specialist Advisory Committee in Oral Surgery (2010 – 2015)
• Member of the Clinical Standards Committee, Faculty of Dental Surgery (FDS RCS) (2009 – 2014)
• Member of the Specialty Advisory Panel in Oral Surgery, Faculty of Dental Surgery (RCS England) (2010 – 2015)
• Member of the Senate of Dental Specialties, Royal College of Surgeons of England (2011 – 2013)
• Royal College of Surgeons Specialist Advisor in Oral Surgery, East Midlands Region (2010 – 2017)
• Royal College of Surgeons Specialist Advisor in Oral Surgery, Yorkshire and Humber Region (2010 – 2015)
• Examiner for the Tri-Collegiate Specialty Fellowship Examination (ISFE) in Oral Surgery (2011 – 2015)

Medico-legal experience

I prepare approximately 30–35 medico-legal reports per year, primarily relating to medical and dental negligence, with an approximately equal split between Claimant and Defendant instructions.

I also prepare a smaller number of reports relating to personal injury cases.

I have acted as a medico-legal Expert Witness in Civil Courts and in General Dental Council Fitness to Practise hearings, acting both for the General Dental Council and for Defendants. I am regularly instructed as an Expert Witness by NHS Resolution.

Recent instructions include work for:

• The General Dental Council
• The General Medical Council
• The Dental Defence Union
• The Medical Defence Union
• The Medical Protection Society
• Several firms of solicitors

Training as an expert witness

• General Dental Council training days for experts and advisors – Capsticks Solicitors (March 2014)
• General Dental Council training days for experts and advisors – Blake Morgan Solicitors (June 2017)
• Bond Solon training days: Medico-legal report writing; Day in Court
• Inspire MediLaw Expert Witness Training Course (GMC), 14–15 November 2018
• Medico-legal Conference, Annual Conference, London (May 2019)

Clinical and research special interests

My specialist field is Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. I was a Senior Lecturer in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Sheffield and Honorary Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for over 22 years until March 2017.

I currently practise Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at BMI Thornbury Hospital in Sheffield and run a private Oral Surgery Specialist Practice, alongside my medico-legal work.

I have over 30 years’ experience in the management and treatment of oral and facial injuries.

Lingual and inferior alveolar nerve injuries

I am a leading expert in the management of lingual and inferior alveolar nerve injuries, most commonly sustained during the removal of impacted wisdom teeth.

Orthognathic surgery (surgical correction of facial deformity)

Prior to March 2017, I performed the majority of orthognathic surgery in Sheffield, carrying out more than 800 bimaxillary osteotomies.

Publications

I have published more than 30 peer-reviewed papers and presented over 50 papers at national and international scientific meetings.

Selected recent publications

• Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal 2018; 55(2): 238–247
• Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal 2015; 52: 458–470
• Molecular Pain 2013; 9:52
• Springer 2013; 317–342
• Injury Extra 2011; 42(7): 75–78
• Faculty Dental Journal 2011; 2: 158–163
• Oral Surgery 2008; 1: 35–44
• Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine 2008; 19: 1793–1801
• British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2004; 42: 285–292