Academic Qualifications

• Bachelor Dental surgery (Honours) London University
• Masters in dental surgery Melbourne University
• PhD In Trigeminal nerve injuries neuroscience Kings College London
• Fellowship in Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons (England).
• Fellowship Australasian College of dental Surgeons
• Fellowship Australasian College of dental Surgeons (OMS) Certification in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
• Fellowship Higher education Academy

Full registration with the General Dental Council

• General Dental Council Specialist List in Oral Surgery – Registration 58499
• Membership Medical Protection Society – Registration V1869

Appointments

• Professor KCL and Honorary Consultant Oral surgeon at Kings College Hospital 2006-2024 London and Guys and St Thomas Trust 2006-2024
• Management and administration
  • Head of department Oral Surgery KCL 2006-2024
  • Lead Orofacial Pain Services KCHFT
• Membership of Learned Societies
• Member and Past President British Association Oral Surgeons
• Council member FDS RCS 2005-2015
• Member International Association for the study of pain, British Pain Society, IADR and IASP.
• National Profile
• I am a Member of Medical Protection Society.
• I was the Chair and Representative of the Royal College of Surgeons of England on the Specialist Advisory Committee in Oral Surgery.
• I was President of the British Association Oral Surgeons 2018-2020.
• I was a member of the Clinical Standards Committee of the Faculty of Dental Surgery (FDS RCS) for 10 years until April 2014. The Committee promotes clinical effectiveness across all dental specialties.
• I chaired the group updating of the RCS guidelines on wisdom tooth removal 2020.
• I was a member of the Specialty Advisory Panel in Oral Surgery of the Faculty of Dental Surgery (RCS England).
• I was a member of the Senate of Dental Specialties of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
• I was Chair and Examiner for the Tri-Collegiate (Royal Colleges of Surgeons of England, Edinburgh and Glasgow) Specialty Fellowship Examination (ISFE) in Oral Surgery.

Clinical and Research Special Interests

My specialist field is Oral Surgery. I was a Professor in Oral Surgery at the Kings College University and Honorary Consultant Oral Surgery at Kings College Hospital and Guys and St Thomas Hospitals until December 2024. I now practice as a private Oral Surgery Specialist Practice, in addition to my medicolegal practice. I undertake a broad range of work within the field of Oral Surgery and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery including the diagnosis and treatment of head and neck pain and nerve injuries. I have over 40 years’ experience in the management and treatment of patients with oral and facial pain and complications from dental and oral surgery. I have two areas of special interest and expertise.

Lingual and inferior alveolar nerve injuries

I am a leading expert in the diagnosis, prevention and management of lingual and inferior alveolar nerve injuries, which are usually sustained during the removal of impacted wisdom teeth.  Lingual nerve injury can be very debilitating, resulting not only in numbness but also painful dysaesthesia in the tongue. I ran a dedicated nerve injury clinic in KCL for over years for the management of patients with lingual and inferior alveolar nerve injuries.  Patients were referred from all over the UK and Ireland for assessment and treatment at my clinic. I am regularly invited to give lectures on the management of nerve injuries at national and at international conferences in the UK and abroad, including Australia, Netherlands, France, Germany and the USA. I have published over 258 peer reviewed publications and many of these dedicated to prevention and management of nerve injuries and complications related to surgery.

I have authored Clinical guidelines for the prevention of complications relating to;

• Dental Implant associations (ADI, ITI, EAO and FoR.com)
• Endodontics Part 1 and 2 on optimal prevention and management of Endodontic nerve related injuries for the British Endodontic Society
• I chaired the FDS RCS Third molar parameters of care clinical guidelines. Parameters of care for patients undergoing mandibular third molar surgery by Renton T, Coulthard P, Chiu G, Master S, Brookes V, Atack N, Weston P, Drage N, Dewan K, Bishop K, Odell E, Smith S, produced by FDS
• I have researched and developed optimal LA techniques to prevent nerve injury and optimise pain management for patients undergoing dentistry and advised manufacturers
• I was a contributor to National Guidelines for TMDs.  Management of painful Temporomandibular disorder in adults NHS England Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) and Royal College of Surgeons of England’s Faculty of Dental Surgery by Beecroft E, Palmer J, Penlington C, Avery L, Aggarwal V, Chase M, Davies S, Gerber B, Jagger R, Harrison S, Horton M, Jones L, Kalantzis A, Lie S, McKenna G, McMillan R, Morton M, Murphy E, Renton T, Thayer T, Weden A, Durham J 
• I was contributor to the first International Classification of Orofacial pain and am invited member for follow up working group. International Classification of Orofacial Pain, 1st edition (ICOP). Cephalalgia. 2020;40(2):129-221. doi:10.1177/0333102419893823

Orofacial pain

I have developed and lead the Orofacial pain service at KCHFT for over 18 years. This involves a Multidisciplinary Clinic including dentists of all specialties, Headache Neurology, Liaison Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology, ENT and Neurosurgery. I have published over 150- peer reviewed publications specifically on orofacial pain research and am frequently invited to provide plenary lectures for Federations Dentaire International, British Dental Association, American Association Orofacial Pain, American Endodontic Society, British Pain Society, International Association for the study of pain, American Association Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, American Craniofacial Pain, British Association for the study of Headaches (BASH), Int. Headache Society and many others.

Publications

My PhD thesis was on ‘Trigeminal nerve injuries related to dental surgery’. I have published more than 50 papers in clinical and scientific journals.  These have been mainly on the aetiology, prevention and management of trigeminal nerve injuries. The branches of the trigeminal nerve, including the lingual and inferior alveolar nerves, are the sensory nerves that give sensation to the face and jaws and are often injured during dental and surgical procedures as well as in facial trauma.

I have presented more than 150 papers, each with a published abstract, at national or international scientific meetings.

Some Recent Publications

1. Renton, T., & Van der Cruyssen, F. (2023). Posttraumatic Trigeminal Neuropathic Pain in Association with Dental Implant Surgery. Dental clinics of North America, 67(1), 85–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cden.2022.07.007
2. Heir, G. M., Ananthan, S., Kalladka, M., Kuchukulla, M., & Renton, T. (2023). Persistent Idiopathic Dentoalveolar Pain: Is It a Central Pain Disorder?. Dental clinics of North America, 67(1), 71–83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cden.2022.07.006hei
3. Currie, C. C., Ohrbach, R., De Leeuw, R., Forssell, H., Imamura, Y., Jääskeläinen, S., Koutris, M., Nasri-Heir, C., Tan, H., Renton, T., Svensson, P., & Durham, J. (2022). Renaming burning mouth syndrome: implications and use for the Research Diagnostic Criteria for Burning Mouth Syndrome. Pain, 163(5), e691–e692.
4. Karamat, A., Smith, J. G., Melek, L. N. F., & Renton, T. (2022). Psychologic Impact of Chronic Orofacial Pain: A Critical Review. Journal of oral & facial pain and headache, 36(2), 103–140. https://doi.org/10.11607/ofph.3010
5. Renton T & Yakkaphan P. Is TMD a real Headache? https://www.nature.com/articles/s41415-024-7178-1.epdf
6. Gaballah K, Shishir Ram Shetty; Vinayak Kamath; Wael Talaat; Tara Renton. Imaging-based standardization of the surgical coronectomytechnique of lower third molars. Journal of Dentistry. Manuscript Number: JJOD-D-23-01539
7. Renton T Patel V. Oral surgery: what challenges and opportunities are there on the horizon? Dental Update Volume 50, Issue 5, May 2023 | Pages 422-430
8. “Onabotulinum toxin a treatment for posttraumatic trigeminal neuropathic pain: case series and literature review” (https://www.jofph.com/articles/10.22514/jofph.2024.009) is formally online on Journal of Oral & Facial Pain and Headache Issue 1-2024, Volume 38. 
9. Yakkaphan P, Lambru G, Renton T. Impact of migraine and fibromyalgia on temporomandibular disorder: A retrospective study on pain, psychological factors and quality of life. J Oral Rehabil. 2024 Jul 4. doi: 10.1111/joor.13789. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38965737. 
10. International Classification of Orofacial Pain, 1st edition (ICOP). Cephalalgia. 2020;40(2):129-221. doi:10.1177/0333102419893823