Dr Austin is a Clinical Senior Lecturer and Consultant in Prosthodontics at King’s College London's Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences. His focus is on aesthetic restoration and replacement of natural teeth using state-of-the-art technologies for the design and manufacture of dental restorations, including aesthetic veneers, crowns, bridges and implants for oral rehabilitation, most specifically for patients affected by Erosive Tooth Wear. Dr Austin is also Lead for Digital Dentistry at Guy’s and St.Thomas’ Hospitals, London, UK.
Dr Austin graduated Dentistry with Honours from the University of Manchester (2006), Dental Foundation Training with a Membership at the Royal College of Surgeons of England (2008), a PhD in Enamel Erosion (2011) and Specialty Registrar Training in Prosthodontics with a Masters in Clinical Dentistry with Distinction and Membership in Prosthodontics at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (2015).
His most recent research is into the role of intra-oral scanning for diagnosing erosive tooth wear (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dental.2021.01.006) which is driving forward the use of CAD/CAM technology for better patient outcomes in this challenging cohort of patients.