Practical progress

Pawel Sobocinski knew that it would be a long journey to achieve his lifelong ambition of placing implants, but little did he know that the small Shropshire town of Shrewsbury would prove to be such an important stop along the way.

A graduate from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Pawel travelled to the UK in April 2006 keen to further his studies and pick up the experience he required so that one day he could return home to Poland as a highly-skilled, professional practitioner in implantology. He currently combines his 'day job' as a National Health Service dentist at the St Andrews Dental Care Practice in Radcliffe, Manchester, with additional after hours work learning the art of implant dentistry, and is in the final year of studying for an MSc in Aesthetic Implantology at Central Lancashire University in Preston.

He says the biggest kick-start his career has received so far, has come from the experience gained before embarking on his MSc from enrolling on two courses run at the Shrewsbury clinic of dental training provider Dentale.