Meet the team

Dr Ross J Henderson qualified from Dundee University in 2003. He worked in general practice and went on to complete his Masters in Endodontics at St.Barts, London in 2013.

Dr Henderson has built up a private endodontic referral service and accepts referrals for all aspects of endodontic care, including both non-surgical and surgical.

Dr Henderson lectures on endodontic topics for general practitioners. Here at Clifton we have a dedicated endodontic suite with an operating microscope and can provide sedation if required for anxious patients.

Catriona graduated from Glasgow University in 2007, before spending the next 10 years working in different hospital settings providing all aspects of head and neck surgery to dental, trauma and oncology patients. She undertook an implant diploma in 2018, and has been providing surgical dentistry and implants along with general dentistry since.

She is a gentle and non judgmental dentist, confident in providing treatment to anxious dental patients with sedation if needed.

Ian qualified from Glasgow Dental School in 2010. He has worked in several practices across Glasgow and the West of Scotland, before joining Clifton in July 2022. Ian is committed to further education and training to help in the care of his patients.

He gained the MJDF diploma at The Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2012, the Postgraduate Diploma in Conscious Sedation from Newcastle University in 2015, and a Diploma in Restorative Dentistry from University of Chester in 2019. In addition to this, he has also completed further training in Botox and dermal fillers, clear aligner orthodontics, smile design and tooth whitening. The experience and skills gained from this extensive training allows Ian to assess and treat patients with more complex treatment needs. He aims provide the highest quality treatment options for his patients, helping them achieve the smiles they have always desired, in a relaxed and friendly environment.

Outside of dentistry Ian can be seen running about after his two young children and, when he can, enjoys running about some more on the football pitch for his local Sunday league team.

Kevin graduated from Glasgow University with a Bachelor in Dental Surgery in 1995. He was awarded the final year prize in Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology before commencing a year of postgraduate training in Edinburgh.

From 1996 to 2000 Kevin worked and trained in the hospital based dental speciality of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. His resident postings were in the South West of England in both civilian and mixed civilian/armed force units where as part of a multi-disciplinary team, he treated everything from wisdom teeth removal and broken facial bones to advanced trauma and cancer cases.

In 1999 he gained his Fellowship in Dental Surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons in England. He left the hospital service in 2000 and worked in general dental practice in both England and his native Scotland. He was a visiting Specialist Doctor of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery based in Torbay Hospital in Devon. In addition to his years of hospital surgery training, He has undertaken extensive postgraduate training throughout Europe and the USA in implant dentistry and its associated procedures.

He combined the need for implant dentistry with the growing demand for smile design based cosmetic dental procedures. To facilitate this type of dentistry, he has undertaken advanced cosmetic dental training with the world-famous New York based cosmetic dentist Dr Larry Rosenthal in both Guys Hospital London and The Rosenthal Institute in New York University in the USA. His skills in implant dentistry are sought after throughout the UK working with dentists in Scotland, England and Northern Ireland. He is a senior tutor in implant training at the Dentale Centre in Bristol where over 1000 implants are placed every year.

In 2017 he completed the following Masters University Programmes, Master in Prevention and Management of Esthetic Failures, University of Bern, Switzerland, Master in Regenerative Plastic-Eshetic Periodontal Surgery, University of Bern, Switzerland and took first place in Advance Surgical Master Curriculum in Regenerative Implant Dentistry, University of Szeged, Hungary.

His extensive knowledge and experience in implant and cosmetic dentistry ensures that we can offer our patients a service second to none in Scotland.

Clive has two decades of experience providing dental implants in general dental practice. He was the first dentist in Scotland to embrace 3D digital imaging, having installed the iCAT CBCT scanner in 2005. Clive completed the FGDP Diploma in Implant Dentistry in 2007.

Throughout this 25 year career, he has been committed to post-graduate dental education, both in the diplomas and qualifications that he has obtained and on the courses that he teaches. He believes that embracing technology and constantly learning new skills are the essential keys to succeeding in dental practice and is looking forward to bringing these skills to the Clifton Clinic.