PROFESSOR KENNETH ANTHONY EATON BDS, MSc, PhD, LDS, MGDS RCS (Eng), FFGDP(UK), FFPH, FHEA, FICD, FNCUP, DHC. Ken Eaton studied at London University for his BDS, MSc (with distinction) and PhD. He has held visiting chairs at a number of UK and European universities and is currently a Visiting Professor at the University College London and an Honorary Professor at the University of Kent. He has worked in all areas of dentistry and is listed by the UK’s General Dental Council as a specialist in Periodontics and in Dental Public Health. His past Presidencies include those of the International Association for Dental Research’s Education Research and Practice-based Research Groups and the European Association of Dental Public Health. He was the first Chair of the Platform for Better Oral Health in Europe. Since 1993, he has been the Adviser to the Council of European Chief Dental Officers and has advised the World Health Organisation and the Health Departments of several European countries, including the House of Commons Select Committee on Health. He is the Chair of the British Dental Editors Forum and has edited a number of dental journals and published 366 scientific and scholarly works