Mr Peter Ayliffe

Mr Peter Ayliffe is a Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon at University College London Hospitals and Great Ormond Street Hospital London. He qualified in Dentistry from the Royal Dental Hospital, University of London in 1982 (BDS Lond) and qualified in Medicine from St Georges Hospital Medical School in 1992 (MB BS Lond).

He holds the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, the specialist Fellowship in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and the Fellowship in Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of England as well as a Licentiate in Dental Surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He is an honorary Senior Lecturer at The Institute of Child Health at the University of London and is a member of the faculty for the Fellowship examination at the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Mr Ayliffe was formally appointed to Grampian Health Authority and the University of Aberdeen as a Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon and Senior Lecturer in January 2001 and subsequently moved to University College London Hospitals and Great Ormond Street Hospital London in 2002.

With a dual qualification in dentisty and medicine, his special interests include all aspects of oral and maxillofacial surgery including facial injuries and cancers of the head and neck, medical conditions of the mouth, and facial plastic surgery. He is specifically contracted as a specialist in facial deformity and facial trauma.

• Dentoalveolar surgery
• Temporomandibular joint surgery
• Forehead surgery
• Jaw surgery
• Chin surgery
• Head and neck cancer surgery
• Submandibular gland tumour surgery
• Oral reconstruction
• Excision of lesions of the mouth, tongue, and gum

• General paediatrics
• Paediatric care
• Oral and maxillofacial surgery
• Facial injuries
• Facial deformity
• Facial trauma
• Facial plastic surgery
• Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) problems
• Temporomandibular jaw joint pain and clicking
• Cleft lip, palate and other craniofacial abnormalities
• Congenital craniofacial malformations
• Oral cancer
• Head and neck tumours
• Cancer of the head, neck, mouth, and tongue
• Medical conditions of the mouth