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John Duthie BDS 1974 MGDS; RCS ( Eng.) 1985 qualified as a Dental Surgeon in 1974 and started his  Foundation Training in hypnosis in 1975. He further honed his hypnosis skill at the Liverpool Dental Hospital in the late 1980s and early 90’s treating medically compromised and nervous patients requiring General Anaesthetic and Sedation. He used hypnosis as a tool to maximise the placebo effect and amplify the drug response to reduce complications and speed up treatment thus reducing waiting lists. On the academic side, John was an Examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons, Faculty of GDP. He is also a Fellow of the College of the General Dentistry (FCGDent) and a Fellow of the International College of Dentists ( FICD ). Now retired, he believes that a failure to use hypnosis to enhance drug effects and the healing process is an act of omission and would like to pass on this enthusiasm on to younger working colleagues. To this end, he is starting a study group in Liverpool where participants can come to practice their skills and discuss cases as experience grows