In 1974, Wilson was appointed a lecturer in
restorative dentistry (prosthetics) at the University of Edinburgh. In 2011 Wilson was a visiting professor at the
Osaka Dental University in Japan. Wilson was also Co-chair of the Forum of European Heads and Deans of Dental Schools from 2007 to 2012. Wilson was Editor of the
Journal of Dentistry from 1996 to 2000, and
Quintessentials of Dental Practice, between 2003 and 2008. He was also Chairman of the Editorial Board for the
Primary Dental Journal and the magazine
Dental Practice. Wilson has given more than four hundred and fifty invited lectures to organisations worldwide. ==Honours and awards==