Then in 1999, he gained his Masters’s degree in Oral Surgery from the University of Sheffield, and further extended his clinical qualification in 2001 by completing an 18-month implant training programme. In 2009, he attained the highest honours award in the 1-year implant master program from the University of California Los Angeles/ GIDE program.
In 2009, he was one of the first five implant dentists in the country to be awarded the Diploma in Implant Dentistry
from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (Dip Imp Dent RCS Ed).
Richard has a PhD in Oral and Maxillofacial surgery.
Richard is both nationally and internationally respected as a lecturer and mentor in all aspects of implant dentistry. He lectures for Nobel Biocare nationally and internationally on a range of advanced implant techniques, and is a regular lecturer and contributor at the Nobel Biocare international conferences.
He is one of only a handful of implant surgeons nationwide who is able to carry out implant surgery in patients
with extreme bone loss, using specially designed zygomatic implants.
Richard exclusively practices all aspects of implant dentistry, including hard and soft tissue augmentation, sinus grafting and same-day implants.
In his spare time, when not enjoying time with his family, Richard enjoys most forms of sports, particularly golf, football, cricket and cycling.