Richard is both nationally and internationally respected as a lecturer and mentor in Implant Dentistry, Zygomatic Implants, immediate same day implants and CT scanning & planning for implant surgery. He has placed over 5000 implants.He also lectures for Nobel Biocare nationally and internationally on a range of advanced implant techniques andis a regular lecturer and contributor to their World Tour.

Richard’s Centre of Advanced Dental Education (CADE) has carried out post graduate dental training and education for hundreds of dentists since 2008.

CADE provides a structured programme of didactic study delivered through a series of interactive lectures, seminars, hands-on training, live surgery and mentored clinical treatment highlighted in the two year-long Implant courses that operate every year in Hale.

Richard exclusively practices all aspects of implant dentistry, including hard and soft tissue augmentation, sinus grafting and same day implants.

He first qualified in 1996 from the University of Dundee. Then in 1999 he gained his Masters 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 a highest honours award in the one year implant master program from University of California Los Angeles/ Gide program.

Richard was also one of the first six in the UK to gain The Diploma in Implant Dentistry from the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh at its first sitting.

Most recently Richard has completed 4 years of advanced postgraduate research in the oral and maxillofacial department at the university of Manchester in the field of zygomatic implants.

He was awarded his well-regarded Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in oral and maxillofacial surgery in November 2020.