Dr Richard Brookshaw

Dr Richard Brookshaw

Implant Surgeon

BDS | MMedSci (Oral Surgery) | Dip Imp Dent RCS Ed

GDC Number: 72150

Richard Brookshaw is a highly skilled dental implant surgeon; he has placed more than 5,000 implants.

He first qualified in 1996 from the University of Dundee. Then in 1999, he gained his Master’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 is currently halfway through his PhD in Oral and Maxillofacial surgery, having passed his mid-degree viva. 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.