Richard was based initially in Leicester for his VDP year, and worked there as a Clinical Assistant in Oral Surgery at Leicester Royal Infirmary. From 1997 to 1999 Richard worked as a Senior House Officer in the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department at Sheffield University, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Northern General Hospital and Sheffield Children’s Hospital, as well as treating referral oral surgery patients in part-time practice in Doncaster. In 2000 Richard extended his clinical practice, accepting further referrals for oral surgery and dental implants.

Richard is both nationally and internationally respected as a lecturer and mentor in Implant Dentistry and Nobelguide CT scan guided surgery. He also lectures for Nobel Biocare on a range of advanced implant techniques. He is a regular lecturer and contributor to their World Tour. Richard is also an honorary teaching fellow for the Manchester University MSc in dental implantology.

Richard has lectured at St Ann’s Dental Clinic since 2003 on the surgical and restorative aspects of implant dentistry. He was the keynote speaker at the Clinical Innovations Conference held in London in May 2008 and has undertaken further training in Holland, Germany, USA, France, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, Greece, Italy, Croatia and Belgium.

He loves to travel, enjoying the opportunity to network and socialise with a wide group of dentists from many different countries. In his spare time Richard enjoys most forms of sport, particularly golf, cricket and cycling and he is a keen follower of football.