Medical Advisory
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Professor Meredith qualified as a dentist at Guys hospital in 1982 completing an MSc in Conservative Dentistry at the Eastman Dental Institute in London in 1988 and his first PhD at Imperial College in 1992. In 1993 he became a specialist in both Prosthodontics and Restorative dentistry.
His research interests have focused in Biomaterials and Biomechanics. In 1992 he invented the use of Resonance Frequency Analysis to measure dental implant stability, a technique that has now become the international benchmark known as Osstell.
He was awarded his second PhD from the University of Gothenburg for this work in 1996. Neil became Professor of Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials at the University of Leeds in 1997.
Following his entrepeneurial spirit he invented a dental implant system with patented biomechanics and surface technology. He raised venture capital funding and founded Neoss, of which he was CEO from 2000-2011. Neoss was in the Techtrack 100 for the fasted growing UK technology companies for three years running.
2011 saw a return to academia when Neil joined the University of Queensland as Professor of Dental Implantology and Prosthodontics becoming the Head of Dentistry at James Cook University, Cairns, Australia in 2015. In 2020 Neil left his university ties to form the Postgraduate Institute of Dental Surgery which focusses on accredited diploma and certificate programs of excellence in dental implantology. He lectures internationally and is engaged in translational research and technology development.
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I have been a dentist for nearly 50 years. I was one of a small percentage of female dentists at the time. In 1978 Dr Leonard Linkow, a pioneer in dental implants, offered me a place to do a clinical residency in his clinic in New York I spent 6 months in New York studying with him in 1978. Later I was able to study under the late Dr Carl Misch, founder of the Misch International Implant Institute in USA and one of the foremost research scientists in Dental Implants, at the time. In the 1990’s I went to Portugal to do a clinical residency under Dr Palo Malo the inventor of the All-on-4 restoration for full mouth reconstruction with implants and fixed bridges. I have recently completed a Diploma of Implant Dentistry under Professor Neil Meredith, in Australia.
These 4 men, in my opinion, are giants in the field of Dental Implants, and I have been able to use their experience, research and inventive brains to help my patients reach their goals. I have been placing implants and the related bone grafting for the past 40 years. I have also been assessing insurance claims as a medico-legal expert for over 20 years.