About Perlan - Dr. Michael Heffernan
BDS MS Specialist in Prosthodontics
GDC Registration Number 66168
Michael Heffernan qualified from Guy’s Hospital in 1990. He subsequently spent two years in hospital training in maxillofacial surgery and went on to work in private general practice in London. In 1997 Michael enrolled in a three-year full-time Masters Degree Program at the University of Iowa (USA) in Fixed, Removable and Implant retained Prosthodontics. He performed valuable research into the Translucency of All-Ceramic Systems for which he won the prestigious John J. Sharry Prosthodontics Research Prize from the American College of Prosthodontists (2001). He was then awarded a scholarship at the University of Florida in a dedicated implant fellowship provided by the International Team of Oral Implantology (ITI).
Michael returned to the UK in 2002. He is registered as a Specialist Prosthodontist with the General Dental Council. He is a Fellow of International Team for Implantology (ITI), a member of the Association of Osseointegration, a member of the British Dental Association and Hon. Treasurer of the American Dental Society of London.
Michael lectures regularly on implant dentistry and is also actively involved in research with the Straumann Dental Implant system.
