West End Private Dental Practice is a centre for implant dentistry in Scotland and since 1995 has been offering a referral service to other dental practices and associated health care professionals.

At present there are over 30 practices utilising the referral service. Services on offer include 2nd opinions, surgical or restorative treatment and full case treatment. All the aspects of implant care are carried out on the premises, a surgical suite for the placement of implants was built in 1997 and the practice now has a dedicated member of staff employed as implant co-ordinator.

Our Implant Suite

The Implant team comprises:

• Dr Lochhead (treatment options and restorative work.)
• Dr Bain (surgical planning and implant placement.)
• Mrs Karen Murray (implant co-ordination, appointment scheduling and liaison between patients, team members and referring dentists.)

Dr Lochhead has been working with dental implants since shortly after qualifying in 1987 and was involved in some of the initial Branemark research carried out in the UK, at Kings College Hospital. He has followed all the prosthetic training offered by the Branemark system and 3i, and is a member of a number of implant study clubs in Edinburgh and Manchester, each of which regularly invite world respected implant clinicians to lecture to them. Dr Lochhead lectures with Dr Bain on the advantages of implant treatment and how it can be incorporated in to restorative dentistry. more details

Dr Bain started working with dental implants in 1980 in Dalhouise University, in Canada. Dr Bains main area of research has been in establishing the effects of smoking on implant success. His research resulted in the development of a protocol, which allows smokers to achieve similar success rates to non-smokers in implant integration. Dr Bain is regularly invited to present at international implant meetings. more details

Karen Murray joined the practice in 1996 and now has a central position within the team. It is Karen who most patients will talk to initially, she has attended many training courses in order to be able to answer initial questions regarding suitability for dental implants and what is involved. Her dental nurse and surgical training mean that she offers continuity of contact for every patient throughout their implant treatment. Karen is responsible for liasing with referring dentists, their patients and Dr Lochhead and Dr. Bain. She works chairside with Dr Bain during the placement of the implants - an extension of her duties for which she was trained by the Nobel Biocare surgical training staff. more details

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