DR. ANDY HAWKESFORD

BDS (Lond) MBBS (Lond) Dental Surgeon, Specialist in Oral Surgery GDC No 63025

Andy is a highly motivated specialist practitioner with special interest in oral surgery, implant dentistry and intravenous sedation. Andy provides general dentistry and cosmetic dentistry including tooth coloured fillings, tooth whitening, porcelain crowns and veneers and implants and a caring and understanding approach to assist nervous patients overcome their fears. He also provides a specialist oral surgery service for local referring dentists covering difficult extractions, soft tissue biopsies and complex implant procedures involving bone and soft tissue grafting.

Andy trained in dentistry at Kings College School of Dentistry and Medicine at St George’s Hospital School of Medicine and became a partner at Holford Partners in 2002. He has undertaken postgraduate education in North America, Europe and the UK and regularly lectures to dentists and professional complimentary to dentistry in the UK.

He has experience with most of the leading implant systems and acts as mentor fro Nobel Biocare and Straumann new users, assisting general dental practitioners with treatment planning and their first implant placements in practice.

Andy is a member of numerous professional associations including the British Dental Association, the Association of Dental Implantology, the British Association of Oral Surgeons, the British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, the Academy of ossoeintegration, the International Team for Implantology and an associate member of the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. As well as working for many years in both private and NHS general and specialist practice, Andy has held several hospital appointments in oral surgery, prosthetic and conservative dentistry and also in general surgery, ENT surgery, orthopaedic surgery and trauma surgery, accident and emergency medicine and care of the elderly.

In 2011 Smile Awards Andy and his team along with a maxillofacial colleague won the award for best facial reconstruction category

Andy lives in South London and outside his busy clinical schedule he occasionally finds time to see his wife and three daughters, is a keen skier and accomplished pianist and oboist.

Visit Andy’s personal web page here: www.londonimplantdentist.co.uk