Clifford R Nissen BDS FDSRCPS DRDRCS
• Specialist in Periodontics of the General Dental Council of
Great Britain.
• International Member of the American Academy of
Periodontology.
• Member of the International Academy
of Periodontology.
• Member of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry.
• Alumnus of the Microsurgical Training Institute, Santa
Barbara, California.
Clifford graduated from Newcastle University in 1981. After
appointments in various university dental departments, and some
time spent in the Oral & Maxillofacial department of a general
hospital, Clifford lectured in Periodontology for six years at the
University of Dundee. Between 1993 and 2000 he ran his own private
practice in Heidelberg, Germany, and provided specialist
periodontal services to a number of private practices in Heidelberg
and Munich, Germany.
In 2001 he returned to the U.K. and now limits his practice to
periodontology and implantology.
Clifford considers post-graduate education to be extremely
important and has attended instructional courses in both Europe and
the U.S.A. including:
• Surgical implant placement, at the European Centre for
Osseointegration in Leuven, Belgium.
• Periodontal Microsurgery, at the Microsurgical Training
Institute in Santa Barbara, California.
. . . and numerous others.
As well as periodontal care Clifford also places implants.
Special areas of interest include bone regeneration and aesthetic
periodontics.
Outside dentistry Clifford is a keen hill walker, and he also
found time to complete a post graduate diploma in Law at the
University
of Nottingham.