Dr. Firdaus Hanapiah

Dr. Firdaus Hanapiah graduated from the University of Otago, New Zealand in 1990. Upon graduation, he returned to Malaysia to take up a position as a clinical tutor at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya.

In 1993, he joined the Eastman Dental Hospital, University College in London where he was a part time honorary Senior House Officer. In 1996 he completed an MSc in Oral Surgery from the Eastman DC and was awarded a Fellowship in Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons, England.

He once again returned to Malaysia to take up a position as a lecturer at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya. In that time, he was awarded the Fellowship of the International Congress of Implantologist and became a member of The International Team for Implantology (ITI).

He is now in private practice based in the DEMC Specialist Hospital, in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia, acting as a consultant Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon. He is also Head Clinician for the Firdaus and Sharina Dental Clinics, Bangsar Dental Specialist Centre, Consultant OMFS Surgeon for the Smile Clinic Group and the Glamsmile Dental Specialist Centre in the Klang valley.

Additionally, he is a registered Specialist in the National Specialist Register of Malaysia (NSR) and a member of the the Academy of Medicine of Malaysia. He has since placed more than 6000 dental implants and is a pioneer in the field of virtual surgical placement of implants. Dr. Hanapiah is actively engaged in global conferences, and has
lectured widely in both Europe and Asia.