Riaz Yar

Specialist prosthodontist, implantologist, and TMD clinician. Clinical Director and Joint Founder, The Square Advanced Dental Care — a specialist referral centre in Hale Barns, Cheshire, and on Wimpole Street, London (established 2011). Course Director, Square Dental Education. CEO and Programme Director, Dental Risk Mitigation (Postgraduate Certificate in Dental Risk Mitigation, accredited by EduQual). Visiting Professor, College of Medicine and Dentistry, Birmingham and Ulster University. Specialty Dentist in TMD, Manchester Dental Hospital. Honorary Clinical Teaching Fellow in Prosthodontics, University of Manchester. Internal Examiner, MJDF (Membership of Joint Dental Faculties), Royal College of Surgeons England; and Internal Examiner, Overseas Registration Exam and LDS RCS England. PhD candidate, Ulster University (2022–ongoing).

Clinical specialties: complex occlusal rehabilitation, full-mouth reconstruction, implant-supported prosthodontics, digital occlusion analysis (T-Scan, MODJAW® 4D jaw-tracking, EMG), and the diagnosis and management of TMD and tooth wear. Lectures nationally and internationally on TMD, digital occlusion, and full-arch rehabilitation. Co-developer of the RED Square MSc in Restorative Dentistry in partnership with the University of Chester (Programme Director for 4 years).

BDS, University of Liverpool (1999). MFDS, Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh (2005). MPhil (Restorative Dentistry), University of Manchester (2008). M.Pros.Dent (4-year mono-specialty training in Prosthodontics), University of Manchester (2011). DPDS, University of Bristol. Diploma in Implant Dentistry, Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh. FDS (Fellow in Dental Surgery), Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh (2017). Doctore Magistrale (Masters in Soft Tissue Management around Teeth and Implants), University of Bologna (under Prof. Giovanni Zucchelli). PG Certificate in Dental Risk Mitigation (2022). Fellowship, College of Dentistry (July 2022). Membership, Faculty of Dental Trainers, RCS Edinburgh (2022).