Dr Eugene Marais

Bch.D (Pretoria)
GDC No. 63371

Dr Eugene Marais qualified in dentistry at the University of Pretoria, South Africa in 1988.

In 1992 he bought his own practice in Hornchurch and concentrated on prosthodontics and cosmetic dentistry.

In 1994 he embarked on the implant bandwagon, firstly completing the Misch Implant Institutes (MII) prosthetic course in Michigan USA and then the MII surgical course in 1995 in Pittsburgh USA. Shortly after he completed the MII advanced bone grafting course to include ridge augmentation and sinus lifts.

To date, Eugene has placed around 4000 implants, with a failure rate of less than 1% and performed over 350 sinus lifts.

In 2009 Eugene was awarded Diplomate status of the ICOI, the largest international implant forum.

Eugene is the president of the British Academy of Dental Implantology, the UK clinical advisor for Biohorizons, the dental implants company and he also runs the Tipton Training Limited surgical training programme.

Eugene Marais enjoys implant dentistry and is eager to help dentists start up with implants and to educate the public about the need for implant dentistry to improve the quality of life.