Abid Faqir graduated from the Glasgow Dental School before undertaking his Diploma of Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery in Edinburgh, and obtained a Master’s Degree from Glasgow University. He has also acquired a Diploma in Implant Dentistry from the Royal College of Edinburgh. He has undergone extensive training both in the UK and overseas in the field of implantology. Abid limits his practice to the treatment and management of complex cases, including digital planning. He has a particular interest in immediate loading and soft tissue grafting, and regularly lectures both nationally and internationally. Abid is currently the President of the Association of Dental Implantology. He has also been appointed in the past to the editorial board for the publication Implant Dentistry and was a committee member of the British Society of Oral Implantology.