Our Tutors

Emma Farrell is a highly experienced and dedicated dental professional with a passion for education and empowering the next generation of dental nurses. She qualified in Dental Nursing through the NEBDN in 2011 and went on to specialise in Implant Dental Nursing, completing her NEBDN qualification in 2017.

Emma’s commitment to continuous development led her to qualify as a tutor in 2018, and she completed her TAQA (Training, Assessment and Quality Assurance) qualification in 2021. With these credentials, she now supports and assesses learners across a range of dental education programmes.

As the Education Lead and Implant Coordinator at Enhance Dental, Emma brings a wealth of clinical and educational experience to her role. She is especially passionate about mentoring and creating supportive learning environments where dental nurses can build confidence, grow their skills, and thrive in their careers.

Emma’s training focuses on key areas such as implant nursing, treatment coordination, digital scanning, and advanced chairside assisting. Her approach is practical, encouraging, and grounded in real-world experience.

Outside of her professional work, Emma enjoys spending time with her family and her dog, keeping active, and working on her garden and allotment. Known for always being on the go, she brings the same energy and enthusiasm to her personal life as she does to her work.

Richard Brookshaw is a highly skilled dental implant surgeon. He has placed more than 5000 implants and is one of only a handful of implant surgeons nationwide who can carry out implant surgery in patients with extreme bone loss, using specifically designed zygomatic implants.

Richard exclusively practises all aspects of implant dentistry, including hard and soft tissue augmentation, sinus grafting and same day implants.

He first qualified in 1996 from the University of Dundee. Then, in 1999, he gained his Master’s degree in Oral Surgery from the University of Sheffield and further extended his clinical qualification in 2001 by completing an 18-month Implant Training Programme.

Richard is both nationally and internationally respected as a lecturer and mentor in Implant Dentistry, immediate same day implants and CT scanning & planning for implant surgery.

He also lectures for Nobel Biocare nationally and internationally on a range of advanced implant techniques and is a regular lecturer and contributor to their World Tour.

Nobel Biocare is a world-leader in the field of innovative implant-based dental restorations. They have over 65 years of innovative and forward looking solutions, which stems from the ground-breaking discovery of osseointegration in 1952.