Richard is passionate about his profession and has an impressive list of achievements, including establishing the Cosmetic Dental Clinic in Remuera, and the New Zealand Institute of Cosmetic Dentistry, the first private teaching institution in the country with hands-on courses for general dentists. He has travelled extensively as a lecturer, in 2000 was President and Life Member of the US based World Congress of Microdentistry and in 2001 was awarded New Zealand’s first Advanced Certificate in Dentistry.

After graduating from the University of Otago, Richard moved to England to work and study more advanced dental procedures at the University of London, gaining a Masters Degree in Restorative Dentistry. For the last 10 years he operated the clinic in Remuera before the country life beckoned and he, his wife Leslea and 3 daughters, decided to move from the city. In 2007 their clinic was set up in Pukekohe at Pukekohe Dental, offering quality cosmetic dental procedures as well as private family dental care.