B.D.S. (Singapore)
MSc London
F.A.M.S Prosthodontics
S.D.C Certified Dental Specialist in Prosthodontics
Specialist Prosthodontist.
Dr Christopher Sim is the director of Mount Elizabeth Dental Surgery since 1986. He is a Singapore Dental Council (SDC) Certified Specialist in Prosthodontics. A Prosthodontist is a trained dental specialist who has a special interests in the areas of dental implants, crowns and bridges as well as cosmetic dentistry. He is a well known international speaker and has lectured extensively on aesthetics and dental implants in the following countries: Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Shenzhen (China), Shanghai (China), Tokyo (Japan), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Krakow (Poland), Europe, Hong Kong SAR, Jakarta(Indonesia), Yokohama (Japan), Sydney (Australia), Singapore.
Dr Christopher Sim has been actively involved in the Continuing Dental Education (CDE) for dentists in the new and exciting field of Implant Dentistry. He was a former University of Frankfurt teaching faculty staff for the Cert in Oral Implantology program in Singapore. As an AIC Course Director ( Advance Implant Centre , Korea ) , he has conducted numerous implant training programs for dentists since 2007. Recently, Dr Christopher Sim was invited by New York University College Dentistry (NYUCD), Linhart Continuing Dental Education Program, to lecture on dental implant surgery at the prestigious Tokyo Medical Dental University .
Dr Christopher Sim is currently a member of the Ministry of Health, Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) Committee for Dental Implants. The committee is given the task of maintaining the clinical standards for the treatment of Edentulism with Dental Implants in Singapore.
Dr Christopher Sim obtained his dental degree from the National University of Singapore in 1981. He completed his MDS primary exam in 1982 before proceeding to the world renowned Institute of Dental Surgery, Eastman Dental Hospital, London for specialist training. He graduated with M.Sc.in Restorative Dentistry (London) in 1984.
In 1998 he was inducted as a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine.
Dr Christopher Sim has been involved in Implant Dentistry since 1991. His mentor in Dental Implantology is Prof.Dr. George.H.Nentwig who is the Head of Department of Oral Surgery and Oral Implantology, University of Frankfurt, Germany. In 2003 he was conferred FAMS (Prosthodontics) by the Academy of Medicine.
In 2003 Dr Sim was awarded Cert.in.Oral Implantology (with Distinction) from the University of Frankfurt ,Germany. In 2003 he was conferred Fellow of the International Congress of Oral Implantologist with certification in both Implant Surgery and Implant Prosthetics. He is also a member of ITI (International Team for Implantology). Since 2007,he was appointed as a Course Director of the Apsun Dental implant Education and Research Centre, Korea.
Dr Sim is also an early advocate of Cosmetic Dentistry. With his back ground in Prosthodontics, he started using porcelain veneers to improve his patients’ smile as early as 1988. Since then he has transformed and beautified countless smiles for his patients. Some of his early pioneer veneer cases done in the late 1980s are still fully functional to this day.
Practice Address
Mount Elizabeth Dental Surgery
3 Mount Elizabeth, Mt Elizabeth Medical Centre, Block A, #07-03, Singapore 228510