Dr Hugo is a registered specialist in periodontics with the General Dental Council and he focuses his clinical practice around the diagnosis and treatment, both non-surgical and surgical, of gum disease, aesthetic periodontal surgery and implant dentistry.

Dr Hugo qualified as a dentist from the University of Lisbon, practiced general dentistry for a couple of years and has been working in private practice in the areas of periodontology and implant dentistry exclusively since 2006.

Dr Hugo completed 3 years full-time Specialist Training Program in Periodontology and Implant Dentistry in Lisbon. He has a Diploma in Clinical Periodontology from Gothenburg University and completed a Post-Graduation in Implant Dentistry at the Oral Rehabilitation Institute, in Lisbon.

Dr Hugo is a senior teaching fellow in the postgraduate program in periodontics at the University of Manchester. He was a lecturer in the Periodontology Department at the University of Lisbon until 2008. He also lectures nationally and internationally on periodontics and implant dentistry.

He is an active member of the British Society of Periodontology and the Portuguese Association of Periodontology and Implants.

Outside dentistry, he loves spending time with his wife and kids and enjoys playing tennis and travelling around the world.