Dr Nitish Surathu completed his BDS in 1991 and an MDS in Periodontics in 1994. He is, by examination, an accredited Associate Fellow of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry and is also a Fellow and Diplomate of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists. In 2009, he completed the New Zealand Dental Registration Examination process and is now a registered General Dental Practioner who limits himself to general dental practice in Gisborne, New Zealand. Nitish has lectured around the world on periodontics and dental implants. In New Zealand, Nitish has been an invited speaker at national conferences of the New Zealand Dental association, the New Zealand Academy of Aesthetic and Cosmetic Dentistry, the New Zealand Institute of Minimally Invasive Dentistry, the New Zealand Dental and Oral Health Therapists Association and the New Zealand Hygienists Association. He has also lectured at most branches of the New Zealand Dental Association around the country as well.