Initially enrolled at the University of Stellenbosch in 2000 for his dental degree, he first spent several years living abroad in South Korea, returning to again take up his studies and complete his BChD degree at the University of the Western Cape. He completed the Diploma in Oral Surgery (Dip Oral Surg) from the College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons of South Africa, and the 2-year postgraduate certificate in oral implantology from the then University of Pretoria’s ITI Centre of Excellence. He concurrently completed a research Master’s degree (MSc Dent) in implantology at the University of the Witwatersrand. During the same time, he completed the Diploma in Implantology (Dipl. Implantol.) from the Implant and Aesthetic Academy/University of Frankfurt. He passed three rounds of primary subject examinations toward specialising (University of the Witwatersrand, University of Pretoria, College of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery) and started his specialist degree and training in 2016 at the University of Pretoria in periodontics and oral medicine. He is an ITI study club co-director and is one of only two ITI scholars ever selected from South Africa.