Dr Heinrich Dippenaar finished his Degree in Dentistry (BChD) at the University of Stellenbosch in 2002. He was awarded the FX Prins Award for the Best Student in Clinical Dentistry.
After his community service year, in 2003 Dr Dippenaar started a private practice in his hometown, Welkom.
He served on the SADA board of the Free State Branch from 2004 to 2008 and he became President in 2008. Dr Dippenaar completed a postgraduate diploma in Endodontics at the University of Pretoria in 2011. He received training at the Dentsply Maillefer factory in Switzerland in 2012 and is a certified trainer on Dentsply Maillefer products.
Dr Dippenaar has co-authored an article with Prof P van der Vyver on Irrigation in endodontics that was published in Endodontic Practice US January 2015.
In 2017 he attended a workshop at the Dentsply-Sirona factory in Bensheim Germany on SiCAT and Surgical Guides and on 3D Endo Software. The same year, he attended a workshop on CBCT Examination at the University of Hamburg as well a year’s Implant certificate at the University of Pretoria.
Dr Dippenaar is the owner of HD Dentistry in Plettenberg Bay.
He has a special interest in Endodontics.
SAAAD Case Study Evening
18 March 2020
Dr Heinrich Dippenaar
Restoring Endodontically Treated Teeth
With a change in bonding techniques and a drive towards more natural restorations do we still need to place big metal posts after Endodontic treatment? Can a Fibre post be used and can it strengthen the tooth with proper bonding? In the lecture, we will look at different rules that might apply for anterior and posterior teeth as well.
SAAAD Battle of the Speakers
19 October 2019
Dr Heinrich Dippenaar
Microscope Enhanced Dentistry
You can only diagnose and treat what you can see. Our occupation is driven by accuracy and precision. Crazy to think that most of our daily decisions are made within a structure that is at best 10 mm in diameter.
Every procedure that you do with your hands is driven by what your eyes can see. Better posture and visual acuity are two of the biggest advantages gained in practising Dentistry through a Microscope. With presbyopia affecting most of us from the age of 40, a Dental Microscope should be next on your shopping list for your practice.
Come with me into a Dental Wonderland where placing composites, finding cracks, prepping for a crown, becomes a Wow again….
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