#41 - Sliding Doors - In Conversation With Zaki Kanaan

Zaki Kanaan might have been a banker if it wasn’t for an embarrassing incident as a small child. But banking’s loss in dentistry’s gain. In this week’s show, master of implants Zaki talks Payman through his early move from war-torn Beirut to London.

 

Zaki talks life at boarding school and later Guy’s, and explains how fate appeared to play a guiding role in his development as a dentist.

 

Prav couldn’t be here this week, so Payman single-handedly steers the conversation over wide-ranging topics. 

 

Enjoy!

 

“Life is like sliding doors. The film where you either enter the tube and your life goes in one direction or another. Life, for me, is like that.”

• Zaki Kanaan

In This Episode

01.45 - Early years

14.42 - Good cop/bad cop

21.25 - On implantology

24.53 - Losing dad

28.32 - Chairman of the board

32.29 - Best bits

41.48 - Love and marriage

48.55 - From London to Weybridge

52.16 - On teaching & travel

01.01.49 - What motivates Zaki Kanaan?

01.03.11 - Legacy

01.07.10 - Mentors

About Zaki Kanaan

Zaki Kanaan achieved a Masters Degree from Guy’s and St Thomas in 2001 and went on to complete diplomas in sedation and hypnosis. He also became a Licentiate of the Faculty of Homeopathy.  

 

He has pursued an interest in implantology which saw him become the first UK dentist to carry out the All-on-4 procedure on live TV.

 

Zaki is past president of the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (BACD) and London Dental Fellowship and currently sits on the board of directors of the Association of Dental Implantology UK.

 

He also sits on the editorial board for the International Journal of Cosmetic Dentistry and is former editorial consultant for Dental Implant Summaries.

 

Zaki is a prolific figure on the international lecture circuit where he regularly delivers training on cosmetic and implant dentistry. 

 

He has scooped a selection of top awards including UK Dentist of the Year2012. In 2015, Zaki was recognised for his outstanding contribution to dentistry at the Private Dentistry Awards. He is now on the awards’ judging panel and regularly features in industry lists of the UK’s most elite and influential dentists.