Dr. Mohideen Salihu Farook graduated with Bachelors of Dental Surgery (BDS), India in 2005. In 2010, he obtained his MDSc Prosthodontics (Fixed and Removable) from University of Dundee, UK. He successfully passed his Membership of the Faculty of Dentistry (MFD), Ireland in 2019. He was awarded Membership in Prosthodontics (M Pros) by Royal College of Surgeons, England in 2022, Member of the Faculty of Dental Surgery (MFDS) and Speciality Membership in Prosthodontics M (Pros) by Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow in 2023.
Dr. Mohideen is an Associate Professor in Department of Restorative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry since 2011 and he is a consultant in the faculty’s dental hospital. His research supervision includes postgraduate programmes such as Master by Research (MDSc), Clinical masters (MClinDent, MOSc and DClinDent) and PhD. Currently, he is involved in many research project locally and internationally and he had published many of his works in recognised international journals. He was awarded grants for his research projects by the university and the industry in Malaysia. He received many awards for his research project presentations locally and internationally. In 2019, he received Excellent service award by Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya
In 2023 and 2024, he has been appointed by the Royal College of Surgeons of England as an examiner for the speciality prosthodontic exam (M Pros) RCS (Eng) and general dentistry exam MFDS RCS (Eng) respectively.