Dental Team

Dr. Sivakumar Jayachandran

Dr. Sivakumar Jayachandran

Prosthodontist Specialist, Principal and Director

GDC: 110496

Dr. Sivakumar Jayachandran -BDS, MDS, PhD, PGCHE, FHEA, FFCGD- Prosthodontist Specialist, Principal and Director - GDC no: 110496 Sivakumar qualified from India in 1999 and completed his specialist training in Prosthodontics in 2002. Currently, Sivakumar is a Clinical Specialist providing complex Prosthodontic treatments. He is experienced in Complex fixed and removable prosthodontics, Complex full mouth rehabilitations including implants, and in Smile design. He has completed his Higher Education Teaching programme and is a Fellow in the Higher Education Academy , UK. He received his PhD in Dental Implant Education from the Birmingham School of Dentistry in 2022. He has published in many peer-reviewed journals and plays role as reviewer for several research journals. His current interests are reviewing dental education for general dentists. He is a member of associations such as British Dental Association, British Society of Prosthodontics, Indian Prosthodontic Society . He lectures and regularly attends national and international conferences and trainings to keep updated with new concepts and techniques. He was recently awarded a Fellowship from the prestigious College of General Dentistry, UK- by invitation.

Mr. Sanjeev Ramrakha

Mr. Sanjeev Ramrakha

Implant & Restorative Surgeon, Principal and Director

GDC: 70764

 Mr. Sanjeev Ramrakha BDS, MSc - Implant and Restorative Surgeon, Principal and Director - GDC no: 70764   Sanjeev graduated as a Dental Surgeon from Turner Dental School, Manchester University in 1995. His first 10 years - post qualification was spent in General and Cosmetic dentistry practicing in Central London, where he placed his first implant in 2001 - almost 22 years ago, on Harley Street, under Ashok Sethi. This ignited his interest in surgical dentistry which led on to more training and eventually a Masters in Implantology, from Warwick University in 2012. His interest lies in full mouth complex case rehabilitation (using both the reorganised & confirmative approach), as well as teaching and mentoring. He was a clinical tutor for a number of years (2012 to 2015) back at Turner Dental School - both the graduate and undergraduate levels - where he first crossed paths with Siva, also a university tutor there at the time. Sanjeev has been placing and restoring dental implants full time for over 11 years now.  

Dr. Bashir Kassam

Dr. Bashir Kassam

Dental Surgeon and Sedation Provider

GDC: 49793

Dr. Bashir Kassam - BDS (Birm.), DPDS (Brist.), Dip Cons. Sedn (Ncl.), Dip Implant Dentistry RCS Ed, AssocFCGDent, CUEW, MEWI - Dental Surgeon and Sedation Provider Bashir Kassam was born in Kenya. He graduated from the University of Birmingham in 1976 and established his own dental practice in 1977. General Dental Practice has been his mainstay and passion, but he also worked in the Community Dental Service, as a Research Fellow and as a Clinical Tutor at the Birmingham Dental Hospital. His work in the Community Dental Service sparked an interest in conscious sedation, which led him on to achieve a Diploma in Conscious Sedation at Newcastle University. Since completing the Diploma in 1997, Bashir has carried out over a 1000 intravenous sedations both in general practice and working with specialists and selected as a trainer for the sedation course by The Faculty of General Dental Practitioners. He also holds a Postgraduate Studies Diploma from Bristol University (2002) in Oral Surgery, Endodontics and Periodontics. Towards the latter part of his career he pursued Implant Dentistry under Prof. Hilt Tatum at the Tatum Institute, culminating in the Implant Dentistry Diploma at the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh in 2014. Since then, he has placed and restored over 500 implants. Bashir is very keen on continuing professional development and life-long learning. He also has a growing interest in Medico-legal work and has recently been awarded the Expert Witness Certificate from Cardiff University Law School and Full Membership of the Expert Witness Institute. He is also an Associate Fellow of the College of General Dental Practice (UK). He is committed to providing quality care that serves the patients best interests and is particularly reassuring and understanding with anxious patients. Bashir currently splits his time between Private Dental Practice and Medico-legal work.

Dr. Sital Chauha

Dr. Sital Chauha

General Dental Practitioner

GDC: 252157

Dr. Sital Chauha - BDS - General Dental Practitioner Sital graduated from the University of Birmingham in 2014 with an Honours in Radiography and a Merit Award in Paediatric Special Care Dentistry. He is thoroughly experienced in delivering all general dental procedures, with an expert ability to care for children, nervous patients and people with mental health conditions. His ethos is based on empathy and compassion. He cares for all his patients as he would his own family. He is very friendly and personable by nature, with a reputation for many-a-happy patient. Sital has a special interest and passion for cosmetic work. Over the years he has transformed countless smiles, using multiple disciplines from whitening, composite bonding, simple orthodontics to aesthetic ceramics - implementing evidence-based, up-to-date techniques and technology, with a real understanding of material science. He is happy to take on cosmetic referrals, highly anxious patients or patients with dental phobia.

Dr Vishal Klaire

Dr Vishal Klaire

Endo Dentist with Specialist Interest - Endodontics

GDC: 221069

Dr Vishal Klaire - BDS (Liverpool), PgCert Endo - Dentist with Specialist Interest - Endo Vishal Klaire graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2011. His practice has been limited to Endodontics since 2019. He carries out all treatments, from simple to complex, under microscope. Other procedures offered include: - Re-treatments - Post-removal - Fractured-file removal - Surgical apicoectomies - Post and core placements Vishal is happy to treat patients on a referral basis.

Dr Karen Sidhu

Dr Karen Sidhu

Implant & Restorative Dentist

GDC: 83841

Dr Karen Sidhu - BDS (Hons), MFDS (RCS Eng), MClinDent (Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics) - Implant & Restorative Dentist - GDC no: 83841 In 2004, Karen graduated from the University of Sheffield with Honours. After vocational training in general practice, she returned to the Charles Clifford Dental Hospital, Sheffield, to pursue posts in Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery and Restorative Dentistry (including Paediatrics). Here Karen also undertook research, which she presented at departmental, regional and national meetings. In 2008, Karen moved closer to home, to Birmingham Dental Hospital, to take up jobs in Oral Surgery, Restorative Dentistry and Prosthodontics, which also included teaching and mentoring roles. Her exposure to the multi-disciplinary, evidence-based approach to complex dental treatments sparked her interest in both surgical and restorative dentistry, which she took back into general practice and on to pursue further education. Thus in 2017, she was awarded an MClinDent with Merit, in Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics from King’s College London, followed by a ‘One-to-One’ Certificate in Implantology from the University of Sheffield in 2018. Since 2020, Karen’s clinical practice has been wholly focused on implant and restorative dentistry, with a special interest in soft and hard tissue grafting and complex case management, brining both a wealth of experience and a wonderful balance to a male dominated field.

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