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Catherine Sternberg

Consultant Oral Surgeon

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Catherine Sternberg

Consultant Oral Surgeon

Catherine Sternberg is a highly experienced Consultant Oral Surgeon, dividing her time between Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust and specialist practice. She qualified from Birmingham University in 1993 and became a specialist in Oral Surgery in 1997, later achieving Consultant status in 2009.

A Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Catherine has held key roles in dental education, including Regional Advisor and Training Programme Director for Dental Foundation Training under Health Education England (HEE). She has also served as an examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons of England and Edinburgh and was an elected council member of the British Association of Oral Surgeons.

As an Oral Surgeon, Catherine specialises in complex extractions and surgical procedures, often managing challenging cases to restore comfort and function for her patients.

At Smile n Shine, we are proud to be closely associated with HOSCC practice, working hand in hand to provide expert oral surgery care with Catherine’s trusted expertise.

Just had a tooth removed at Smile n Shine. I was very worried before the extraction as I had a previous bad experience with another dental practice some years ago. I considered sedation to calm my nerves but decided in the end not to go done this route. It was a justified decision as Dr Ketan Panwalkar was amazing. I felt no pain and the whole procedure took only 10 minutes. The support staff are polite and efficient. I can highly recommend this dental practice from my own experience.

Lynn Dagnall

I cannot recommend Smile N Shine Dental Practice enough. I’ve always been incredibly nervous about dental work, but this team has completely changed my perspective. Over the last few visits, I’ve seen several different members of the team for various procedures, and the experience is consistently excellent. They are all so kind and professional, they truly take the time to talk you through every step of the process and constantly check in to make sure you’re comfortable as possible. It’s rare to find a place that balances high quality clinical work with such genuine empathy and efficiency. If you struggle with dental anxiety or are just looking for a team that actually cares about their patients, SNS is the one 🤘🏽

Haydan Bailey

I am very anxious at the dentist and I have been going to the same place since I was a kid before it was Smile n Shine. I must say, the transition has been made seamless and the practice is beautiful now. Haleema sorted everything for me and made sure that everyone knew how anxious as I was and were able to accommodate me. A meeting before my appointment occurred as well with Geethika who talked through everything with me and assured me everything would be okay. When I was with the dentist Dr Bhavika Parekh, she was lovely, accommodating, patient and didn't force me into doing anything. I successfully had 2 fillings and will be going to the Hygienist there soon. Highly suggest for anyone scared, even deathly afraid of the dentist. These guys are a perfect first step! 🙂

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Dr. Ketan Panwalkar

Practice Owner and Dental Sedationist

Dr Ketan Panwalkar has quite a lot of experience/training with nervous patients. He qualified from India as a dentist in 2000 and thereafter pursued his post graduate training in Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry from Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India.

During his 2 year post-qualification study, he regularly was dealing with nervous/medically compromised children and in fact doing their full mouth rehabilitation (in form of restorations/root fillings/crowns) under sedation/general anaesthesia. Post study he practised in India for 3 years doing sedation alongside an anaesthetist and gaining valuable experience/knowledge and expertise in the field.

Since 2006, Ketan has been in the UK and keeping his interest in the field, did his SAAD (Society for Advancement of Anaesthesia in Dentistry) in 2008-9 training and subsequently completed his 1 year Post Graduate Certificate Course in Dental Sedation and Pain Management from University College London (UCL) in 2010-11.

Interests: music (Indian and western classical), finished my Gr1 (ABRSM) piano, voracious reader, love tennis, golf, badminton squash.

Ever since Ketan has been regularly doing sedation on the National Health Service (weekly) and privately visiting dental practices in and around Hampshire since 2012-13. He continually keeps himself abreast of the updates in field of sedation and pain control in dentistry and is accredited on the Wessex Area Team (NHS England) Dentist with Special Interest in sedation list. He has good experience in assisting dentists/endodontists/oral surgeons in their operative procedures in nervous patients by helping them relax.

Ketan enjoys to visit various dental surgeries to assist dentists with sedation cases

Interests: music (Indian and western classical), finished my Gr1 (ABRSM) piano, voracious reader, love tennis, golf, badminton squash.