Dr. Bhavika Parekh
Practice Owner and General Dental Surgeon
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Dr Bhavika Parekh qualified as a dentist from India in 2000. After gaining some hands-on
experience in oral surgery for a year, she became a practice principal in 2001.
She played an active role for 5 years treating patients as a principal dentist and successfully
managed the administration of an entire team of associate dentist/specialists working with her.
She moved to the UK with her husband Dr Ketan Panwalkar in 2006 followed by a career break
to spend some time with her new born baby.
In a few years’ time she gave her statutory exams followed by courses in Cosmetic Dentistry, anti-wrinkle injections and dermal fillers, Invisalign and SAAD (Society of Advancement of Anaesthesia in Dentistry).
Simultaneously she worked at various dental practices both private and NHS providing general
dental treatments and sedation as an associate dentist.
Bhavika continues to carry out regular continuing professional development and clinical
governance as required for her registration with the General Dental Council.
Interests: Spending time with her 14-year-old son and with family including her golden
retriever Waffles, cooking, travelling, dancing, choreography.
- Role : Practice Owner and General Dental Surgeon
- Special interest : Cosmetic Dentistry
- Role at : Principal Dentist
- Degrees: BDS, Stat Exam (Eastman, UK)
- GDC No: 153663
Bhavika is just so kind , Reassuring and always has time to talk to you and listen to you. Explains everything , never rushed ! Thank you for all my injections !
Sue
Very Professional – Excellent !!
David Jones
Amazingly meticulous procedure to deal with my awkward teeth !! The staff are friendly….
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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.
- Role : Practice Owner and Dental Sedationist
- Role at : Cousins Dental Practice: Visiting Dental Sedationist
- Degrees: BDS MDS Stat Exam (UK) PG Cert in sedation and pain management (UCL Eastman)
- GDC No: 117013