Dr Shekha Bhuva

Shekha completed her undergraduate dental training 2005 at Guy’s King’s and St Thomas’ Dental School. She has a passion for knowledge, leading her to undertake the prestigious four-year Masters in Clinical Dentistry (Periodontology) program, which she completed with Distinction from Guy’s Hospital. She is a registered Specialist in Periodontology. Shekha has also completed further postgraduate training in the placement and restoration of dental implants at Guys Hospital, London. She is committed to the field, and her practising career is now limited to managing a full range of periodontal conditions and implant dentistry. She has worked as a specialist dentist at the Eastman Dental Hospital (UCLH). She has been actively involved in the British Society of Periodontology and sat on the council as a Commercial liaison officer from 2013 to 2019. She has also taught extensively at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Shekha regularly lectures nationally and has been an examiner for the MJDF postgraduate examinations and lecturer for the Royal College of Surgeons. She splits her time between an eminent practice on Harley Street and working in a practice in Hertfordshire. When she is not kept busy by her two young children, Shekha enjoys an active outdoor lifestyle. She is passionate about promoting oral health and has spent time providing dental care in orphanages and villages in Vietnam and Nepal. Patients have always commented on Shekha’s kind-hearted, honest manner and gentle approach. She has a large referral base and is happy to see self-referred patients and patients referred by their general dentists for all things gum and implant-related! Areas of particular interest include: The treatment of chronic gum disease, The replacement of missing teeth with implants, Gum grafting, Treating gummy smiles and crown lengthening procedures, Treatment of infected implants (peri-implantitis).