Private Dentistry Awards 2025: everything you need to know

Ads Thanki

Ads is clinical director of the Ace Dental Group, Rita Rakus Clinic and Until. He is also a co-founder of Pärla, with the aim to educate and empower individuals to make conscious choices from their oral care through positive sustainable change.

Alif Moosajee

Alif is a principal, implant dentist, lecturer, author, award winner and proud judge of the Dentistry Awards and Private Dentistry Awards.

Amjad Malik

Amjad is lead clinician at Improve Your Smile. He has a particular interest in implants, bite disorders and reconstructive dentistry. He is a Kois mentor and has been an honorary lecturer at the Royal London Hospital. For many years he was a senior UK clinical instructor for the Rosenthal Institute’s Aesthetic Advantage course in London and New York.

Angela Auluck

Angela is the director of Dental Rooms, a multi-specialist practice in Wimbledon Village, and winner of 12 Private Dentistry Awards over the past three years. Her main clinical interest is the use of invisible braces. She has a keen interest in postgraduate education and is senior clinical lecturer on the clear aligner diploma. 

Ashish Soneji

Ash has won numerous Aesthetic Dentistry Awards, published many articles and lectured nationally and internationally. He is also a key opinion leader for many companies. In 2018, he won Best Young Dentist South West and was awarded Best Young Aesthetic Dentist in 2023. 

Avijit Banerjee

Avijit is chair in cariology and operative dentistry, honorary consultant/clinical lead, restorative dentistry, at the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, King’s College London/Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals Trust, London. He is honorary consultant adviser for the Office of the Chief Dental Officer.

Bhavna Doshi

Bhavna is CEO of Dental Wealth Builder, where she focuses on change management, business strategy, practice profitability, and growth solutions. With over 30 years in dentistry, she has been a successful practising dentist, principal to multiple award-winning practices, business coach and mentor, and director at the Perfect Smile Advanced Training Institute. She is also an international keynote speaker and author of bestselling books Lead to Grow and Dental Alchemy.

Cat Edney

Cat is a dental therapist with a passion for multidisciplinary team working. She founded The Modern Therapist – a training brand dedicated to putting therapy into practice: providing training and support to dental therapists and dental practice teams.

Chris Leech

Chris is vice president of the BACD as well as an international examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons. He is a partner at the multi-award-winning Clear Dentistry in Hampshire, focusing on implant dentistry and full mouth rehabilitation. 

Claire Berry

Claire is a multi-award-winning hygienist, qualifying 15 years ago while serving in the Army. Her work includes co-hosting ‘Your Dental Besties’ podcast, co-founding the Contemporary Hygienist study clubs, being an international speaker on systemic health and oral health links and is a proud key opinion leader for Oral-B, as well as a dedicated SDA trainer for EMS. On top of her clinical role, Claire works as a business consultant for hygiene department growth. She recently published a dental book and has numerous articles in dental and consumer press.

Claire Nightingale

Claire is a multi-award-winning specialist orthodontist. She won Best Practice UK at the Dentistry Awards 2020, Most Transformed Practice 2022 at the UK and Ireland Invisalign Awards, as well as Best Principal London (2022) and Best Team London (2023) at the Private Dentistry Awards. She is a consultant orthodontist at Watford General Hospital and principal orthodontist at Queen’s Gate Orthodontics, London. Claire is the UK specialist orthodontist for the Invisalign EMEA Advisory Group and a key opinion leader for Dental Monitoring. She is also an accredited expert witness and treasurer of the Women Dentists Network.

Faye Donald

Faye is a registered dental hygienist and highly experienced GBT clinician, currently working in private general practice in the UK.  She graduated from Leeds University in 2001 and went on to complete the national certificate in counselling skills & behavioural therapy NCFE level 2 (2006). Undergoing further training in Switzerland, Faye went on to become a certified Swiss Dental Academy Trainer and now frequently writes for dental journals and lectures at dental events both nationally and internationally on GBT and prophylaxis. Faye is chairperson for the north east BSDHT and is a key opinion leader for Oral-B.

Fiona Ellwood

Fiona has had an extensive career in dentistry, both clinically and in education and is passionate about supporting and facilitating the progression of others. She is a mental health campaigner and an advocate for human factors in dentistry, putting the team first.  

Guy Laffan

Guy is an experienced and award-winning general dentist known for his excellence in clinical care and innovation. With a strong background in aesthetic and implant dentistry, he leads two successful private practices and also helps mentor the next generation.

Chair of the judging panel 

James Goolnik

James was previously president of the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. He lectures worldwide on the mouth-body connection. In 2024, James was voted one of the 50 most influential people in dentistry. He is an accredited member of the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology, has written several books and is the founder of Optimal Dental Health, a holistic dental practice in London.

Jas Gill

After successfully selling multiple dental practices, Jas now works as an expert aligner provider in clinics across the UK. He also supports fellow dentists as a business coach and mentor, helping them scale their practices and navigate the challenges of modern dentistry.

Joe Lovett

Joe is the owner of Catalyst Sales and Marketing and the founder of the Fast Tracking Your Future event.

Joe Bhat

After qualifying in 1992, Joe furthered his training in oral and maxillofacial surgery for five years. During this time, he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons England. He undertook specialist training in prosthodontics at the London Dental School in 1998, which culminated in a master of clinical dentistry from the University of London and membership in restorative dentistry from the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh in 2001. As principal and founder of the Moor Park Specialist Dental Centre, he spends his clinical time as a private referral practitioner there. Joe regularly lectures in the UK and abroad on dental implants and runs his own implant training and mentoring programme for dentists.