Dr. Vishal Kumar
BDS (Lond 1997)
Practice Partner. GDC 73394
Having grown up locally, I moved to London to study dentistry at King’s College, graduating in 1997. I continued to work in London and furthered my education in 2002 on the world-class Certificate in Restorative Dentistry at the renowned Eastman Dental Institute.
I started working at Heathwood in 2003, and 2 years later, my wife Neena and I designed and built new state-of-the-art dental premises, into which we relocated Heathwood Dental Practice, having taken over the business.
Having a special interest in root canal treatments, I completed the demanding Eastman Dental Hospital Certificate in Endodontics between 2006 and 2007. This advanced training equipped me to deal with complex cases. I also had a surgical microscope installed to facilitate these micro-surgical techniques.
Next came the exclusive Ab Initio Continuum course in 2011; this has equipped me with cutting-edge skills in producing beautiful composite (white) fillings with a photo-realistic finish.
I have received training from some of the world experts in minimally invasive dentistry. This is a passion of mine and heralds a different approach to treatment, in which we identify factors leading to decay to help reduce the risk; we are able to treat some early decay by reversing the damage that has occurred. If it is necessary to treat a cavity, this can often be done without using drills or local anaesthetics. I believe that being able to detect early decay and stop it in its tracks without cutting away swathes of tooth is the peak of modern dentistry!
Out of work, my time is taken up with my family, my hobbies of computers, reading, scuba diving and photography. A number of my pictures can be seen hanging in the practice!
