* Dr Ketan Panwalkar completed his Bachelor in Dental Surgery (BDS) from India in the year 1999. 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, completed 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.
* Thereafter he has been working privately and on the NHS doing intravenous sedation (IV) for nervous patients and carrying out dental treatment (fillings, root treatments and other aspects of dentistry). He has subsequently completed a one year PG Certification in Dental Implants with VSS Academy London in 2015 and has had mentoring doing implant dentistry since. Recently (2022/23) Ketan also did a refresher course with Practical Implantology where he placed implants under expert mentoring to augment his knowledge and skills in the field.
* Ever since, Ketan has been regularly doing sedation on the National Health Service (weekly) and privately visiting dental practices in and around Hampshire/Berkshire/Oxfordshire since 2012-13. He continually keeps himself abreast of the updates in the 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 Gr1 (ABRSM) piano, voracious reader, love tennis, golf, badminton squash.
