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Dr Aditi Desai

Dentist

Dentist

London, SE1 9BS

46 years of experience
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Dentist

London, SE1 9BS

46 years of experience
Verified profile

Patient Trust Score

4.99

50 patient reviews

2 professional endorsements

4.98
Overall Experience
5.00
Bedside manner
5.00
Explanation

88 recommendations for:

Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA)(26)
Mandibular Advancement Devices(24)
Snoring Problems(18)
Other(20)

Recent patient review

26 Mar 2023

Knowledge and experience backed by the latest technology made the whole process simple and The...

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About

Dr Aditi Desai is a recognised Sleep Medicine Dentist, primarily located in London. She qualified from the University of Wales in 1977 and has 42 years of diverse experience. In 2004, she completed her MSc in Conservative Dentistry at University College London.

In 1996, at the invitation of the BBC, Dr Desai established the Dental Services within Broadcasting House in London. She built up a successful, State of the Art practice that offered patients the highest quality dental care. This included routine dentistry, specialist procedures such as cosmetic dentistry, implants and adult orthodontics. She is currently President of the British Society of Dental Sleep Medicine.

Following her move to 76 Harley Street in 2009, she further developed her interest in dental sleep medicine and now, limits her practice to the management of sleep apnoea and snoring problems. She also manages TMJ problems with Oro-facial Pain and Sleep Bruxism which are co-linked. She consults from HCA Outpatients at the Shard in London Bridge as well as from Harley Street.

As part of a multidisciplinary team, she works with numerous consultants and to this extent, often refers and receives referrals from the respiratory, chest and sleep physicians, ENT consultants, neurologists and psychologists. Their aim is to help manage patients with the condition, and this team engagement improves the patients' treatment outcome. Dr Desai provides treatment for patients who cannot tolerate CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure).

Dr Desai is a founder of Global Sleep Solutions, an establishment whose principal intention is to raise awareness, provide education and access to treatment for a wide range of sleep disorders.

Recently, Dr Desai founded the British Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine of which she is President, to further educate dentists in various disciplines of dental sleep medicine. Her aim is to create centres of excellence for the management of the disorder that affects over a billion people worldwide.

She has also done the following media work:

  • Press release as a BDA spokesperson on National and International Television on the hazards of tongue piercing
  • Press release as a BDA spokesperson on the state of the National Health Service
  • Press release as a BDA spokesperson on then, New NHS contract for dentists and why significant numbers of dentists were opting out of the NHS
  • Radio 4 interviewees as a General Dental Practitioner on the state of the NHS in the UK
  • Radio show with Graham Norton outlining the hazards of body piercing
  • Radio programme on Radio 4 discussing the new NHS contract before its launch
  • Regularly asked to participate in media shows recorded at my practice

Dr. Desai has expertise in the following areas:

  • Bruxism
  • CBCT
  • Chronic headache
  • Dental pain diagnosis
  • Dental phobia
  • Dental sleep medicine
  • Dentistry
  • Digital dentistry
  • Digital impressions
  • Jaw joint (TMJ)
  • Malocclusion
  • Mandibular advancement device
  • Nightguard
  • Opg X-ray (Orthopantomography)
  • Oral medicine
  • Orofacial Pain
  • Receding gums
  • Sleep apnoea
  • Sleep disorders
  • Sleep problems
  • Snoring
  • Temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD)
  • Tooth grinding
  • Sleep Bruxism
  • Part of a multidisciplinary team working with ENT, Respiratory, Sleep, Neurology and Max-Fac Consultants.
  • Management of Snoring
  • Management of sleep disorders especially Sleep Apnoea
  • Management of Daytime tooth grinding and nighttime bruxism
  • Management of Temporomandibular Joint Problems
  • Management of Orofacial Pain

Areas of expertise

Based on patient reviews & endorsements by other professionals

  • Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) (30%)
  • Mandibular Advancement Devices (27%)
  • Snoring Problems (20%)
  • Sleep Disorders (7%)
  • Oral Devices (5%)
  • Others (11%)

All conditions and treatments

  • Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA)
  • Mandibular Advancement Devices
  • Snoring Problems
  • Sleep Disorders
  • Oral Devices
  • Bruxism
  • Dental Sleep Medicine
  • Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Problems
  • Dental Phobia
  • Digital Dentistry

Registered with

General Dental Council

50962


Qualifications

  • Diplomat of British Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine, dBADSM
  • MSc Con Dent Lond 2004
  • BDS Wales 1977
  • Accreditation from European Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine
  • Sleep Council, Royal Society of Medicine
  • Odontology Council, Royal Society of Medicine
  • Board Member, (ARTP) Association for Respiratory Technology and Physiology
  • Member of the British Dental Association
  • Member of Dental Protection Ltd
  • Registered with General Dental Council of UK
  • BSDSM – British Society of Dental Sleep Medicine (President)
  • BADSM – British Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine (President)
  • British Dental Association
  • Council member Odontology Section at Royal Society of Medicine
  • Council Member Sleep Section At royal Society of Medicine in the professional Registry.

Her published work includes:

  • Master's Dissertation: Differential Diagnosis between Diagnodent Readings and the level of Bacterial Infection of the underlying dentine in Occlusal Caries Lesions
  • Women in Dentistry Journal: The restoration of edentulous spaces in a Cleft Lip and Palate patient using magnets including inaugural article commissioned by the Journal for the launch of the Magazine
  • Several articles on dentistry and sleep medicine in Dental Update, The Probe and Dentistry Journal
  • A chapter on Dentists' Role in Sleep Medicine) written for the Oxford Book on Sleep Medicine (in print)

languages spoken

  • Hindi
  • Urdu
  • Punjabi
  • Gujarati
  • English

consultation fees

  • New appointment: £295
  • Follow-up appointment: £195

insurers

  • Allianz Worldwide Care
  • WPA
  • Simply Health
  • Cigna
  • AXA PPP Healthcare
  • Bupa

Location

All locations

HCA UK at The Shard, part of HCA Healthcare UK

4.78
(3129)

Specialist's working hours

at All locations

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Tuesday

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Sunday

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Reviews

All reviews
Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) (25)
Mandibular Advancement Devices (22)
Snoring Problems (18)
Sleep Disorders (5)
Oral Devices (4)

50 reviews

5

5.00
Overall Experience
5.00
Bedside manner
5.00
Explanation

Knowledge and experience backed by the latest technology made the whole process simple and speedy. The resulting braces are just perfect.

26 Mar 2023verified patient
Patient seen for:
Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA)

5

5.00
Overall Experience
5.00
Bedside manner
5.00
Explanation

Aditi has so much in depth knowledge and experience and this shines through as your treatment progresses

25 Mar 2023verified patient
Patient seen for:
Dental Sleep Medicine

5

5.00
Overall Experience
5.00
Bedside manner
5.00
Explanation

Excellent response, explanation and care.

25 Mar 2023verified patient
Patient seen for:
Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA)
Sleep Disorders
Oral Devices

5

5.00
Overall Experience
5.00
Bedside manner
5.00
Explanation

Dr Desai is incredibly knowledgeable in her field. Excellent and clear explanations. Great attention to detail. Prompt and very polite. Highly recommended.

23 Mar 2023verified patient
Patient seen for:
Oral Devices
Snoring Problems

Reply from Aditi Desai

Thank you for your kind comments. I’m so pleased that you had a good experience with me. This certainly inspires me to continue treating as many people who suffer with this disorder of sleep and breathing as I possibly can!

25 Mar 2023

5

5.00
Overall Experience
5.00
Bedside manner
5.00
Explanation

Very prompt, professional and informative. Not afraid to voice reservations about whether the treatment offered would work to cure the problem. There could be multiple factors contributing. Happily however, I'm delighted to report that the MAD is working an absolute treat!! Excellent service thank you. On a smaller note I would check the addresses that are given out on emails - I'm sure my documents say 77 wimpole street but it is actually 79. But I may have misread it somewhere though I could be wrong!!!!

19 Mar 2023verified patient
Patient seen for:
Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA)
Mandibular Advancement Devices
Sleep Disorders

Reply from Aditi Desai

Thank you for your very generous review. I’m pleased the treatment has resolved your problem. Just as a note regarding the address. It is and has been 77 Wimpole Street. However, we have expanded into number 79 and I have clinics at either 77 or 79 now. Apologies if this caused some confusion.

20 Mar 2023

5

5.00
Overall Experience
5.00
Bedside manner
5.00
Explanation

A very knowledgeable and professional approach with clear explanations of the various options

18 Mar 2023verified patient
Patient seen for:
Snoring Problems

Reply from Aditi Desai

Thank you for this positive feedback. Always here to help….

25 Mar 2023

5

5.00
Overall Experience
5.00
Bedside manner
5.00
Explanation

Dr Desai is outstanding and I would recommend her to anyone with snoring issues.

13 Mar 2023verified patient
Patient seen for:
Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA)
Mandibular Advancement Devices
Snoring Problems

Reply from Aditi Desai

Thank you. I’m delighted to had a positive experience with me and my team!

25 Mar 2023

5

5.00
Overall Experience
5.00
Bedside manner
5.00
Explanation

I had a very satisfying consult with Dr Desai. Highly recommend her!

28 Jan 2023verified patient
Patient seen for:
Mandibular Advancement Devices
Snoring Problems

Reply from Aditi Desai

Thank you!

25 Mar 2023

5

5.00
Overall Experience
5.00
Bedside manner
5.00
Explanation

Dr Desai fills you with immediate confidence in her knowledge and the logic behind her treatment recommendations. Her explanations were extremely clear. My one slight concern is that I sensed that there was quite a focus on the commerciality of her practice; while it's important that really good doctors like Dr Desai are able to make a good living, I came out of the consultation thinking that my fees were as important as my medical outcomes (it would be nice if the financial aspects were presented in a slightly more diplomatic way).

01 Dec 2022verified patient
Patient seen for:
Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA)
Snoring Problems
Mandibular Advancement Devices

5

5.00
Overall Experience
5.00
Bedside manner
5.00
Explanation

I have met Dr Disai on two occasions. Firstly, to discuss and choose a mandibular advancement device and then, most recently, for the fitting. I have found her to be very pleasant to speak with and always answers every question fully, even though I may have been a little anxious about starting a new treatment. Dr Desai is a consummate professional.

27 Nov 2022verified patient
Patient seen for:
Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA)
Mandibular Advancement Devices
Bruxism
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Endorsements

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Most endorsed treatments/conditions
All endorsements
Mandibular Advancement Devices (2)
Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Problems (2)
Dentistry (2)
Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) (1)

2 endorsements

Miss Aditi Desai is the most experienced Clinician in the field of Dental Sleep Medicine in the UK. She has spearheaded the development of this speciality in the UK for over a decade and developed the British Society of Dental Sleep Medicine. I have referred many patients over the years with sleep and snoring disorders and have been very pleased ( as have the patients!) with her services, care attention to detail and effective outcomes. I would recommend her practice unreservedly.

15 Nov 2021
Endorsed for
Mandibular Advancement Devices
Dentistry
Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Problems
+ 2 more

Mr Kalpesh Patel

Ear Nose & Throat Surgery (ENT/Otolaryngology)
I have referred patients to them

Aditi is a very helpful considerate professional who I have referred to on a number of occasions. She is always happy to help and is a consummate professional.

15 Nov 2021
Endorsed for
Mandibular Advancement Devices
Dentistry
Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Problems
+ 1 more

Mr Irfan Syed

Ear Nose & Throat Surgery (ENT/Otolaryngology)
I have referred patients to them

FAQ

What are Dr Aditi Desai's reviews like?

Dr Aditi Desai's overall patient rating is 4.99 out of 5 stars on Doctify. This is based on 50 reviews

What languages does Dr Aditi Desai speak?

Dr Aditi Desai speaks Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Gujarati and English

Where is Dr Aditi Desai located?

Dr Aditi Desai primarily practices at HCA UK at The Shard, part of HCA Healthcare UK, located at St Thomas Street, London, United Kingdom, SE1 9BS
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