Harpenden Dental Centre

Welcoming New Patients

At our family friendly dental practice in Harpenden, our team of highly experienced practitioners offer dental treatment across the range of specialties. We use the latest techniques and technology to offer state of the art dental care in a relaxing and calm environment. 

Who We Are

HARPENDEN DENTAL CENTRE

Established in 2005 by Manjeet Ahlowalia (who grew up in the area), Harpenden Dental Centre is a family and specialist dental practice designed to deliver friendly and expert dental care to the local community and surrounding counties.

Harpenden Dental Centre is a unique practice in that we have a team made up of both friendly and very experienced general dentists and highly skilled and experienced specialist dentists. This means that as well as being able to look after the dental wellbeing of the whole family, we are also able to provide more complex specialist dental care as required. We also accept referrals from surrounding practices for specialist dental work

Looking after the dental wellbeing of the whole family is of the utmost importance to us. We have many patients that have been coming to Harpenden Dental Centre for many years and we have been helping them care and plan to keep their teeth and mouths healthy. For children we help them understand the importance of good dental hygiene, regular toothbrushing, and make sure they have a positive experience of visiting the practice for treatment.

Our dental specialists have undertaken extensive postgraduate training in their chosen area prior to becoming a registered specialist. We participate in and provide continuing specialist training as qualified professionals. All the dental specialists at HDC have close links with teaching hospitals and lecture both nationally and internationally.

Manjeet is a senior clinical teacher at King’s College London (KCL), holding an academic post running and teaching on the endodontic MSc at KCL and lectures both nationally and internationally in the field of endodontics.

Ali is a consultant orthodontist and specialist in orthodontics at the Luton and Dunstable Hospital. Ali enjoys teaching and training in the field of orthodontics. He has been training orthodontic specialists and orthodontic therapists since 2013.

In 2023 we opened a new wing in the centre to extend our capacity. We now have 8 new state of the art dental surgeries, two of which are equipped with dental operating microscopes. This specialist equipment enables clinicians to perform highly complex treatments by seeing more clearly inside a tooth. We also have a CBCT scanner which allows us to takes 3 dimensional xrays. We can also provide same day crowns using our digital scanner and milling machine.

We understand that dental anxiety is very common in adults and children. Nervous patients are welcome at Harpenden Dental Centre. Our team of dental experts will do all that is possible to relieve you of dental anxiety and support you through any dental treatments you may require, taking the time you need. For particularly nervous patients, conscious sedation is also available by arrangement.

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Children’s Corner

  • Our kind, friendly and skilled practitioners work with the whole family to help children learn how to look after their teeth.
  • Our ethos is of preventative dental care and setting up good habits early.
  • We make sure that going to the dentist is a positive experience for children from the first time onwards.
  • The children’s section of our waiting area is full of tooth related books and toys that children can explore while they wait.
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Patient Care

Our Ethos

Our aim is to deliver you with the best possible dental care, using the latest technology and equipment in warm and welcoming surroundings.

  • Expert care
  • Latest technology

What we do

Specialist dentistry

Dentists who specialise in a particular field of dentistry and have been granted permission to enter into the GDC’s dental specialist register are referred to as dental specialists. Entry into the register usually requires 3 years of additional full time postgraduate training and to pass exams in that field.

NB. Dentists who have a specialist/special interest in a dental field or a diploma are not necessarily specialist dentists.

At Harpenden Dental Centre, we offer the following specialist dental services:

  • Endodontics: Root canal treatment
  • Periodontics: Gum treatment
  • Prosthodontics: Restorative care, replacement of missing teeth
  • Orthodontics: Teeth Alignment
  • Dental Implants: Replacement of teeth with dental implants*
*Please note, the field of dental implants in itself is not deliniated as an academic specialism.

What we do

Treatments

Routine dental health checks

Children's dentistry

Hygiene therapy

ORTHODONTICS / INVISALIGN

Dental implants

Prosthodontics / restorative dentistry

Endodontics / root canal treatment

Periodontics / gum treatment

Case Study

Anterior open bite

Please contact us if you would like to book a consultation with our consultant orthodontist Ali Sattarzadeh.

This patient was referred to Ali for an open bite. The patient presented with a severe anterior open bite, bilateral crossbites and a narrow arch. This patient was treated non-surgically with the use of Quadhelix to widen the upper arch and mini-implants to intrude posterior teeth and correct the AOB.

About

ORTHODONTICS IN HARPENDEN

Consultant Orthodontist Ali Sattarzadeh