Birmingham Dental Excellence ★10

The implant practice patients reach after being told it cannot be done

Birmingham Dental Excellence is a private, single-principal practice on the north-eastern side of the city, opened by implant dentist Veerinder Singh Nazran after years in group practices in Kings Heath and Sutton Coldfield — a move many of his patients followed. Its centre of gravity is tooth replacement, and specifically the cases general practices hand on.

Treatments and services

Implant work runs from a single missing tooth to a whole jaw. Full-arch treatment places four to six implants under local anaesthetic and fits a fixed implant-supported bridge in one surgical day. Where the upper jaw lacks bone for conventional fixtures, there is bone grafting, sinus lift surgery and zygomatic implants — longer implants anchored in the cheekbone, the route open to people previously ruled out on bone volume. A maintenance programme keeps completed full-arch work under review. Around that sit Invisalign aligners, veneers, composite bonding, hygiene visits, extractions and facial aesthetics.

The dentist

Veerinder Singh Nazran qualified BDS at the University of Birmingham in 2007 and spent his first year in south London with both NHS and private patients before committing to implantology through an intensive year-long course covering placement, restoration and maintenance up to full-mouth rehabilitation. He belongs to the International Team for Implantology and the Association of Dental Implantology, and is a certified Invisalign Full provider. Surgery is his own work rather than a visiting clinician’s, supported by a hygienist and nursing team.

What patients describe

The same notes recur: options explained before consent, an unhurried manner in the chair, a spotless modern surgery. People arriving in acute pain describe being fitted in the same day for an extraction. Anxious patients make up a visible share of the caseload, and aftercare gets explained as carefully as the surgery.

Who it suits

People losing teeth who want something fixed rather than removable, denture wearers tired of movement, patients turned down elsewhere for thin bone, and anyone wanting aligners or bonding from the hands that would take on harder work later.

Frequently asked questions

Can implants be placed if bone has been lost? That is this practice’s territory: bone grafting, sinus lift or zygomatic implants anchored in the cheekbone.

What does full-arch treatment involve? Four to six implants under local anaesthetic and a fixed bridge the same day, replacing a whole arch.

Who carries out the surgery? The principal dentist personally, from planning to restoring and maintaining the implants.

Is it implants only? No — check-ups, hygiene visits, extractions and cosmetic dentistry are part of the work.

Can teeth be straightened here? Yes, with Invisalign clear aligners; the principal is a certified provider of the full system.

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