Sarel Jansen van Vuuren

Dentist BChD University of Pretoria 1985
GDC No. 73831

I grew up on a farm in South Africa, where I learned the value of hard work and connecting with people. I studied Dentistry at the University of Pretoria and practiced as a dentist in South Africa for ten years before moving to England in 1998. Since then, England has welcomed me and allowed me to grow both personally and professionally.

Over the years, I have worked in various practices and have had the opportunity to own three dental practices. I have become accustomed to the English way of life and have built long lasting relationships with my patients, something I consider one of the greatest privileges of my profession. It is especially rewarding to care for whole families, watch children grow into adults, and see once nervous patients become relaxed and confident in the dental chair.

Dentistry offers many rewards: relieving pain, helping patients overcome their fears, and transforming smiles with treatments such as aesthetic composite bonding, porcelain veneers, and crowns. It is also incredibly fulfilling to restore heavily damaged teeth with root canal treatment and a crown and see them still functioning beautifully a decade later.

I have done a year course in restorative dentistry and a year course in advanced endodontic treatment in Harley Street London. I also developed considerable skills in occlusion, treating patients with problematic bites , with head and neck pain related to their jaw joints.

Outside of dentistry, I enjoy staying active by going to the gym, attending fitness classes, and swimming. At home, I love to barbecue, like every South African, but I don’t have to do it every day, as my Peruvian wife cooks delicious meals that we enjoy together as a family.