Specialist Orthodontic Practice
At Park Lane Orthodontics, we take immense pride in our exceptional orthodontic team. Our specialist orthodontists and support staff regularly go the extra mile to make sure that each patient’s treatment plan is individually tailored to suit their needs.
Our Orthodontist Team
As a top-rated orthodontic practice, we have built a culture that includes always showing compassion and respect towards each other. We work collaboratively to ensure that our clients have the experience they deserve when visiting us in Reading. Comprised of skilled professionals, we are dedicated to delivering the highest standard of orthodontic care.
Meet Our Professional Orthodontic Team
Sameer Patel
GDC Number: 76060
Sameer is a the UKs Tatler recommended dentist and also the CEO and clinical director of Elleven Dental, the award-winning Dental Practice in London as well as Park Lane Orthodontics.
He is born and brought up here in Reading and was a Reading School boy before attending Birmingham University, Oxford University and UCL.
He believes in clinical excellence using a minimally invasive approach where orthodontics is the key and foundation for any smile. You may have even see his smiles on many billboard in the UK.
We are really lucky to have him here as our clinical director pushing Park Lane Orthodontics to Harley street quality in Berkshire.
As a Smile architect, he will plan your Smile using the corner stones of health, functionand aesthetics.
“Clinical collections is a journey not a destination.” Dr Sameer Patel
Shivani Patel
Shivani is a consultant orthodontist. Working from the well reputed e11even Dental, London and Blandy House in Henley, she enjoys treatment planning patients requiring multidisciplinary care centred around orthodontics.
She is a big believer in face driven dentistry and always strives to work closely with her handpicked periodontal, restorative and oral surgery teams to ensure her patients attain the highest standard of dental wellness- function and aesthetics.
She is a multi award winning specialist (Aesthetic and Private Dental Awards 2011-2020), Diamond Apex Invisalign provider and named in the Dentistry Top 50,2022 and 2023 UK.
Set aside her clinical commitments she will often be seen lecturing at Dentistry conferences and also a keen editor and contributor to the Clinical Dentistry, Private Dentistry and Dentistry magazines.
With her love of teaching and interest in the future growth of the profession, Shivani lectures to orthodontic postgraduates, orthodontic therapists at UCLAN and GKT and she examines for the Royal College of Surgeons. She is also honoured to be on the interview panel for the GKT Dental Institute and is now an integral part of the judging panel for the Private Dentistry Awards, UK.
Her continued love for learning, teaching and personal growth leads her to believe in –‘We are not what we know but what we are willing to learn.’
Ben Buffham
Having owned the practice with his wife Paula for 16 years, Ben is an asset to Park Lane Orthodontics and has been integral in helping develop the reputation of the practice. He has also continued to work there in partnership with its new owners and is committed to delivering the highest level of dental and orthodontic care.
He is interested in the more complex aspects of orthodontics, such as missing and impacted teeth and multidisciplinary cases, working with other dental colleagues in order to obtain excellent results. His range of experience supports this, as he is renowned for his highly skilled work and is also an associate of another practice - Exeter Advanced Dentistry. Having helped hundreds of patients to achieve perfect straightened smiles, Ben is continuously keeping up to date with the latest industry trends and developments
Paula Buffham
Paula Buffham is an enthusiastic and dedicated individual in orthodontics, delivering care to every single one of her patients with skill and precision.
She is a Diamond Apex Invisalign provider, and has a wide range of expertise in fixed and removable braces, offering high-quality tooth straightening services to both adults, teenagers and younger patients. She has the proven ability to completely transform a smile. Along with her husband Ben Buffham, she has been a partner at Park Lane Orthodontics for 16 years, and was integral in building the fantastic reputation the practice enjoys. She continues to work there in partnership with its new owners.
Jo Kryulko
Sonja Hills
Book a Complimentary Smile Simulator
Our emphasis is not only on the best orthodontic result, but a special focus is placed upon how orthodontic treatment will affect your long-term facial aesthetics. Why don’t you come and have a complimentary smile scan with our experienced orthodontic therapist and come and see the practice and meet the orthodontic team?
