Stevenage dentist achieves dreams of owning practice with support from Santander

Sonal Patel, a specialist in root canal treatment, cosmetic dentistry and preventative dentistry in children, has seized the opportunity to acquire Broadwater Dental Practice in Stevenage just four months after joining the business in December last year.

Sonal has been a practising dentist for 13 years. She moved to Broadwater in December, having worked previously at a practice in South London where she provided treatment to numerous patients with high dental needs. The opportunity to purchase the practice arose when the owner decided to sell up because of health issues.

Broadwater supports 10,000 patients and has been serving the local community for 40 years. Sonal plans to expand the range of cosmetic treatments and to utilise new technologies to diversify the customer base over the coming months. She hopes to hire another dentist later this year and extend the opening hours to help local patients who may struggle with traditional clinical opening times after commuting back from the city.