Shalin Mehra is a general dental practitioner with over 25 years’ experience providing NHS and private dental care. Throughout his career, Shalin has been closely involved with the training and development of our future dentists. He began as a vocational trainer for newly qualified dentists before going on to set up the Northampton Vocational Scheme.

In 2001, Shalin was appointed as Regional Advisor for Vocational Training in Oxford region; in 2005 he became Associate Director of the Oxford Postgraduate Dental Deanery. Currently he is Associate Postgraduate Dental Dean (Foundation Training) and Dental Faculty Development Advisor for Health Education England Thames Valley and Wessex.

Shalin is an advocate for continued postgraduate development and is firm in his belief that there is always room for improvement and that everyone in the profession should strive for excellence. He trained as a Mentor in the Northern Deanery and helped establish Mentoring and Training Mentors within the Oxford Medical and Dental Deanery. In 2007, he was involved in developing monitoring tools for dentists for the National Clinical Assessment Service.

In 2011, Shalin helped develop and evaluate Situational Judgement Tests (S.J.T) within dentistry as a recruitment tool for Foundation Training. S.J.T has been adopted within National Recruitment in 2013 and he is on the National Recruitment Board for Foundation Training.

In his role as Dental Faculty Development Advisor, Shalin helped in the development of Dental Trainers as educators within Oxford & Wessex firstly with Developing Dental Education Course, followed by the Certificate in Medical Education Course, where he has previously been a Course Tutor.

Shalin was on the Steering Group that developed Guidance for Dental Educators, followed by Standards for Dental Educators in 2013; a member of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) Dental Expert Reference Group (2013) and is currently a member of the Steering Group on the Assessed Completion of Dental Foundation Training.

Alpesh began his vocational training in 1999, under the mentorship of Shalin Mehra and Steve Brookes in the Weston Favell Group of practices. This was carried out under the supervision of the prestigious Oxford Deanery for which Shalin was VT advisor. Alpesh remained with the group, continuing to work as an associate dentist. In 2002 Alpesh accepted the invitation to become a partner and be a part of the growing group of practices.

In common with all Rodericks directors of clinical background, Alpesh is closely involved with continuing education and since 2008 he has been a joint foundation dentist trainer. To enhance his skills as a teacher and mentor, he recently obtained his Certificate in Medical Education from Sheffield University. The support of junior dentists is fundamental to the continuing provision of excellent services within the UK and Alpesh has twice been a speaker at the Young Dentist Conference, having also written several articles for the dental press.

Alpesh’s key operational responsibility within Rodericks is the recruitment of new dentists, hygienists and therapists, taking the recruitment journey through its entirety. Following this, he remains on-hand to provide appropriate support, advice and guidance.

Through his continuing role as a practicing dentist and with the knowledge of the NHS dental community this brings, Alpesh is well placed to identify areas of need across the country. He works closely with the Rodericks team to ensure continual development of our objective to always deliver excellent NHS dental services.

Carlos Clark joined the company in 2008 as Business Development Director, moving to the role of Operations Director in 2013 and now in his new role focused on developing our career pathways and CPD for Rodericks’ dentists.

Carlos trained as a mentor in 2011 and is now a foundation dental trainer on the Berkshire scheme. These clinical and training roles have enabled Carlos to bring a hands on approach to the business development and operations of Rodericks.

Within Rodericks, Carlos is actively involved with the training of dental teams. He regularly holds communication, management and leadership courses for all our practices, true to the Rodericks ethos of ongoing education.