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Meet the Team

Dr. Nik Sethi

 

Dr. Nik Sethi is a Director at Elevate and the current President of the British Academy of Aesthetic Dentistry (BAAD). This leadership role reflects his dedication to advancing clinical excellence and fostering innovation in modern dentistry. Nik is passionate about education, mentoring clinicians across the UK and Europe, empowering them to build confidence in advanced techniques, and helping them elevate the quality of care they provide.

He holds a Master’s in Aesthetic Dentistry from King’s College London and the prestigious Membership in Advanced General Dental Surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons. In 2019, Nik was recognised as a finalist for Best Young Dentist London at the Private Dentistry Awards, further cementing his status as a leader in the field.

Nik co-founded Elevate in 2020, a leading education platform that supports dentists in refining their clinical expertise and accessing evidence-based training. As a Key Opinion Leader for multiple dental companies, he contributes to the development and improvement of dental materials and techniques, helping shape the future of dental practice.

Whether through his leadership role at BAAD, mentoring through Elevate, or ongoing clinical work, Nik is committed to advancing the dental profession and ensuring that the next generation of clinicians is equipped to meet the challenges of modern dentistry.

Dr. Sanjay Sethi

 

Sanjay Sethi qualified from Guy’s Hospital in 1993 with BDS. He is in private practice in London and has a special interest in aesthetics and implants in dentistry.

He has lectured extensively internationally. He is a full member and Past President of the British Academy of Aesthetic Dentistry, an active member of the European Academy of Esthetic Dentistry and is also a member of the ADI.

Sanjay is involved with teaching independent courses and a diploma program and is director of the Aesethix and Elevate education programs.

Dr. Riaz Yar

 

Dr. Riaz Yar graduated from the University of Liverpool in 1999 and completed his specialty training in Prosthodontics at the University of Manchester in 2011. Riaz is also an Internal examiner for the Membership of Joint Dental Faculties of the Royal College of Surgeons England.

As well as completing the specialty prosthodontic training, Riaz has undertaken a Diploma in Postgraduate Dental Studies (DPDS) with the University of Bristol and a Diploma in Implant Dentistry with the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh.

Dr Yar lectures nationally and internationally and has most recently completed his Masters in Soft Tissue around Implants and Teeth with Professor Zucchelli (Bologna) and completing his PG Cert in Education. He also a Visiting Professor in Prosthodontics at the College of Medicine and Dentistry – Birmingham / Ulster University. His main topic of interest is TMD and Occlusion.

Dr. Elaine Mo

 

Elaine graduated from Barts and the London hospital and has developed her skills with extensive postgraduate plus international education as a keen believer in maintaining state of the art knowledge.

As an advanced general dental practitioner having gained her MADGS with the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh, she focuses a majority of her work in Orthodontic and Restorative Dentistry.

Aside from her multiple teaching commitments including the Elevate Dental education faculty, she has various roles including for the UK clinical advisory board for Align Technology, a Full member ExCo role for the British Academy of Aesthetic Dentistry and a UK National Director for Dentinal Tubules.

An amazing study day with Nik into anterior composite placement technique, equipment, isolation and his amazing polishing protocol. Nik was so approachable throughout and not just throwing photos of his work at us, but instead showing us ways that we can improve ours! I feel 100x more confident and can’t wait to put the skills Nik has taught me into practice with my composites.

Edward SimonFoundation Dentist

I have attended Elaine's courses in person and more recently on digital platforms and the one thing that is always present is her infectious love for Dentistry and teaching. Whether it is clinical or non-clinical topics, she gives simple tips and tricks that anyone can take away and utilise straight away and her great skill is being able to simplify difficult concepts and techniques. Elaine's approachable and humble style to teaching is demonstrated by the fact she is always a quick email/text away from being available for advice and guidance.

Dr Raja AkhtarBMedSci, BDS, MFDS RCSEd

Dr Sethi’s anterior composite course has informed me a great deal about isolation and adhesion of materials to produce high quality and long lasting restorations. In particular, the large hands on component was incredibly useful as we were able to understand and practice Dr Sethi’s anterior composite protocol. We were also able to ask any questions we had along the way! Excellent course for anyone wanting to take their dentistry to the next level!! I highly recommend it!

Dr Mariam Ghobrial