Meet the team

Ever since qualifying as a dentist in 1988, apart from two years as a military dentist, Dr Jacques Keyser have been in general dental practice. a postgraduate diploma in Dental Implantology and is a Fellow of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists. With a keen interest in restorative and implant dentistry, he has completed a postgraduate diploma in Dental Implantology and is a Fellow of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists.

Dr Mark Hamburger is a registered Specialist Prosthodontist and an expert in implant dentistry. He qualified with a B.D.S from the University of Witwatersrand in 1984 and was awarded the prestigious B.Ch.D. (Hons) from the University of Pretoria in 1985.He has since built up an enormous experience as a clinician, as a lecturer and as a published author. Regarded as a leader in the field of prosthodontics he has been instrumental in the design and production of computer guided implantology. Following his position as Senior Lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand Department of Prosthodontics Mark was invited to be the Head of implantology at the dental division of Boots the chemist.Mark is currently the clinical director of Portman Healthcare and senior lecturer at the Portman Academy.

Dr Hamburger has previously lectured at the following institutions:

New York University Post Graduate Implantology Program - University of Ann Arbor,
Michigan post graduate periodontics program - University of Loiusianna,
New Orleans - Bethesda Naval Post Graduate Dentistry Program, Bethesda Hospital, Washington D.C.

Dr. Nic Hanekom joined the clinic in Aston Clinton in February 1997 as a partner after working as an associate dentist in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, for six years. Previous to this, he worked as a military dentist. Dr. Nic Hanekom has a keen interest in restorative and endodontic dentistry.

After leaving Aylesbury high, Leila went to study dentistry at Sheffield University and graduated in 2001. She stayed working in Sheffield and North Derbyshire area for another 6 years after graduation and then eventually decided to come home in 2007.

Leila Thaley is a dental phobia certified dentist.

Dr Bashir qualified with Honours from Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry in 2010. He initially worked for two years in the Midlands, before moving to Oxford and practicing for the last 6 years in Chipping Norton, and then at the dental practice at Oxford Brookes University.

Dr Bashir has achieved Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgeons of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and also recently completed a one year aesthetic and restorative dentistry course in Harley Street.

His interests are in providing high quality minimally invasive dentistry, tailored to the needs of his individual patients.

Outside of work, Dr Bashir loves travelling, hiking in the mountains, photography, and is an avid tennis fan.

Supraja qualified from Leeds Dental Institute in 1996. In her 18 years in dentistry she has gained considerable experience working in a number of different dental specialist teams including Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Paediatric Dentistry, Restorative Dentistry and Special Needs Dentistry. During this time she gained her Membership in the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. She then embarked on a specialist training course in Orthodontics at The Royal London Hospital and Ipswich Hospital where she gained her membership in Orthodontics with the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
This then led to her being placed on the GDC Orthodontic Specialist list.

Tania completed her dental degree in 2007 at the ISCS Egas Moniz in Lisbon, she then took a position in the stomatology dept in a hospital in Portugal. In 2009 Tania completed her integrated masters degree in Periodontology at ISCS Egas Moniz and in 2011 she completed a Surgical Periodontology degree. Tania has also completed a 12 month residency course in Implantology in London.

Dr Jacobs obtained his Bachelor of Dental Surgery from Birmingham University and after spending five years in general practice he went to Indiana University School of Dentistry in the US. He gained a Master of Science in Dentistry in Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics and returned to the UK to take a post as Senior Clinical Lecturer in Conservative Dentistry at UCL Eastman Dental Institute, an academic centre for dentistry.

Dr Jacobs co-authored the textbook Dental Implant Restoration: Principles and Procedures which was published in 2011 and contributed to another textbook on the restoration of natural teeth. He has also been published in medical journals.

He is a member of the American Academy of Osseointegration and the American Dental Society of London, and registered on the American Embassy Dental List.