Dr Monik Vasant is an award-winning aesthetic and restorative dentist and one of the UK’s leading educators in minimally invasive aesthetic dentistry. He treats patients and teaches from Freshdental Clinic and Freshdental Institute, his clinic and postgraduate training centre in central London.

He qualified from the University of Leeds in 2003 and went on to complete a Master of Science degree in Aesthetic & Restorative Dentistry at the University of Manchester. He is a Fellow of the College of General Dentistry (FCGDent) and a member of the British and American Academies of Cosmetic Dentistry. His career began in general practice in the north of England, where he built a successful clinic in Bolton – experience of everyday dentistry that still shapes the way he teaches.

He has served on the faculty of the gIDE Institute in Los Angeles, as a visiting guest lecturer on the University of Geneva’s Master’s programme in Micro-invasive Aesthetic Dentistry, and as Invisalign’s UK ambassador and a global GP trainer. He lectures internationally on minimally invasive aesthetic dentistry, with a particular interest in adhesive and advanced restorative dentistry.

He founded Freshdental Institute in 2016 to make postgraduate education practical, enjoyable and grounded in real general practice, with minimally invasive dentistry at its heart. His two-day composite course, Totally Composite, has been running for around ten years and is one of the most attended courses of its kind in the world, with more than 6,000 dentists trained in the UK and internationally.

Alongside it, the Institute runs Totally Aesthetics, a year-long Level 7 postgraduate diploma in aesthetic and restorative dentistry with more than 750 graduates; TA Encore, an advanced programme for Totally Aesthetics alumni; and Totally Therapist, a postgraduate certificate in aesthetic dentistry for dental therapists.

He has worked as a key opinion leader with dental companies including Coltene, 3M, GC, Deppeler, White Dental Beauty, Align Technology and SprintRay. He has appeared many times on UK television, including This Morning, GMTV, The One Show, ITN News and Gok’s Style Secrets, as well as in numerous print articles.

He is the author of “Smile Art” and has co-authored several other dental books. Outside work, he spends his time with his wife and two young children and is a keen football and cricket fan.