Meet the Viva Dental Team

Lona Sabeti

Principal Dentist

GDC Number: 69646

Dr. Sabeti qualified as a Dental Surgeon with a BDS from Dundee University in 1994. Since then she has worked as a General Dental Surgeon in private and NHS practices as well as within the hospital system. Dr Sabeti has pursued her interests oral surgery and advanced restorative dentistry through her work in the oral surgery and maxillo-facial surgery departments at various hospitals including the Dundee Dental Hospital & Manchester Royal Infirmary and through advanced restorative and implantology qualifications at Manchester University and Sheffield University. Dr Sabeti leads from the front setting exceptional clinical standards, intent on providing outstanding, personal painless dental care.

Angela Rubio-Navarro

Associate Dentist

GDC Number: 207751

Dr Rubio-Navarro qualified as a Dental Surgeon from Granada University in 2005 and then went on to complete a Masters degree in Oral Surgery in 2009 from Alcala University in Madrid. Since qualifying Dr Rubio-Navarro has worked as a General Dental Practitioner and as an Implant Surgeon within the private and NHS sectors in Spain and UK. The Implant Dental Programme she completed for her Masters Degree involved work with the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Service at the University Hospital “Príncipe de Asturias” in Alcalá de Henares, Madrid. Dr Rubio-Navarro has been a part of the Viva Dental’s outstanding clinical care team since 2011.

Gillian Scanlan

Associate Dentist

GDC Number: 70108

Dr Scanlan qualified as a Dental Surgeon with a BDS from the University of Edinburgh in 1994 and has since worked as a General Dental Surgeon in NHS and Private practices in Scotland and England, providing high quality care. Dr Scanlan is an experienced all-rounder with specific interests in crown and bridge work and children’s dentistry. Dr Scanlan has been part of Viva Dental since 2011 providing a warm and welcoming environment, where patients are involved in the decision-making process and feel confident that they are being provided with the best quality of care achievable.

Gopi Shan

Business Manager

Gopi Shan is an architect with an MBA. His role at Viva is to help create a pleasant and enjoyable patient experience and streamline the way we do things to make it easier for clinicians and staff to focus on what they do best. He believes that Architecture is about facilitating interactions, creating a context for collaboration and enhancing user experience. After qualifying as an Architect from Dundee University in 1994, followed by a masters degree in CAD, he has worked for international design firms such as Arup and MJP in London on some prestigious projects including the City of Manchester Stadium. He set up his design and management consultancy following his MBA at Cranfield in 2002, which he continues to run. He has been part of the Viva dental team since 2009.