Our Team

With passion and enthusiam, Ajitha Rahim took over the ownership of the Gallery Dental Practice, with the aim to create a welcoming, family atmosphere focusing on preventitive dentistry. Having qualified in India in 1993,Dr Rahim successfully completed her statutory exams in the UK in 2000 and has since attended an extensive course on implantology with the International Team of Implantology. Regular post-graduate studies have ensured an up to date knowledge of current advances in dentistry as well as fueling Dr Rahim’s eagerness to learn and further her own professional development.

In her spare time, Dr Rahim enjoys spending time with her husband and two wonderful children.

Mr Tighe is a Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon based at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead and was appointed in 2002 and has recently completed a 7-year term as the Clinical Director for Head and Neck Services. His main interest is in the surgical management of head and neck cancer and is widely experienced in all aspects reconstructive facial and jaw surgery. Mr Tighe has been routinely placing dental implants for over 18 years and has closely worked with Dr Rahim at the Gallery Dental Practice for the last decade. With the team at the practice he has been able to undertake many of the more challenging implant reconstructive cases often involving bone graft replacement techniques as well as more routine cases. He derives a great deal of professional satisfaction seeing the differences this treatment makes to patient’s outlook and indeed quality of life.

Mr Tighe is an enthusiastic runner and Chairman of the Crowborough Running Club and will always be in the process training for his next marathon!”

I am one of the hygienists at The Gallery Dental Practice. I graduated from Sheffield University with a diploma in Dental Hygiene and Therapy in 2014 and prior to that I worked as a dental nurse for 7 years. I’ve always enjoyed working with people, and the bonus of my job now is that I get to help people develop their skills and knowledge so that they are able to take control of their health. In my spare time I often go up north to visit family and friends, or into Brighton and London for days out to find new places to visit.