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Dr Janet Barker BDS MFGDP DPDS

Principle Dentist
Janet qualified with Honours from the Royal London Hospital in 1977. She completed two further Diplomas in General Dental Practice and Post Graduate Dental Surgery. As the practice principal, she places great emphasis on Continuing Professional Development (CPD), and all practice members are encouraged to undertake regular training courses. Janet has completed training in Dental Implants and now offers this treatments to our patients. General Dental Council No: 51691

Dr Richard Mears BDS

Dentist
Richard qualified from the University of Bristol in 2009. He returned home to the West Country and has spent the past two years working in Cornwall. There he worked in a busy practice and as a Senior House Officer in Oral and Maxillo-facial surgery. He has now moved back to Bristol and will be working with the rest of the team in the practice.

Dr Chris Bell BDS DPDS MSc FDSRCS

Specialist in Oral Surgery
Chris graduated from the Bristol Dental School in 1980. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England Faculty of Dentistry in 1984 and gained his Masters in Dental Science in 2002. Chris is a full time member of staff at the Bristol Dental Hospital and Bristol Dental School and has a particular interest in Dental Implants. He has also been a registered specialist in oral surgery in the Republic of Ireland for the past 11 years where he carries out regular oral surgery and implant clinics. General Dental Council No: 54662

Dr Simon Ernst BDS

Dentist
Simon has joined the practice to enable us to offer more evening appointments. He graduated from dentistry at the University of Bristol in June 2006 and has a particular interest in Oral Surgery. After graduating, he spent a year in the National Health Service followed by 6 months volunteering as a Dental Surgeon in Tanzania, Uganda and South Africa. Since his return to the UK he has worked in several hospitals in South Wales and the South West as a Senior House Officer in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. He currently splits his time between private general practice and as a Speciality Doctor in Oral Surgery and the Bristol Dental Hospital. General Dental Council No: 103291

Dr Yvonne Pemberton BDS

Dentist
We're sad to announce that Yvonne has decided to take early retirement owing to a problem with her hand. We will miss her greatly and wish her all the best in her retirement. Richard Mears is joinging the Practice and will be able to see Yvonne's patients. Obviously if anyone would prefere to see one of the other dentists we will accomodate them.

Anne Wynne EDH

Hygienist
Ann qualified as a hygienist at Bristol Dental Hospital in 1993 and joined the practice in February 2005. Ann is married with 2 children, Aiman and Joseph. General Dental Council No: 44581

Jenny Ford RDN

Dental Nurse
Jenny started dental nursing in 1978 and has worked in Nailsea, Southampton and Portishead. She gained her RDN qualifications in 1992 whilst working at the Gardner Road Dental practice. Jenny worked at Gardner Road for 18 years before moving to Combe Road in 2004. Jenny is married, with 2 daughters and one granddaughter. General Dental Council No: 109720

Trudy Stone RDN OHE

Dental Nurse & Oral Health Educator
Trudy joined the practice in 2002 and works part time as a Dental Nurse. She qualified as an Oral Health Educator in 1989. Trudy has two small children who keep her busy. General Dental Council No: 109717

Heather Fionda RDN

Dental Nurse
Heather worked as a dental nurse some years ago and has had a varied career since. She took up dental nursing again with this practice in 2000 and has since taken and passed her National Dental Nursing Diploma following a course at Bristol Dental Hospital. She lives locally and has a grown up son and a daughter at university. General Dental Council No: 109727

Sandra (Lu) Black RDN OHE

Dental Nurse & Oral Health Educator
Lu qualified as a Dental Nurse at Cardiff Hospital in 1978 and has adapted to the changes in dentistry by attending many courses to update her knowledge. As part of her CPD, she has qualified as an Oral Health Educator and a Support to Stop Smoking Advisor. Lu came to the practice in the early days of 1995. Her son is at work and her daughter is at university. General Dental Council No: 110519

Sharron Webber RDN OHE

Dental Nurse & Oral Health Educator
Sharron has been at this practice since it opened in 1994. Previously she had had many years experience of Dental Nursing and qualified in 1995 with Merit at Bristol Dental Hospital. In continuing her postgraduate training she completed and passed her Oral Health Educators certificate with Merit in 1999 and is a qualified First Aider. Sharron is currently undertaking a part-time degree in Counselling. General Dental Council No: 115398

Nash Blundell

Dental Technician
Nash joined the practice part-time in August 2007 and worked with Janet to set up our dental laboratory. He joined us full-time in May 2008. Nash qualified at the Brooklands Technical College in 1980 and had his own dental laboratory in Bristol from 1992 prior to joining the team at Combe Road. General Dental Council No: 118369

Richard (Dick) Barker CEng MCMI

Administrator
Dick is Janet’s husband. He works part-time as the practice administrator, looking after some of the paperwork and various maintenance jobs around the practice. He also works on reception occasionally to cover when other staff are on holiday or off sick.

Rachael Harris

Receptionist
Rachael has lived in Portishead for 15 years and has worked at the practice since 1999. She is married, with two daughters and a grandson.
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