Smiles Dental – Sherborne

BDS NUI (Irel) 1986 DPDS (Brist) 1996 GDC No. 61233Alan qualified from University College Cork, Ireland in 1986. He moved to England and worked as an associate in High Wycombe and Gravesend. He then moved to Sherborne in Dorset in September 1989 and became a partner at Market View Dental Practice – Sherborne.During that time, Alan has maintained a keen interest in postgraduate education. Alan completed the Diploma of Postgraduate Dental Studies at Bristol in 1996. He has also completed the BOULD course in Orthodontics for Clinical Assistants and worked at Dorset County Hospital for four years. He has continued this work at the practice under the guidance of local Consultant, Mr H.Bellis.To add to his repertoire, Alan completed both Restorative and Aesthetic yearly courses under Paul Tipton at Manchester, one of the leading Restorative dentists in the country. Finally, in November 2010, he completed the implant course at Bath Spa under Dermot McNulty to further his interest in dental implants.

DSS (Sthlm) 1994 GDC No. 77305Linda Overton-Fox qualified from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden in 1994.After practicing in Sweden for seven years, Linda moved to England in 2000.In 2001 Linda joined Market View Dental Practice – Sherborne and has continued with her professional development by taking an advanced restoration course by Dr H Sidelsky in 2006/07 and is now taking a course on occlusion under the direction of Dr R Higson and Dr A Lane.Linda has a real interest in working with nervous patients to help them overcome their dental fears.

BDS MFGDP DPDS, GDC No.52543 Since graduating from Liverpool University in 1978, Patrick has had a great deal of experience in general practice. After setting up his own successful practice in 1981, Patrick spent a number of years providing high quality dental care and was also actively teaching and mentoring. In 1992 Patrick achieved the MFGDP (UK) and is now a lecturer in areas such as team training, clinical protocols and audit. In 2004 he successful completed the diploma in Dental Postgraduate Studies and continues to attend regular postgraduate events.