We are proud of our collective professional strengths but also consider that it is the relationship between the staff and the patients that ensures we practise consistently good dentistry. This is where we would like to define ourselves.
Ashley Dental takes the issue of continuing our education and professional development very seriously. We have a Practice Training Agreement and every single member of staff is regularly reviewed and agrees a personal development plan.
Most of us are local to the area and have been working at Ashley Dental for many years. The majority of our patients are familiar faces, many of whom we now count as friends, and this makes our team especially close-knit.
BDS (Lon), LDS RCS (Eng)GDC Number 64280
Qualified 1989
I qualified in 1989 from Kings College Dental School in London. After working at Birmingham Dental Hospital and general practice in Central London I came to Walton-On-Thames where I have been since 1991.
Dental techniques and equipment keep improving all the time but I believe in keeping my underlying philosophy the same. I believe professionalism can be blended with humour, compassion and patience to help my patients achieve healthy mouths and smiles. I enjoy meeting people of all ages and hope to always put them at ease.
When not spending time with my family, I enjoy running, tennis and Chelsea Football Club.
Irfan Ajmal - Dentist
BDS (Lon), LDS., RCS (Eng)MSC (Lon), FDS, RCS (Eng)
GDC Number 64181
Qualified 1989
Having worked at Ashley Dental for the last 12 years, I have had time to establish a friendly, enjoyable clinical practice.
One of the most satisfying parts of this is that many of my patients were nervous when they started their treatment, but with care and sympathy most if not all are entirely at ease in our surgery. In fact many have had complex treatment plans carried out.
Outside of work I am known as a fanatical Liverpool fan who reportedly encourages our two lovely children to be the same! I enjoy reading and work for a T.V. satellite station, once a week, where I am responsible for writing and editing the days International News. I am a keen cricketer and have even been known to pose on the tennis court.
Karen Wildin - Dentist
GDC Number 69974DDS (Marseille)
Qualified 1990
Qualified from Marseilles Dental Academy in 1990, Karen has worked in general practice both in France and the UK. She joined her brother Chris and the team at Ashley Dental in 1997.
Karen’s patients enjoy her quiet, efficient style and find they can relax in her surgery. She is especially good at putting nervous patients at their ease with her caring manner and enjoys seeing children.
She speaks fluent French and is an accomplished cook who loves to entertain friends and family. A bit of a film buff, she still finds time to read widely and attend various concerts in her spare time.
Jane Lloyd - Hygienist
Hygienist (EDT, EDH, Cert of OHE)GDC Number DH5474
Qualified 1973
I qualified in 1973 as a Dental Therapist. I then spent several
years in Cambridge gaining valuable experience in Community Dental Clinics working with nervous schoolchildren.
After moving to Surrey, I was fortunate to work with Special Needs groups, which has taught me how to deal with the unexpected!
I gained my Certificate of Oral Health Education in 1990 and later, in 1999, I qualified as a Dental Hygienist at the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel.
Since then, I have been a Hygienist / Dental Therapist at Ashley Dental. I enjoy getting to know all my patients, and this helps especially when dealing with those who are nervous.
If I can improve my patients’ oral health, and instil confidence in them to maintain it with good techniques and regular hygienist visits, then I have achieved my goal.
Jackie Noyes
Practice Manager
With a commercial and government background in marketing, public relations and project management I joined the Ashley Dental team in 2008.
On a day to day basis, a busy practice, with four dentists and a hygienist generates a considerable amount of administrative work.
Taking the longer term view, marketing the business, advertising, co-ordinating staff training needs, updating our website and co-ordinating all our communications fill in any gaps in my time!
If you have any suggestions or comments on the practice, and your care within it, I would be delighted to see them. We need to know what is working for you and what could be improved upon.
Married, with two children in primary school means my home life is just as busy but centred around the family. Many years in the tourism industry gave me an enviable chance to travel, which I still love when I have the chance. I also enjoy running, painting, chatting - and anything at all that involves our children!
Receptionists and Dental Nurses
Sue Bezant - Reception
Geraldine Grant - Reception
- GDC 112774 Cert. In Dental Surgery & NEBDN
Fiona Reed - GDC 112776
Katrina Hayler - In Training
Una Brooks - GDC 112772 Samantha Fisher - In Training
As a key part of the care team, Dental Nurses and Receptionists need to be professional and friendly. We work closely with the Dentists to ensure that our patients’ experience is a positive one.
We always look forward to welcoming new patients. If there is anything we can do to help, please let us know.
Reception:
In Reception we work hard at greeting patients, answering the telephone, making appointments, handling queries and taking payments from patients – very often all at the same time! We are the “face of the place” to all our visitors.
In addition to these very visible activities we are also an important part of the administration team, handling recall notices, filing patients records, following up dental laboratories, hospitals or other referrals, if necessary.
Geraldine and Sue
Dental Nurses:
We are all registered with the General Dental Council and two are currently “in training” while studying a year-long course at Brooklands College, which includes chairside experience and mentoring.
Dentistry is constantly changing and so it is important that we are kept updated and trained in the latest procedures and thinking within the profession. We all participate in a formalised Continuing Professional Development system – we complete a minimum of ten hours independently verified training and revision every year, on an ongoing basis.
Geraldine, Fiona, Katrina, Samantha and Una