The Old Surgery Dental Practice

Russell qualified in 1998 from Leeds University. Initially, Russell spent 2 years working in general practice before taking up a post in the hospital service; training in the field of maxillofacial surgery and particularly dental implantology. Russell was lucky enough to work in Queensland, Australia and later in Sheffield where he secured 6 months working with Professor Ian Brook (Professor Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, Specialising in Implantology. Russell left the hospital service to work in a busy mixed practice with a keen interest in implant placement in Newcastle under Lyme. Here Russell was able to continue implant treatment and planning while focusing more on the restorative and cosmetic side of dentistry. Russell has continually attended many seminars and Advanced Implant Training under some of the UK’s leading implantologists.

In 2010 The Old Surgery were delighted to welcome Russell to their continually expanding team of specialists and dedicated staff. This exciting role will allow Russell to place implants to replace missing teeth and also for the Denture Clinic to give patients struggling with dentures the added security of implant retained dentures.

Steve qualified from the University of Birmingham in 1992. He remained in the West Midlands for the next five years before moving to Crewe. Steve opened The Old Surgery Dental Practice in February 1998 and has developed it from a single handed practice to its current six surgeries.

Steve is highly committed to a preventive approach to dentistry, aiming to help his patients attain and retain excellent dental health. His other main clinical interests are cosmetic dentistry and endodontics (root filling of teeth). Steve spent 2010 on an Advanced Aesthetic Dentistry course with the prestigious Tipton Training Academy, leading to the award of a Certificate in Aesthetic Dentistry, and was delighted to have been given the accolade of Dentist of the Year 2010, by the academy.

Steve is the first dentist in South Cheshire to be certified to use the new Inman Aligner system for quick and easy realignment of teeth, dramatically reducing the need for more destructive crown and veneer work. Non-clinical activities have included being a Vocational Dental Trainer to newly qualified dentists, President of the North Staffordshire Society of Dental Surgeons, organising postgraduate lecture programmes in North Staffordshire and leading peer review study groups for local practices.

Rich graduated from Birmingham University in 1993. Following several successful years at large practices in Birmingham and Worcestershire, he moved to Crewe to join The Old Surgery Dental Practice as a partner in August 2000.

In the past Rich has been an approved trainer for Graduate Dental Surgeons for the Mersey Deanery area and is currently the Honorary Treasurer of South Cheshire Local Dental Committee

Rich enjoys providing high quality relaxed preventative treatment. He is certified to provide Invisalign invisible brace treatment and has an interest in conbining realignment of teeth orthodontically with cosmetic and advanced restorative treatment.

Diana graduated from the University of Birmingham in 1992 and completed her vocational training year in Bromsgrove, before embarking on a hospital career in 1994, subsequently working as a Senior House Officer in hospitals across the North West and the West Midlands before attaining her Fellowship in Dental Surgery in 1997.

Diana took her current position as a Staff Grade Surgeon in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Stafford Hospital in 1999, and was awarded her status as a Specialist in Oral Surgery in 2001.

Diana has been with The Old Surgery Dental Practice since 1998, limiting her practice to minor oral surgery (usually the extraction of teeth), with the aid of intravenous sedation for more complex procedures and for our more nervous patients.

Anna qualified from the University of Leeds with honours and distinction in her final examinations, returning to her home county of Cheshire to complete her postgraduate year in vocational training. Anna has worked in general dental practice ever since and is a member of the British Dental Association. She regularly attends courses and lectures for continued professional development.

In 2004 Anna took time out of her practice career to provide dentistry and training to the population of Tanzania on behalf of the dental charity Bridge2Aid. She has an interest in all aspects of general dentistry, in particular preventive techniques and surgical dentistry.

Ian qualified from Leeds in 1998 and went into general practice in the North West. In 2001 he was awarded membership of the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners. In 2002 he joined the teaching staff at Liverpool Dental Hospital in the periodontology department and has recently been promoted to the teaching lead in Periodontology. In 2007 he started a part-time MSc in Periodontology which he completed in 2010. Together with his undergraduate teaching, he has recently been invited to teach on the Royal College of Surgeons diploma in Restorative Dentistry and lectures with Phil Ower, providing post-graduate courses, both theoretical and hands on. He is the British Society of Periodontology regional representative for Merseyside and Cheshire and recently spoke on the highly successful Periodontal Roadshow. The Old Surgery were privileged to gain Ians expertise May 2011, to provide general dentistry and also receive periodontal referalls for in-house patients and for patients from practices throughout the North West.