The Briars Dental Centre

She looks after general dental patients at the Briars providing restorative, cosmetic and implant treatments. She is also experienced in the use of botulimun toxin and hyaluronic acid dermal fillers for the treatment of facial lines and wrinkles. Victoria grew up in Northumberland and obtained her BDS from Sheffield Dental School, qualifying in 1999. She returned to the North East to complete her vocational training after which she went to work in a family dental practice for 4 years. During this time she underwent a Further Professional Training program consisting of modules in Orthodontics, Sedation, Oral Surgery and Advanced Prosthodontics. Once this was completed, she tackled a year long restorative certificate in Manchester alongside a course in cosmetic dentistry before moving to the South in 2004. She obtained the MFGDP(UK) qualification from the Royal College of Surgeons in 2006.

He grew up here in Newbury, Berkshire, attending Speenhamland, then Kennet schools. He served an apprenticeship with the large Newbury based dental laboratory Broughton and Tyrell, gaining a B-Tec Diploma to qualify as a Dental Technician in 1987. He then left the UK to travel and spent a year in Australia. When Nick French returned to the UK he was offered a training position at the world-renowned Maxillo-Facial prosthetic department at Queen Mary’s University Hospital, Roehampton in London. Whilst in the department he made oral and facial prostheses for people who had undergone surgery for oral and/or facial cancer or trauma. During this time Nicholas gained his Higher National Diploma in Maxillo-Facial Prosthetics and Technology.

He graduated from Bristol Dental School in 2005. After completing vocational training, Raman worked as a senior House Officer in oral surgery, restorative dentistry and periodontics at various institutions including Birmingham Dental Hospital and Bart’s and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry. During this time Raman completed Royal College of Surgeons examinations to gain the Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgeons qualification. In 2013 Raman completed the 4-year specialist training programme in periodontics at Kings College, London. This led to the award of the Master of Clinical Dentistry (Periodontics) qualification and Membership in Periodontics at the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh.