Whyman House Dental Practice

(University of Leeds, UK, 1993) MFGDP(UK) (Royal College of Surgeons of England). GDC Registration Number 69610. He qualified from the University of Leeds in 1993 and immediately joined the Royal Navy as a Dental Officer. He ‘retired’ from the Royal Navy in 2012 as a Surgeon Commander. He has had an extremely varied career which included deployments to the Persian Gulf in HM Ships Manchester and Gloucester, 3 years at Taunton’s 40 Commando Royal Marines and the Senior Dental Surgeon at both the Commando Training Centre Royal Marines and most recently the Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton. He has also deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan, the later of which was in 2010-11, where he was the Deputy Medical Advisor for all Coalition Forces at the NATO Headquarters in Kabul.

(University of Leeds, UK, 1993). GDC Registration Number 69629. She qualified from the University of Leeds in 1993 and then undertook vocational dental training at a family practice in Sandbach, Cheshire. She moved to Taunton in 1997 and worked at North Petherton Dental Practice and Shepton Mallet for 7 years. She then moved to Yarde House Dental Practice in Taunton and has been practising there for the last 7 years.

GDC Registration Number 174143 Karen qualified from Bristol in 2009 as a dental therapist and dental hygienist. Karen works both in practice, community and also teaches dental nurses an extended duty course on fluoride application. She has produced a Mencap fact sheet for people with profound and multiple learning difficulties (PLMD) and their oral health. Karen particularly enjoys treating dental phobic patients. In her limited spare time she enjoys the gym, dog walking and spending time with her family.