Wendy Hester who has been a popular hygienist at the practice for over 10 years, has qualified at Bristol University as a dental therapist. This means that in addition to her current duties, Wendy will now be able to provide fillings for her patients.

We are delighted to announce that Peta Hammill has joined the practice and will be working every Monday, along with one Saturday every month. Peta has a particular interest in the treatment of nervous patients.

Its official! Cheryl Cole has a Winning Smile!!! Hello magazine says so it must be true.
Cheryl was voted top celebrity smiler.
Commenting on the results, body language expert Robert Phipps explains: “Different smiles have markedly different effects. If you’ve got that winning smile, you will naturally be perceived as more confident, pleasant, attractive, sociable and competent.

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Our denture specialist, James Nielson, has just been shortlisted for the Clinical Dental Technician of the Year Award - for the second time in 3 years! The award ceremony is in London on May 5th 2011.

Winning Smiles picked up the award for the Wales and South West England Dental Team of the Year 2010 at a gala ceremony in Leicester on December 10th. It was a wonderful end to a very successful year which also saw the practice shortlisted for the national Private Dental Practice of the Year Award.

Winning Smiles have been shortlisted for 'Dental Team of the Year' Award. The winner will be announced at a black tie gala dinner in Leicester on Friday December 9th.

Winning Smiles have published two films, one with customer testimonials, information about their values and procedures available to patients. The second film provides information about Invisalign transparent braces. These films should help both existing patients and prospective new patients make informed decisions. The films are available at the About Us and the Invisalign areas of the Winning Smiles web site and on YouTube at Patient Testimonials and Invisalign Transparent Braces.

Last year Winning Smiles became one of the first practices in Europe to acquire a revolutionary new gum disease scanner. Read More...

Not every child is lucky enough to be receive their treatment at a preventively orientated practice like Winning Smiles. To help give every local kid as fair a start as possible in their dental life our oral health nurses visit most local schools and playgroups to teach the pupils how to care for their teeth. We are delighted that this work has been recognised by the N.H.S. in Dorset who shortlisted the practice for their Improving Health and Reducing Inequality Award.

Many patients fund their treatment through schemes such as the Tesco Dental Insurance Plan and the Simply Health Plan (formerly known as the HSA). In return for a monthly payment these schemes permit you to claim back a portion of your dental treatment costs. Until fairly recently these schemes have represented quite good value for money. However both companies have recently moved the goalposts in quite a dramatic way by simultaneously reducing benefits and increasing payments. If you are on the Tesco plan your monthly payment will now have increased to £19.95. In return for this you will now only be able to claim back 50% of the cost of your fillings or crowns with an annual limit of £1000*. The Simply Health plan enables you to recover 50% of the cost of your fillings and crowns up to a maximum of £1000 per year in return for a monthly payment of £21*. This compares with our own Smilecare scheme under which the average patient pays £27.20 in return for 100% cover with no upper annual limit (the only extra you would ever have to pay is the laboratory technician’s fees for the manufacture of crowns, bridges or dentures). The fee you pay depends upon the condition of your mouth when you join so the average fee should just be taken as a guide but if you are on either the Tesco or the SimplyHealth scheme it could be worth your while asking for a Smilecare assessment when you next come in for a check up. It might save you a lot of money.
*Details correct at time of publication.