The  Educational Supervisor: My name is Des Stott. I qualified from the Royal Dental Hospital in 1980 and yes, I do realise that was before you were born! I have interests in implants and orthodontics and completed the Bicon advanced implant course in Boston, Massachusetts in 2005. I am currently secretary of the East Anglian division of the Faculty of General Dental Practice, a member of the Local Dental Committee, the Suffolk Local Professional Network and until recently a part-time clinical assistant in orthodontics at Ipswich Hospital. I have taught clinical photography on the FD schemes in East Anglia and local postgraduate courses and I run the MJDF study group at Ipswich Hospital. I have also been asked to speak on Bicon implants at conferences in London and Boston. I have been a Trainer thirteen times before over the past 26 years.

The Practice: The practice was started in the early 1980s; I bought it in 1989 years ago and moved it to its present location in a 15th Century timbered building in May 1992. There are three modern, well equipped surgeries. We have a full time receptionist, three full time and one part time nurse, a trainee nurse on the National Apprenticeship Scheme and a part-time hygienist (all helpful and friendly and ruled with a rod of iron by our full time practice manager!). We provide a full range of treatment for our patients both NHS and private.

The Area:  Needham Market is a small town (without a market incidentally!) in the heart of rural Suffolk but being situated practically on top of the Main A14 trunk road it has easy communication with the Midlands, the North Sea ports of Harwich and Felixstowe, and London. It’s also very convenient for the day release element of the Scheme in Ipswich.

East Anglia has a wealth of cultural and sporting activities, areas of historical interest, and as one of the few areas without an undergraduate dental school; there is a vast amount of postgraduate activity arranged by and for general dental practitioners.

Other Points of Interest: A couple of posts from the patient feedback section of the NHS Choices Website:

Highly Recommended *****
Excellent all round, as a very nervous patient I was made to feel at ease by all staff as they are very polite, friendly and kind. I would even go to say it's the best practice I have ever been to. Glad I moved and changed my dentist only wished I had done it sooner.

Brilliant lovely staff *****
Brilliant lovely staff!