Meet the team

Denise started her dental career studying at The Royal London Hospital in 1989. She graduated Bachelor of Dentistry with Honours in 1993 and was offered one of the coveted House Surgical Posts at The Royal London Hospital, which she accepted.She moved to Norfolk in 2006 and has worked in Private practice as a Specialist Periodontist since. As one of a handful of Periodontists in East Anglia to be on the Specialist Register she has been certainly been kept busy Denise is happy to take self referrals or referrals from GDPs.

After completing his dental degree at the Royal London Hospital and a year of vocational training, Nami held a number of positions as Senior House Officer and Staff Grade in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in some of the most prestigious hospitals in England. This is where he learnt his basic and advanced surgical skills. During this time he also gained his Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgeons.

He then undertook his Masters of Science training programme at Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Hospital where he learnt all aspects of Periodontology. He has also completed the Advanced Diploma in Implant Dentistry course at the Royal College of Surgeons England.

Nami is also trained in dental sedation. He is affiliated with a number of societies including the British Society of Periodontology, Association of Dental Implantology and the Society for Advancement of Anaesthesia in Dentistry.

Currently Nami divides his working time between working in private practice and teaching postgraduate dental students on the MSc programmes in both Periodontology and Implant dentistry.

In his spare time Nami enjoys travelling, reading and playing the guitar.

If you would like to find out more about Nami please visit www.namifarkhondeh.co.uk

Qualified from UCL London 1977 BDS and passed LDS RCS 1978.

Stuart has worked in general practice and ran his own practice in Durham for 21years.

Stuart has worked in Germany and Saudi Arabia while learning new skills. He also enjoyed supervising dental students at the University of Newcastle for ten years.

Stuart enjoys all aspects of dentistry even after all these years and looks forward to continuing to do so.

Rebecca qualified from Cardiff Dental School in 1997 and moved to the area and joined the Smiles Better Dental team in May 2008.

Rebecca provides general dentistry and likes to work in a relaxed environment to make patients feel welcome and put them at ease whilst striving to provide the highest quality of dental care.

Rebecca is also a registered Inman practitioner (private orthodontics) and provides this service as well as clear aligners at Smiles Better. She has also just completed her training in Smile Fast Composite Veneers, which offers a faster and more affordable option to the traditional porcelain veneer.

In 2021 Rebecca took on the role as the practice clinical lead (PCL) which involves supporting the practice manager and clinicians in the practice to continue to deliver the highest level of care.

In her spare time, she enjoys quality family time and training her 3 horses.

Originally from Latvia, Alex is a general dentist who trained and graduated in the sunny city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria in 2021. Alex joined the Smiles Better team in February 2023 and has particular interests in endodontics and restorative dentistry. Alex is passionate about dental aesthetics and supports biomimetic dentistry and uses a minimally invasive approach to dentistry to preserve natural tooth structure.

Outside of the dental surgery, Alex enjoys travelling, fishing, and playing chess.