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.

Rebecca qualified from Cardiff Dental School in 1997 and moved to the area and joined the Smiles Better Dental team in May 2008. Rebecca 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 now a registered Inman practitioner (private orthodontics) and provides this service at Smiles Better.

Bruno qualified as a dentist in Portugal in 2006 and has been working in Norfolk since 2007. Bruno has a special interest in cosmetic treatments and orthodontics. He has completed a post graduation in orthodontics in 2009 and is also a certified Invisalign Provider (clear braces) since 2013 both in England and Portugal.Bruno regularly studies at post graduate course and seminars to keep up to date with all aspects of modern dentistry, helping his patients achieve a healthy, confident smile in a clam environment.

Ricardo qualified from the Faculty of Medicine at University of Coimbra, Portugal in 2013 having worked in a local private practice up until 2014. By that time, he decided to embrace a new challenge and move to the UK. For the last years, he completed his vocational training in Devon and has been working as a dentist in Bristol until September 2017, and Cambridgeshire thereafter.

Ricardo completed post-graduate study in minor oral surgery at Villa Clara University, Cuba and recently, he is completing his masters degree in Dental Implantology at the University of Bristol.

He has a gentle and kind manner which works very well for the very anxious patients and will endeavour to achieve smooth patient care. His main areas of interest are dental implants, cosmetic straightening and minimally invasive cosmetic dentistry.

Ricardo has a keen focus on dental education, which has led him to be involved with the International Team of Implantology (ITI). He finds that this continued education allows him to provide the highest standards of care as he stays attuned with the latest developments, techniques, technology and materials available in the market.

Apart from dentistry, Ricardo loves to spend time with friends and family. He is a very active person who enjoys exercising and tennis. His adventurous spirit led him to practice more radical sports such as skydiving and kitesurfing, which he is very passionate about.

Daryl qualified in 1983 from the Royal London Dental School in Whitechapel with a BDS degree. In the following year, 1984, he gained an LDS from the Royal College of Surgeons London. As well as the UK, he has worked in Australia (Private practice and as the SDO in a Qld State Hospital), Germany (for the British Army) and Honduras (for the Charity Mercy Ships).

From 1997 until 2002 he was the practice owner and principle in a prominent Private West London Endodontic (Root Canal ) and Cosmetic Restorative Referral Practice. From 2003 until 2009 he worked for the MOD in the Defence Dental Services as the Senior Dental Officer out of Carver Barracks Wimbish , Bassingbourne Barracks and Waterbeach Barracks.

In 2015 Daryl moved himself and family to Norfolk and started work at the University of East Anglia Dental Department, joining Smiles Better in 2017.

Clinically he enjoys Restorative and Aesthetic dentistry and has a special interest in Endodontics and is a member of the British Endodontic Society. This interest stems from his personal experience of a root canal treatment some years ago, and therefore empathises directly with patients’ concerns about this procedure, in particular pain control for which he always takes great care to achieve.

He is married with 3 sons and in his spare time enjoys, Yoga, Hiking, skiing and motorcycling.

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

Ashraf qualified in 1990 with a Batchelor of Dentistry degree at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa. He went straight into private practice until 1998 when he came to the UK. The mixed NHS practice was a challenge but the town of Hastings was really lovely. Ashraf then worked in South Africa for a short period again and later in the Australian Outback as the senior dentist until his return to the UK. Ashraf has been fortunate to engage in all different fields of dentistry but enjoys the restorative aspect the most - it is always good to see people leave with a smile.

In all the years Ashraf has practiced, he continuously strives to update his knowledge constantly deepening his understanding and enjoyment in offering dental services.