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Meet the Church Lane Dental team

Learn more about the people to trust with your oral health

Meet the Church Lane Dental team

Learn more about the people to trust with your oral health

Church Lane Dental

A friendly team who’ll put you at ease

The whole team have decades of experience between them – and with continual professional development outside normal practice – there is little that they haven’t seen. In fact, the Church Lane team specialise in complex cases and are always able to answer questions and offer reassurance.  Read more about them below.

Our Dentists

Dr Simon Smallwood

BDS, MSc, LDS, DGDP

Simon qualified from Guy’s Hospital in 1987 he continued to work in the hospital as a dentist before moving to North Norfolk in 1989 where he worked in private practice.

Four years later he returned to Guy’s to complete his MSc in prosthetic dentistry.

In 1996 Simon moved practice to work In Fleet and Oxford providing general dentistry and more specialist treatments. At that time he also worked for one day a week at teaching at Guy’s Hospital.

In 2001 Simon took over the Hungerford practice from George Dunbar. He has worked there whilst also continuing to work in Fleet for one day a week for the past 2 decades.

Simon has a particular interest in all types of restorative dentistry including dentures, crowns and bridges, veneers, composite bonding and dental implants which he has been using since 1997. Simon is married to Judith and has five grown up children and two dogs.

GDC Registration number: 63492

Catarina Garruco

Licence in Dental Medicine LMD (Universidade de Medicina Dentaria do Porto) 2009
Diploma in Implantology (University of Bristol) 2021

Catarina, a passionate dentist with over 15 years of experience, graduated from the Faculty of Dental Medicine of Porto in 2009, where she obtained her LMD. After practicing private dentistry for 6 years, she moved to the UK, where she’s continued to provide exceptional patient care and a full range of treatments. Driven by a dedication to oral health, Catarina pursued further education and in 2022, earned her Diploma degree with Distinction in Dental Implantology from the University of Bristol. She practices private dentistry and, although she enjoys all aspects of general dentistry, she has a special interest in oral surgery. Beyond dentistry, Catarina cherishes spending time with family and friends , travelling, reading, and enjoying nature walks.

GDC Registration number: 254014

Dr Dimitar Krastev

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Dr Dimitar Krastev graduated as a master-dentist from the University of Plovdiv in 2004. After gaining four years of experience in Bulgaria, in 2008 he moved to the UK to gain more knowledge, more experience, and deliver the best dental care possible. Since 2009 he has been working in a fully private practice.

In the same year he gained a certificate of Advance Aesthetics from Eastman Dental Institute.

He was one of two postgraduate students who finished his Masters degree in Endodontics within 3yrs which included extended education in different modalities in keeping the nerve of the tooth alive or if it was not possible to perform root canal treatments. If the latter has failed, a root canal re-treatment could be provided. 

Dimitar has a special interest in restorative and aesthetic dentistry and he is currently working towards a diploma in restorative dentistry. He has finished one of the advanced Bioclear courses allowing him to deal with the closure of dark triangular spaces and performing predictable composite build ups for the front and back teeth.   

In 2022 he has published three articles regarding to the use of Fluorescence light in general dentistry.

He is a member of the British Endodontic Society and the European Endodontic Society. He is also a regular member of the local Newbury Study Group where dentists from different backgrounds and specialities exchange knowledge.

Outside dentistry, Dimitar is married and has three children. He enjoys spending as much time as possible with his family. They enjoy long walks and observing nature.

GDC Registration number: 148401

Our nursing and reception team

Tina

Practice Administrator

Susan

Dental Hygienist

Rachael

Dental Hygienist

Kelly

Dental Hygienist/Therapist

Katie

Dental Nurse

Emily

Dental Nurse

Helene

Dental Nurse

Jo

Dental Nurse

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