Our dentists
BDS, FFGDP(UK), MGDS RCS (Eng), MGDS RCS (Edin), Dip Implant Dent RCS Eng, Dip Clin Hyp.
Jeremy Woodcock qualified from Birmingham University Dental School in 1980. He spent five years as a dentist in the RAF, leaving with the rank of Squadron Leader in 1985. During this time he developed his interest in endodontic (root canal) treatment.
Jeremy has lectured extensively on dental subjects such as endodontics, implants, cracked teeth and treatment planning in the UK and abroad, as well as publishing articles and contributing chapters to textbooks and manuals. He has been an advisor on dental matters for a number of UK organisations. Jeremy was also a tutor on the first course of advanced implant dentistry at the Royal College of Surgeons of England and is now an examiner in dental implantology.
He has been practising in Chalfont St Giles for 20 years but moved to The Old Bank House in 2008. Although still a general practice offering treatments in all aspects of dentistry, Dental Excellence specialises in advanced restorative dentistry, with more than half of Jeremy’s time being spent on major reconstructive treatment. (Root fillings, crowns, veneers, bridges and implants.)
Jeremy is especially interested in dental research within practice and when, in 1992, the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners (FGDP) was formed at the Royal College of Surgeons, with the stated aim of improving standards of patient care by the continuing education of dentists, Jeremy was elected to the Faculty board, where he served for six years. In 1997, he was elected as Vice Dean of the Faculty. He was awarded the Fellowship of the FGDP(UK) in 2003.
Jeremy is now an examiner for the Implant Diploma at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and he is a mentor for the Diploma in Dental Implantology of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He is registered with the General Dental Council as a specialist in endodontics (root canal treatment) and is one of only a handful to be recognised as a specialist from general practice.
He has also been appointed as one of the first local course tutors for the implant training programme offered by the Royal College of Surgeons. This very new programme offers formal training in practice to those who wish to develop their skills in dental implantology.
Jeremy is a mentor for the Fellowship examination of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. This means he will always be at the forefront of advances in clinical dentistry.
He is also registered as an expert witness in dentistry and is regularly called upon to provide reports and opinions in dental litigation cases.
BDS MSc(Perio) MClinDent(Perio) MFD RCSI MRD RCSEd
Matt qualified from Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Dental Institute in 2002 with prizes in periodontology and preventative dentistry. After VT and an SHO post in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, he worked for the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. After his return, he completed his membership of the Faculty of Dentistry at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. He then undertook and completed specialist training in periodontology at King’s College, London. He completed his MSc and MClinDent at the University of London, and his Membership in Restorative Dentistry at the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh. He was entered on to the specialist list in periodontics in 2010.
Matt is a member of the British Society of Periodontology, the Association of Dental Implantology UK and the International Congress of Oral Implantologists. He is also a clinical coach for AstraTech and a registered mentor with the ADI.
In 2008, Matt was awarded a Clinical Fellowship Award from the British Society of Periodontology. In 2010, he was voted Best Young Dentist for the Midlands Region, as well as winning the overall UK award.
Matt has a passion for the latest advances in all aspects of periodontology and implant dentistry including plastic surgery of the mouth, bone and gum regeneration and he also has an interest in how periodontal disease affects general health.
Jeremy and Matt frequently work closely together to combine their skills if our patients have complex needs.
MSc, BDS, MGDS RCS Ed, FFGDP(UK)
Richard qualified in 1968 from the University of Newcastle and joined the Royal Air Force Dental Branch soon after. Within the RAF, he developed a specialist interest in prosthodontics (dentures) and pursued this interest to obtain an MSc in prosthodontics in 1975. Richard went on to obtain his MGDS qualification from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1988 (at the same time as Jeremy) and the Fellowship in 1998.
Richard has joined Dental Excellence to offer his expert services in denture design and construction and also to do some general dentistry. His leisure interests include flying and sailing.
BDS(B’ham) FDSRCS(Edin) MOrth(Edin) MSc(Lond)
Faiza graduated as a dentist with BDS in 1993 from Birmingham University and did her Vocational training in Nuneaton at a family run practice for eighteen months. Then she worked as Senior House Officer at Queens Hospital in Burton on Trent Hospital and The Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel in Maxillo- Facial surgery and Oral surgery for 2 years where we specialized in facial trauma and cancer of the head and neck area. From here Faiza became a Community Dental Officer for Wandsworth for eighteen months where she specialized in paediatric dentistry. During this time she passed the Royal College of Surgeons Fellowship exams and was accepted onto the 3 year training programme in a Masters of Orthodontics and MSc at Guys and Kings College, London, where she graduated as an orthodontist in 2002. She stayed on as part time Staff Grade orthodontist at Ashford Hospital for 5 years to gain some experience in orthognathic (surgical) cases.
She currently works in two practices, in Ewell, Surrey and Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire.
