SOUTHGATE DENTAL CARE - Key Persons
Annie Ansari is our head nurse and has been at Southgate Dental since 2012, together with Nicole , Annie is responsible for ensuring that cross infection and disinfection policies are carried out to the highest of standards. She also has the duties of training new nursing staff.
Christina's passion for orthodontics earned her a place on the specialist training course at Guy's Hospital. She completed her Masters in Orthodontics from the University of London in 2003, and in 2004 gained the Membership in Orthodontics from the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Since then Christina has worked in specialist practice, providing orthodontic care to both children and adults. A number of years working with children with special needs and anxiety in a dedicated clinic have further enhanced her skills.
Philip qualified as a dentist from University College Hospital in 1989, and subsequently completed a Master's degree in Endodontics at Guy's Hospital in 1996. Philip has been accepting endodontic referrals at the Southgate Referral Practice since 1997, and has been on the specialist's list for endodontics since 1999.
He is currently a Senior lecturer and Deputy Chairman of the Endodontic examinations board at Kings College London.
He has lectured widely in the UK and abroad and has contributed to several textbooks including the last two editions of Harty's Endodontics in Clinical Practice.
After completing an MSc course in periodontology in 1994 at the University Hospital of Manchester she obtained an E.E.C.scholarship for further training and research at the Periodontolgy Department Hospital of Aarhus, Denmark, which is universally considered a Centre for Excellence in Periodontology.
Dr. Gutierres is actively involved in Implant education. He is the Clinical Coordinator of a renowned International Dental Implant Program and regularly goes abroad to lecture on Implant Dentistry and demonstrate complex surgeries.
Dr Gutierres completed a Master's degree in Implant Dentistry at Warwick University, in 2011.
Over the years he has undertaken extensive training to become proficient in surgical procedures for all implant related oral surgery techniques, including Sinus Lift, guided bone regeneration and full mouth rehabilitations with fixed prosthesis. This allows him to restore the most complex cases, achieving predictable outcomes with the highest aesthetics.
Dr. Pedro Gutierres qualified at the prestigious Egas Moniz High Institute of Health Sciences in Lisbon 2006.
He worked in general practice in the UK shortly after qualifying. In 2007 he successfully completed a two and half year advanced international education program at the prestigious New York University College of Dentistry, and went on to complete a Master's degree in Implant Dentistry at Warwick University, in 2011.
Two years later Dr Gutierres interrupted his professional activity and moved to Brazil, where he trained with some of the leading names in Implantology. He graduated from CETO and concluded the International Advanced Program in Implant Dentistry from APCD.
Nicole Vincent is our Practice manager. She qualified as a dental nurse in 1991. She worked with Dr Risoli in his previous surgery prior to joining him when he set up the practice back in 1996.