RESTORE32 - Key Persons


Catherine Buckingham

Job Titles:
  • Nurse

Jette Holbrook

Job Titles:
  • Dentist
  • Chairman of the British Society for Occlusal Studies
Jette is currently Chair of the British Society for Occlusal Studies (BSOS) and a director of the American Equilibration Society (AES), which she has been a member of since 1997 . She is an instructor teaching other dentists about bite disease. She has a long standing special interest in helping patients with facial pain and bite problems and continues to learn while attending meetings in Chicago on a bi-annual basis and Oro-facial pain clinics in the UK.

Joanne Kent

Job Titles:
  • Nurse

Karen Charlston

Job Titles:
  • Nurse

Melissa Atkinson

Job Titles:
  • Nurse

Pauline Smith

Job Titles:
  • Nurse
  • Member of the Team Having Started With the Practice
Pauline is the longest serving member of the team having started with the Practice in 1996. She thoroughly enjoys her role as she has known many of the patients for a number of years now.

Poppy Lias

Job Titles:
  • Nurse
  • Trainee Dental Nurse
Poppy joined our team in 2023 and is an apprentice dental nurse.

Sharon Whitehead

Job Titles:
  • Manager
  • Practice As Manager
Sharon joined the Practice as Manager in November 2010. With a background in Customer Service, Human Resources and Project Management, Sharon is on hand to support both the team and the patients to ensure that the best possible patient care is provided at all times. Outside work, Sharon enjoys spending time with her husband Matt and son Ewan. When she gets the chance, she also likes photography and walking the coastal paths near her home. Her real passion is for travel, whenever the opportunity arises. Sharon can be contacted on the surgery number 01904 641167 on a Monday, Thursday and Friday.

Shash Bhakta

Job Titles:
  • Dentist
Shash divides his working week between the practice in York and the Leeds Dental Institute, where he works as a NHS Consultant in Restorative Dentistry. He provides a wide range of specialist services in house and accepts referrals from local dentists.

Smriti Bhakta

Job Titles:
  • Dentist