Meet The Team

 All of our staff adhere to the rules governing the profession. Information about professional regulation can be found at http://www.gdc-uk.org/

Each Dentist, Hygienist, Therapist and Nurse is registered with the General Dental Council.

Hugh Tyrrell

Principal Dentist
BDS (University of London) LDS RCS (Eng)

GDC No: 53873

Hugh Tyrrell qualified in London, before moving to Shropshire, to work in Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth. He then spent 8 years serving as an Army Dental Officer in places as diverse as Belize, Saudi Arabia and Germany. He moved to Dawley Dental Practice in 1993, and has guided it’s expansion and modernisation over the years.
He specialises in oral surgery, cosmetic dentistry and replacement of missing teeth using implants. For over 15 years he has been a trainer on the NHS vocational training scheme mentoring newly qualified dentists in their first year.

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Heiko Capper

General Dental Practitioner
BDS (University of London) LDS RCS (Eng)

GDC No: 46650

Heiko Capper trained at Guys Hospital and graduated in 1972. There he remained for another year working in Oral Medicine and Immunology before taking on a position for two years as a general dentist in American Military Hospitals. Thereafter he was commissioned into the Royal Army Dental Corps serving for 17 years in many locations that included Hong Kong, Brunei, Nepal, Belize, Germany and Northern Ireland. He was given early retirement in 1994 whereupon he joined Dawley Dental Practice.

His particular interests have been in the provision of quality crown and bridgework.

Now in semi retirement, currently works 1 day per week.

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Richard Williams

General Dental Practitioner
BDS (Birmingham University)

GDC No: 78099

Richard qualified from Birmingham University in 2000 after which he completed a year of foundation training here at Dawley and has worked here as an associate dentist ever since. Richard is now a foundation dentist trainer. Richard enjoys all aspects of dentistry but particularly root canal treatment and cosmetic dentistry including Six Month Smiles® short term orthodontic treatment for which he attended a further training course. Although Richard does not place implants, he is able to restore them and works closely with an implantologist in Shrewsbury. Outside of dentistry, Richard is married with two children and enjoys playing/watching football, running, golfing and sailing.

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Natalie Walker

General Dental Practitioner
BDS (Birmingham University)

GDC No: 85558

Natalie graduated from Birmingham University in 2005 and went on to work in dental practices in London and Wolverhampton before joining Dawley in 2007. Natalie particularly enjoys cosmetic dentistry work including Six Month Smiles ®. Natalie also offers facial rejuvenation treatments and started her BOTOX® training in 2010 at the Bob Khanna Training institute, Reading. She then completed further courses in BOTOX® and facial fillers with Midlands Smile Aesthetics Centres 2012/13.

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Sarah Collins

General Dental Practitioner
BDS (Newcastle University)

GDC No: 66557

Sarah graduated from the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne in 1991. She joined Dawley in 2011 after a 20 year career in the RAF dental branch. She has a special interest in Six Month Smiles® and enjoys all aspects of general dentistry. In Sarah’s spare time she enjoys spending time with her young family and is a member of the Military Wives Choir.

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Jenny Braim

Dental Hygienist
RDH Dip DHE (RSH)

GDC No: 2830

Jenny qualified as a Dental Hygienist at Birmingham Dental Hospital in 1984 and also has diplomas in Dental Health Education and Dental Radiography. She joined the practice in 1994 and is dedicated to all aspects of Dental Hygiene but especially the care and treatment of nervous patients. Jenny is married with three grown up children and 2 rescue greyhounds and enjoys teaching yoga and relaxation.

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Joanne Jarvis

Dental Hygienist
RDH

GDC No: 2450

Jo joined the Royal Air Force and qualified in 1980.
She has worked at Dawley since 1994 and likes the caring, family orientated ethos of the Practice.
She is still very keen and motivated, enjoying the support and help from the ‘team’.
Jo is very experienced with teeth whitening and enjoys seeing the results patients manage to achieve.
Jo likes keeping fit, reading and baking.

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Claire Overton

Dental Therapist
BSc

GDC No: 229032

Claire is a Dental Hygienist and Therapist who graduated from the University of Manchester Dental Hospital in 2012. She joined the team in Dawley on graduation and works on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Claire works under the prescription of a dentist to provide a variety of treatments. She has lots of experience working with children and nervous patients. Claire is married with a young family and enjoys socialising and travelling in her spare time.

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Deborah Ponter

Receptionist

Deborah joined the practice in 2010 as a receptionist. She previously worked as a civil servant for 29 years. She welcomes all of our patients with her friendly manner and strives to offer excellent patient care. Deborah is the Denplan Champion for the practice. She qualified in 2013 as a Swedish masseur level 3 VTCT. In her free time she enjoys spending time with her family, swimming, skiing, walking her dog Ruben and holidaying.

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Katie Millward

Dental Nurse / Receptionist

GDC No: 221995

Katie joined the practice in 2011 as a dental nurse and qualified that year. She has additional skills in applying fluoride, giving diet advice, oral health education and advanced impression taking. Katie is also the Six Month Smiles® Co-ordinator at the practice providing free consultations for patients. She now mainly works on reception alongside Zoe and Deb. In her spare time she enjoys visiting new places and socialising with her friends.

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Zoe Downing

Dental Nurse/ Receptionist

GDC No: 224779

Zoe joined the practice in 2011 as a trainee dental nurse and qualified in 2012. She has additional skills for applying fluoride, giving diet advice, oral health education and impression taking. She has two teenage daughters and in her spare time loves to bake lots of cakes, and spend time with her husband and children.

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Megan Scollan

Dental Nurse

GDC No: 233997

Megan joined the practice in 2011 and qualified in 2012, she has since gained additional skills in advanced impression taking. She loves her role as dental nurse and especially enjoys assisting in Six Month Smiles® treatment and helping nervous patients get through their treatments. Megan has danced from a young age and now runs her own street dance classes. She also enjoys travelling with her fiancé.

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Hari Braim

Dental Nurse

GDC No: 256281 

Hari joined the practice in 2013 as a trainee dental nurse after she began nursing earlier in the year & qualified February 2015. She enjoys assisting with surgical procedures and helping put nervous patients at ease. In her spare time Hari writes her own beauty blog as well as running the Practice blog page, she is a keen musician and has travelled the world playing in various competitions and performances in venues such as Carnegie Hall in New York and The Royal Albert Hall in London.

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Sam Glaze

Dental Nurse

Sam joined the practice in 2012 as a trainee dental nurse & qualified April 2015. She enjoys assisting with all general dentistry but particularly Six Month Smiles®. In her spare time Sam enjoys socialising with her friends and spending time with her boyfriend and pet parrot. Sam had her teeth straightened with Six Month Smiles. If you want to see what brilliant results are possible, ask her and she will smile at you to show how nice her straight teeth look.

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Charity Holloway-Davies

Trainee Dental Nurse

Charity joined the practice in December 2014 as a trainee Dental Nurse. She is enjoying nursing with different dentists to gain a variety of knowledge.

Charity attends college every Friday & is preparing and working hard towards her exams.

Charity has 3 Siamese cats that she adores. In her spare time she enjoys socialising with friends and visiting London with her boyfriend.

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Jade Stracey

Dental Nurse

GDC No: 200326

Jade joined the practice in February 2015, she qualified in 2010. She has worked alongside a number of specialists since qualifying.

She has an interest in facial aesthetics & radiography. Jade is currently enrolled on a radiography course & an impressions taking course to further her skills as a dental nurse.

Jade relocated to Shropshire 2 years ago from Essex. She enjoys spending time with her husband & 2 pugs; Henry and Edmund.

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Rachel Tipton

Dental Nurse

GDC No: 236963 

Rachel joined the practice in March 2015, she qualified in 2012.

Rachel gains most satisfaction in her role by assisting to restore people’s smiles which help improve their self esteem. She also enjoys helping with facial aesthetics.

In her spare time she enjoys dancing, reading, cycling & spending quality time with friends and family.

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Our Qualified Dental Nurses, Katie, Zoe, Megan, Hari, Sam, Jade and Rachel have many years of experience, and professional education, and are all registered with the General Dental Council.

All of us have to complete considerable amounts of annual ongoing continuing professional development courses to maintain our registration. We are up to date and use our knowledge in our daily professional practice.