Dental practitioners celebrate anniversaries with a retrospective look at the workplace

Kirsty West, a dental nurse, from Holt, left school to start work at the Holt Dental Practice 20 years ago and credits her long-term career at the practice to ongoing innovation, a flexible working ethos, and more recently, a major change in the approach to dental treatments that Kirsty feels is a game-changer not just for the team, but more importantly for their patients.

Kirsty said, “Today, the focus is on minimally invasive dentistry and prevention over cure, providing an improved patient experience. At our practice, we offer most dental treatments in-house, including tooth implants, crowns, and root canal treatment, whereas 20 years ago we would have needed to refer our patients to a specialist practice.