A comprehensive approach

Lydia in Cambodia.

When a dentist offers high quality restorative and cosmetic procedures, you might think their first consideration at a new patient appointment would be the aesthetics of the patient’s smile. But this would be a misplaced assumption in the case of Lydia Pink, a dentist in south east London for whom prevention is always the priority.       

Also high on her agenda of concerns are the teeth of street children in Cambodia where she goes annually to work in a clinic and for which she fund-raises for most of the year, involving her practice and her patients in supporting the trip.      

Her commitment to the charitable work and to her preventive approach were both recognised last year when she won the category of Best Young Dentist, London 2008 and then two months later Preventive Dentistry Practice of the Year Award.

Her entry for the award consisted of a portfolio in which she explained how she works at Sparkly Smile, formerly the Blackheath Village Dental Practice. Lydia, who has been qualified for four years, was attracted to the private practice in the first place by its emphasis on hygiene.