10Dental

10Dental, a dental practice on the edge of Southport town centre

10Dental describes itself as a modern, state-of-the-art practice equipped with current technology. It sits just outside the town centre of Southport, in Merseyside, and presents itself as a practice built around preventive care: helping patients understand how to keep the mouth free of decay and gum disease rather than limiting treatment to repair. The practice states that most treatments carry a 20% discount for its registered patients.

General and preventive dentistry

The treatment list covers general dentistry, preventive dentistry, a dental hygiene service and gum health. Appointments are organised in two separate channels, one for patients on the 10Dental plan and one for non-plan patients, and the practice also advertises an emergency dentist service and 0% finance.

Cosmetic treatments and smile makeovers

Under the cosmetic heading the practice lists teeth whitening, porcelain veneers, cosmetic bridges, cosmetic crowns, composite bonding and facial aesthetics. Smile makeovers combine whitening, implants, invisible braces, veneers and crown and bridgework. Orthodontics is offered through Six Month Smiles, and the team also treats children, provides dental sedation and addresses snoring.

Implants and restorative work

Dental implants are presented as the solution to missing teeth. The principal dentist's research background is linked in the practice's own account to the management and restoration of complex implant cases, and one of the clinicians focuses on implantology, from single teeth to full-arch rehabilitations and immediate same-day implants, with experience across several major implant systems.

The clinical team

The practice publishes the qualifications and General Dental Council (GDC) registration numbers of its clinicians.

• Dr David Garmory, principal dentist (BDS, MJDF RCS Eng, MSc in Restorative & Cosmetic Dentistry, GDC 63641), qualified from the University of Liverpool in 1988, joined the practice in 1989 as an associate and became a partner three years later. He spent six years as a Vocational Trainer and completed his MSc in 2010. He has held an Honorary Clinical Tutor position in Periodontics at the University of Liverpool Dental Hospital, a Visiting Lecturer position at UCLan in Preston, and is associate clinical tutor at Warwick University; he is a member of the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry.
• Dr K Varma (BDS, MJDF RCS Eng, MSc Implantology, GDC 113646) qualified from Manchester University in 2007 and completed further training in intravenous sedation for nervous patients. He has trained at Harvard and Tufts Universities in Boston and at The Kois Centre in Seattle, and is a member of the Association of Dental Implantology, the International Team for Implantology and the Society for the Advancement of Anaesthesia in Dentistry.
• Dr Sagar Masani (BDS Lond, MFDS RCPS Glasg, GDC 211463) qualified from King's College London and is a certified provider of Inman Aligner and Invisalign.
• Dr Emily Fitzsimons (GDC 284811).
• Dr Sean Dunne (BDS) qualified from Newcastle University in 2019 and is working towards a Postgraduate Diploma in Endodontology.

The hygiene team comprises Gemma Langford (RDH, DipDH, GDC 103586), who qualified from the Liverpool School of Dental Hygiene in 2006 and works full time providing non-surgical periodontal therapy and maintenance; Clare Brown (RDH, DipDT, GDC 194157), a dual-qualified hygienist and therapist who studied at Sheffield University, qualified in 2010 and joined the practice in January 2011; and Miss Johanna Moore (BSc OHS, DipDH, DipDT), who qualified from Manchester University in 2014 and returned to the practice after previously working there as a dental nurse.

The 10Dental Care Plan

The practice runs its own membership scheme, the 10 Dental Care Plans, presented as a way to make treatment affordable without compromising care. The stated aims of its continuing-care approach include fewer fillings, less decay, less likelihood of toothache, more attractive teeth, more choice and reduced costs, with the goal of helping patients keep their own teeth for life.