We would like to introduce ourselves:
DENTAL SURGEONS
Dr Ian Hallam MBE,BDS
Ian is the principal dental surgeon and owner of Meon Dental. His passion is creating beautiful smiles, providing perfect function of the occlusion and enhancing facial beauty using the latest non-surgical facial rejuvenation treatments.
Ian qualified at Birmingham University in 1971, and after working in general practices in Nottingham, Derby, and Havant, bought a multiple practice in Fareham, before establishing Meon Dental in 1988.
During his student days, Ian was selected for the Olympic Games as a racing cyclist and subsequently became a double Olympic medallist, World Championship medallist and triple Commonwealth Champion. He was awarded an MBE for services to sport in 1978. After retiring from cycle racing, Ian took up windsurfing and went on to finish 5th in the Windsurfing World championships.
Ian has a very understanding and caring approach to nervous patients and has been treating patients using sedation techniques for over 30 years.
He is a member of the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, the Association of Dental Implantology and the International Academy of Advanced Facial Aesthetics. Ian was the winner of the award for Facial Aesthetics at the prestigious 2011 Smile Awards.
Dr Hallam is a visiting clinical teacher in facial aesthetics for the MSc course in Aesthetics at Kings College London. He has had two case presentations published in Aesthetic Dentistry Today magazine.
Ian is married with one son who is working in the music industry in London, one step-son who also works in London, a daughter who is studying massage and beauty treatments, and a young daughter who is still at school.
Dr Nicola May BDS, BA Hons
Nicky qualified at Bristol Dental Hospital in 1989 and joined Meon Dental in 1990.
Nicky carries out all aspects of general dentistry and is particularly keen on prevention.
She has two children, a boy and a girl, who are both school age. She is a parent governor at a local junior school. When time allows, she plays the piano and is currently researching her family tree.
Dr Marta Demuth DMD (Boston)
Marta qualified from Boston University, USA and from Semmelweis University in Hungary. She is Canadian and Hungarian and practised dentistry in Bristol before moving to the South East.
Marta practices all aspects of general dentistry with ia special interest in Aesthetic Dentistry. Qualifying in the United States, she is very up to date with the latest techniques. She is a member of the American Dental Association and the British Dental Association.
Her hobbies include outdoor sports such as surfing and skiing and she enjoys keeping fit.
THE TEAM
Joanna Koussertari
Joanna is our practice manger, skin consultant and treatment co-ordinator at Meon Facial. She also works as a chairside surgery assistant for Dr Hallam and she has worked at the practice for 16 years and has a great deal of experience in putting patients at their ease. If you have any questions or concerns then Joanna will be able to answer them for you!
Joanna was recently awarded the 'Outstanding Individual of the Year 2010' title at the prestigious Private Dentistry Awards in Park Lane, London.
Sara Davies EDH, DIP, DHE, FETC - Hygienist
Sara qualified as a hygienist at Guys Hospital, London. She also gained a teaching certificate and diploma in Dental Health Education and lectured in Dental Health Education at South London College. She has worked as a hygienist in several practices and hospitals and, for a period, at the Bank of England!
Sara joined Meon Dental in 1999. She attends local and national meetings to keep up to date with the latest research and current guidelines and, with other colleagues, has formed a local study group. She is a member of the British Society of Dental Hygiene and Therapy.
Sara's philosophy as a hygienist is to establish a friendly but professional rapport with the patient and work with the dentist to provide the best treatment possible for each individual patient.
Sara is married to a consultant for the NHS. She has one son who is training to be a barrister and one daughter at university who is studying on an outward-bound leisure management course.
Rosie Cruickshank RDH - Hygienist
Rosie qualified as a dental hygienist in Edinburgh, worked for two and a half years in the Channel Islands before returning to her native Northern Ireland where she worked for seven and a half years. During that time she was the secretary of the Northern Ireland branch of the British Dental Hygienists and Therapists Association.
Rosie then moved to Buckinghamshire where she worked as a hygienist for six years before moving south to join the Meon Dental Centre.
She is trained to give local anaesthetics, which enable her to carry out thorough hygiene procedures in a completely painless way.
Rosie is married with two young girls.Helen Pickard RDH
Helen qualified as a hygienist at Bristol University in 1987, winning the Tutors Prize for best student.
She moved to Scotland with her husband and then to Wiltshire before settling in Hampshire in 1993.
She has worked with dentists specialising in Implants and Periodontics. She is qualified to give local anaesthetics, which enables her to provide thorough gum treatment in a painless way, even with nervous patients.
Helen is a member of the British Society of Hygiene and Therapy and keeps up to date with the latest techniques.
She is married with 2 teenage children.
