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ENNISKILLEN DENTAL TEAM TAKE TOP UK AWARD

Belmore Dental Clinic, Enniskillen, has achieved outstanding success at the recent National Dentistry Awards, winning the overall best UK dental team.

On the night, held at the Athena  Convention Centre, Leicester, the Clinic’s Rory McEnhill picked up the award for Best Young Dentist NI with the practice also taking the Northern Ireland Team of Year.

On accepting the top UK award, Practice principal, Sinead McEnhill, said,” these awards are a wonderful reward for all the hard work and effort that has been undertaken over the years. The practice has an unyielding commitment to providing high quality dentistry and maintaining clinical excellence. All team members strive to develop and extend their skills to allow our patients to receive the most up to date dentistry, and provide it in the most stress free and caring manner; client care is our priority

“It is a massive achievement for a team in Northern Ireland to gain such an accolade and it is especially satisfying to know that we  are being recognised by our peers for excellence in dentistry. This elevates Belmore Dental Clinic into the pantheon of high quality UK award winning establishments.  I am also very proud for Rory to have been recognised for his active interest in staying at the top of the profession.”

2010 has been a monumental year for the practice. Whilst also busy with daily workload, the team undertook a hugely successful programme of charitable events, raising £55,000 for Horizon’s West Children’s hospice and Children’s Heartbeat . Four of the team also ran the Paris marathon on the charities’ behalf.

AWARD FOR LOCAL DENTAL PRACTICE  

The staff of Belmore Dental Studio, owned by Sinead McEnhill, has recently won the coveted British Dental Association Good Practice Award. The first practice in Fermanagh to do so, this   prestigious award recognises all round excellence in quality of care for their patients.

Sinead said that the dental team had been working hard for a year to comply with the 97 requirements of the scheme. 'It has been quite a lot of hard work, but everyone has found it worthwhile and we really do feel that we have improved our service to patients. We involve all our patients in their treatment from the start, and every effort is made to ensure a pleasurable experience in a comfortable and welcoming environment.'

A patient of the practice, Siobhan Maguire, said she has been going to the practice for a no. of years and always found the service to be   excellent.

It's nice that the practice can show they provide a good service and that the BDA has recognised their efforts.

RECENT GRADUATION

Sinead McEnhill, the principal dentist at Belmore Dental Studio, recently graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons   England with a Diploma in Implant Dentistry. Sinead was 1 of 3 out of 30 candidates who   passed   the final exam. In addition she was the first female in the UK and Ireland to gain this qualification.

She explained ' I got a huge amount of personal satisfaction from gaining the diploma, but I couldn't have done it without the support of my family. I was in London one weekend out of every month for a number of years, so there   was a lot of additional pressure.

Sinead has since taken up the position of course tutor on the Royal College Implant Diploma Course.