Meet the team
Malcolm founded the practice in 1985 with his wife, Bridget. Although most of his time is spent at Mount Wise, he spends part of his week in a rural private practice, as well as working in the Orthodontic Department of Derriford Hospital as a Clinical Assistant.
Malcolm’s interest in Orthodontics means that we are able to offer this type of treatment to some of our patients.
Since 1993 Malcolm has been a Vocational Trainer, meaning that he supervises recently-graduated dentists during their postgraduate year. He links part of this training with the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery at Derriford Hospital.
In November 2007 Malcolm visited a village in Malawi where he helped to install a dental surgery with help from the charity ‘Dentaid’. To learn more about this trip, please visit the Medic Malawi website.
Malcolm is involved in Dental politics, representing his local colleagues on the Local Dental Committee, and regularly attending their national conference. He also has strong links with Plymouth PCT and has been on many advisory committees, helping to plan dental care for the Plymouth area.
Away from Dentistry, Malcolm is a qualified Basketball referee, and supports both Plymouth Marjon Cannons and Plymouth Raiders teams.
Since opening the practice with Malcolm in 1985 Bridget has combined working part-time with bringing up their three sons.
Bridget works at the practice part time, and is our ‘domicilliary’ dentist, meaning that she can visit patients who are unable to get to the practice. She is not able to carry out the full range of treatment that is available at the practice, but can often help to make a patients mouth more comfortable whilst they are house-bound.
Since 2001 Bridget has been running the Plymouth Dental Vocational Training scheme, and does some teaching at the Peninsula Dental School. In 2007 she gained her Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education.
Bridget is currently the treasurer of the Plymouth section of the British Dental Association, and was its first female chairman in 1996-97.
Away from Dentistry Bridget keeps four chickens and loves cooking. Each August she takes part in a young people’s camp, where she leads a team catering for up to 100 people for a week, which she says is great fun!!
Andrew graduate with Honours from Cardiff Dental hospital. Since joining Mount Wise in August last year, Andrew has taken a particular interest in smoking cessation. He attended a recent open day with our nurse, Lindsey, taking with him a display on the harm that smoking can cause.
In August Andrew will continue his postgraduate training by taking up a post at Derriford Hospital. Patients who are referred to Derriford from Mount Wise may well meet up with him there!
In his spare time Andrew takes a serious interest in the progress of the Welsh rugby team, and can often be heard humming their anthem in his surgery……
Jinit qualified from King’s College Hospital in London in July 2007. He is renowned for his ‘goatee’ which is an example of his manual dexterity!!
He is especially good with young children, and is always pleased to provide good quality care with a smile. Jinit also helps with our care of patients in some of the local nursing homes, where his particular interest in denture care has been extremely useful.
Since his arrival in Devonport, Jinit has quickly got to grips with some of our local delicacies…..mainly ‘Jaws’ chips.
With his many and varied talents, Jinit has an extremely promising future ahead.
As well as being a qualified Dental nurse, Pam takes care of the day-to-day management of the practice. She is responsible for making sure we keep up-to-date with changes in various regulations from fire prevention to age discrimination!!
Pam’s range of knowledge and experience in Dentistry is immense. Before working at Mount Wise Pam worked in several dental and medical practices, from Harley Street in London through the Midlands to the nearby South Hams.
As a treat for us all, Pam prepares lunch for our monthly staff meetings, which are a very popular event.
Dental Nurses
All our nurses are also experienced in the administrative aspects of your appointment - they are always the first person you will meet when you arrive in the practice. Please mention any concerns you may have as they are always happy to help.
Mrs Candice Lawrence RDN OHE Senior Nurse
Candice has been nursing for over thirteen years, and is also a qualified Oral Health Educator. She assists with the training of Student Nurses from the University of Plymouth, and is quick to remind them that life is not ALL work!
Candice regularly graces the slopes of St Moritz, and thanks to her ski-ing expertise, she has yet to return with a limb in plaster.
Lindsey Bright RDN
Lindsey is a qualified Dental Nurse, and our interior design queen! She enjoys picking up a paintbrush and adding a splash of colour (although thankfully not to our patients!)
Lindsey also assists with caring for our domiciliary patients, and is hoping to gain her Oral Health Educator qualification in the near future.
Claire Gillbard RDN
Claire is a qualified Dental Nurse, and a whizz with our practice stock control. Like Lindsey, she helps us with our domiciliary service, and plans to gain her Oral Health Educator qualification.
At weekends Claire can often be heard cheering on our local basketball teams.
Becky Smith-Wightman
Becky is our trainee Dental Nurse. She joined the practice in May 2007 and is currently studying to gain her qualification in Dental nursing.She hopes to pass her examinations in May 2009.
Becky is our practice first-aider, and loves to practice her skills, given even half a chance!!
Rachel Evans
Rachel is a trainee dental nurse who is currently on a two-year course at Plymouth University. She is with us for eight months, gaining practical experience.
As well as dental skills, we also hope to teach her the finer points of baking banana cake before she leaves us - she has already mastered chocolate cake quite nicely!!!