Triple crown

The achievement marks a first for Derbyshire and comes as a reward for a series of ground-breaking schemes introduced at the practice.

Principal dentist Bhupinder Dawett, 41, who took over the business with his wife, Claire, in December, 2000, said, ‘We’re delighted to win the awards. We’re very keen on promoting dental health and prevention and these successes both will help us to do that. I used to work in a predominantly private practice and when we moved to Alfreton I wanted to get those standards and qualities and bring them here.

‘The Dental Practice was extensively modernised and new innovative equipment was installed.  This has enabled us to greatly enhance our prevention methods. We started saliva testing which helps to identify risks and to improve patient care. From the test results we are able to give more tailored preventive advice to a patient.’

For help in interpreting the test results Bhupinder, who lives with his wife and two young children in Nottingham, linked up with consultant Prof Chris Deery from the University of Sheffield, School of Dentistry, and Paul Leighton and Holly Blake from the University of Nottingham.