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Dr Simon Stern

Specialist in Periodontics

As a registered Specialist Periodontist, Dr Stern provides exceptional personalised care for all treatments related to the gums and dental implants. This includes treatment for gum disease, bone grafting, recession treatment and both implant placement and repair.

His extensive Specialist training at King’s College London, ranked as one of the world’s best institutions for Periodontology, includes the latest techniques for diagnosing, preventing and treating periodontal disease, as well as cosmetic periodontal procedures.

Meet the Specialist

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Samantha Henly

RDH, FdSc Oral Health Science - Advanced Dental Hygienist

Sam is an Advanced Hygienist who has been working with Dr Stern for over 6 years. Sam has a wealth of experience looking after patients with complex Periodontal and implant needs. The outstanding care and excellent results the Perio Centre team provide mean that Sam builds up long-lasting relationships with many of her patients!

Seeing Sam is a unique hygiene visit – patients regularly report they have never had an experience like it before.

Sam first started in Dentistry at the age of just 16 in her home county of Somerset; within a few days, she knew it was a love affair that would last forever.

Sam relishes a challenge, so she moved to working in the Community Dental Service and got to treat a variety of patients. This ranged from prisoners to end of life care patients, nursery children to domiciliary care, general anaesthesia to extremely vulnerable and nervous patients (even those who needed her to see them in the car park)! It provided her with broad experience treating a variety of complex cases and made her fall in love with dentistry even more.

Sam qualified with Distinction from the University of Essex and soon discovered her passion of treating more severe cases of periodontal disease alongside Simon. Furthering her education is of utmost importance to Sam – she has since completed many post-graduation courses in the Hygiene field and is GBT qualified which makes her skills and experience a rarity.

In her personal time, Sam and her partner Philip have a beautiful cocker spaniel called Rudi. He is their pet child and they enjoy taking him on muddy weekend walks – he even climbed Scafell Pike with them!

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Fran Kochane

PA and Practice Manager

Fran is Dr Stern’s right hand (and left hand) woman. Her outstanding care and professionalism is key to the smooth running of the practice.

Additionally, as all of our patients will attest, Fran is a great communicator and a pleasure to deal with. If there is anything you need from Dr Stern or the practice – Fran is the go-to!

When Fran is not at The Perio Centre she is often found working just as hard in the gym, at an art exhibition or travelling somewhere exotic.

Let us give you something to smile about.