Arnica Dental Care

BDS FDSRCS

Dr. Eleanor Ledger (Ellie) qualified from Cardiff University in 1991 and spent her early career working in hospital dentistry, gaining a Fellowship in Dental Surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1994.Ellie gained valuable maxillofacial surgery experience working in the casualty department of Cheltenham General Hospital. She is now a registered specialist in surgical dentistry and regularly accepts referrals from other dentists for complex dental procedures.Ellie has specialised in treating nervous and anxious patients and is qualified to administer various sedation techniques including intravenous anaesthesia.Ellie also specialises in placing and restoring implants, having completed a year-long multisystem dental implantology course at Trafford General Hospital in Manchester over 8 years ago. Ellie is proud to place and restore implants herself, from simple single-tooth replacements to large bridges and complete mouth implant rehabilitations Ellie keeps up to date by attending several courses a year and is a member of the Association of Dental Implantology UK.

BDSDr. Leah Adams qualified from Birmingham University in 1997 and since then has gained broad-based experience working in hospital, general practice and community dentistry, and joined the team at Arnica Dental Care in 2007.Leah is committed to continuing her professional development and has just completed a Diploma in Conscious Sedation at Cardiff University and is continuing to study for a Master’s Degree in Dental Sedation. She has also completed postgraduate training in Advanced Restorative Dentistry as well as Sedation and Anxiety Control at Bristol University.Leah is a clinical lecturer in Conscious Sedation at Cardiff Dental School, teaching sedation to undergraduate dental students and post graduates on the diploma and MSc courses as well as lecturing on the Dental Sedation Nurses Course.Leah also keeps up to date by attending regular courses in all aspects of dentistry. Prior to joining Arnica Dental Care in 2007, Leah spent five years specialising in treating nervous and anxious adults and children, so she is very well placed to help nervous, anxious patients feel relaxed and comfortable.Like the rest of the team Leah is committed to providing the best possible treatment available to patients and will only recommend treatment that is absolutely necessary.Leah lives in Cheltenham with her husband and two children.

After qualifying from the University of Glasgow in 2002, Dr Gillian Kemp joined the Royal Naval Dental Service as a Dental Officer. During a Naval career spanning more than 12 years, she worked in different-sized practices, aboard ships and was deployed overseas twice, including a 6-month operational tour to Afghanistan. To continue her professional development, Gillian has most recently completed training in pain and anxiety control as well as mouth cancer awareness and periodontal updates. She is a member of the British Dental Association and the Society for the Advancement of Anaesthesia in Dentistry. As a mentor she has prepared junior dental nurses in preparation for the National Certificate of Dental Nursing examination.