EMMA LENG  GDC No 101290

Dental Therapist

Emma qualified in 2005 at the Eastman Dental Hospital

As an experienced dental therapist, Emma’s expertise is routine dental fillings on adult and childrens’ teeth. This in addition to the full range of hygiene services and oral health education. Emma  focuses on white fillings aesthetic dentistry and tooth whitening.

Outside work, Emma is settled locally with her young family and pet guinea pigs.

VAIDA KAUNAITE

Hygiene | GDC No. 286103

Dental Hygiene Therapist

Vaida began her career in dentistry as a dental nurse in 2018 and a year later achieved the NEBDN National Diploma in Dental Nursing. Over the past five years, she gained invaluable experience nursing at multiple NHS, private and specialist dental practices in Wiltshire, Hampshire, Surrey and West Wessex.

Eager to expand her horizons, Vaida pursued a BSc (Hons) in Dental Hygiene & Dental Therapy at the University of Portsmouth in 2020. During her years at the university, she gained proficiency in various dental procedures, including hygiene services, routine adult and children fillings, dental check-ups, fissure sealants, whitening and paediatric treatments, such as baby teeth extractions and crowns. This dedication culminated in recent graduation with First Class Honours, where Vaida received the Graduation Award for the Best Research Project, scoring the highest mark in the year.

Vaida’s passion lies in patient-centredness, preventive care and oral health education. She actively engages with professional associations, such as BSDHT and BSP, and regularly attends webinars and courses to stay up-to-date in the ever-evolving dentistry. With a calm and gentle demeanour, she particularly enjoys treating anxious and paediatric patients.

Outside of dentistry, Vaida finds joy in socialising with friends and family, baking, travelling and going on long walks along the Southsea beach.

NIDA MALIK  GDC No 252239

Dental Therapist

Nida is a respected Hygiene Therapist, University lecturer, oral health researcher and a charity trustee.

The majority of Nida’s time is spent at VIDA working as a private Hygiene Therapist, closely supporting the VIDA dentists in providing exceptional dental care.

Therapists provide dental check-ups, hygiene services, and all routine fillings on adults and children. For children, establishing an easy rapport with therapists at a young age ensures the best oral hygiene habits are established early on, ready for independent self-care as children grow up. This happy and healthy introduction to dentistry provides a sound platform for all future dental health.

Expertise

Nida is a lecturer and clinical teacher at the University of Portsmouth Dental Academy, where she also undertakes research projects both locally and wider afield.

Nida holds the prestigious Masters in Research in Dental Public Health and recently presented her Masters thesis is Washington DC.

Charity Foundation

Nida is passionate about promoting health in all communities, including those who are unable to access routine or regular dental care.

With this in mind, Nida founded her own registered charity, Dental Adventures. Dental Adventures takes dental professionals from the UK to Nepal’s Everest region. Volunteers carry out free dental treatment for local villagers living in the Himalayas, followed by a trek up to Everest base camp. You can find more information about dental adventures on the @dental.adventures Instagram page.

Aside from work Nida loves to travel, hike, play the guitar and send time with her family and friends.

ANNA WAHLBERG

Hygiene | GDC No. 249198

Dental Hygiene Therapist

Anna has qualified as a Dental Hygienist and Dental Therapist from the University of Portsmouth in 2021. She has over 11 years of chair side assistance experience in all aspects of dentistry ranging from general dentistry to specialist work, with patient care and dental anxiety being her forte. Anna has a special interest in oral hygiene education and is keen to share her knowledge with patients. She has additionally completed a tooth whitening course and a TMJ therapy course.

In her spare time, Anna enjoys being outdoors with her husband, their young baby and their dog. Keeping fit is an important part of Anna’s life as she used to compete in weight lifting where over time she has accumulated a vast amount of nutritional knowledge along with many lifestyle tips. Anna is originally from Latvia and is fluent in English and Russian languages.

SUMMER MORET

Hygiene | GDC No. 292681

Dental Hygiene Therapist

Summer graduated from the University of Portsmouth, achieving a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Dental Hygiene with a First-Class Degree.  Prior to becoming a Hygienist, she was a qualified Dental Nurse for  .  

Summer is highly committed to delivering patient-centred care and she strives to provide a personal experience to each patient.  She enjoys developing relationships with her patients and helping them achieve and maintain good oral hygiene. 

Outside of dentistry, she enjoys keeping fit, competes in Hyrox, long-distance running and daily walks with her dog Dusty and partner Ben.

DR DUAA TURANI | GDC No. 102551

Following her completion of Bachelor degree of science in dentistry in 2002, Duaa embarked on enhancing her skills in most aspects of dentistry to form a rounded-up knowledge and clinical experience. She undertook three years of training in Primary Dental Services, Community Dental Services and different secondary care sittings including Oral and Maxillofacial surgery, Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine Duaa worked under Restorative Dentistry speciality since 2009.

Upon completion of 5 years’ full-time training programme as a Specialty Registrar (StR) in Restorative dentistry from Eastman Dental Hospital in London, she was awarded Fellowship in the Specialty of Restorative Dentistry from the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh (FDS (Rest Dent) RCSEd). During her training at Eastman, she gained specialist level training in Prosthodontics, Endodontics and Periodontics to a high standard.

Academically, Duaa was awarded Membership in the Faculty of Dentistry from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (MFD RCSI) in 2004. She pursued two-year masters degree in Clinical Dentistry in Prosthodontics from Edinburgh University in 2015, MClinDent (prosthodontics), for which was awarded a distinction degree. She successfully obtained Membership in Prosthodontics from the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh (MPros RCSEd) in 2016 and Fellowship in the Specialty of Restorative Dentistry from the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh (FDS (Rest Dent) RCSEd) in 2022.

Duaa is currently working as a consultant in Restorative Dentistry at St Richard’s Hospital, where she leads restorative dentistry services and provides multidisciplinary care for patients, who have complex dental needs such as hypodontia, cleft lip and palate and head and neck cancer. She provides challenging oral rehabilitation to high priority groups to optimal standards. She currently teaches and trains dental core trainees (DCTs) and has a wide experience in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students and dentists. She published a number of articles in peer-reviewed journals and has presented her research projects in national and international conferences.

Duaa has a conservative, modern and comprehensive approach, where she strides to provide high standards of care with utmost diligent care and empathy, which sets her at a distinguished level.

Her main interests are implant, cosmetic dentistry and periodontics as she enjoys transforming her patients’ smiles to confident ones.

When she is not working, Duaa enjoys reading, swimming and cycling besides spending quality time with her family.