An Isle of Man dentist has been awarded a top honour from her peers.
Amanda Wood of Abbey Dental in Ballasalla has been named the 2009 best oral health professional honour at this year’s Private Dentistry Awards.
Ms Wood received the honour of being chosen the Outstanding Individual of the Year.
Boss Dr Mark Hepworth said she had been the “lynchpin” of the surgery and noted her time management and dedication to charity were “amazing”.
Abbey Dental also featured in the shortlist for the UK’s Best New Dental Practice at the awards.
Elsewhere, the British Dental Association recently awarded Lane Ends Dental Practice in Preston, Lancashire with the BDA Good Practice award – the first surgery in Preston to receive the accolade.
The emergency dentistry practice was praised for providing “an exceptional” level of care to patients, with resident dentists Dr Kaviani and Dr Tehranian holding in excess of 2,500 hours of combined training in advanced implantology and cosmetic dentistry between them.