Malvern dentist Karen Sutton is used to emergency dental problems coming through her surgery door, but it must have been something of a shock to find out that American pop stars The Osmond’s were sitting in her waiting room after arriving early for an appointment. Wife of lead singer Merrill Osmond developed a problem with one of her teeth and the bands tour manager rang Beacon DentalCare to see if there was a slot available on short notice; the family group were in Malvern to perform at the Malvern Theatre later that night.
In under an hour Mary Osmond was referred for treatment, and the staff had nothing but good things to say about the singer and his wife, dental nurse Denise Purlow said they were ‘really lovely and down to earth’ and she described how Merrill chatted to the staff for a little while in the waiting room, adding that ‘[Merrill] even asked me to explain the rules of cricket to him while his wife was being treated.’
The family were so pleased with their visit to the clinic that they presented four free tickets to the team; Dr Sutton couldn’t believe her luck when Merrill Osmond pointed to her in the audience and told everyone that she was his dentist. ‘I can’t believe I got the chance to hug a living legend, simply by helping someone in trouble with their teeth,’ she added.