A Shrewsbury dental practice and its staff have once more gained special accreditation for excellent patient care, and quality standards in dentistry. 

The accreditation was awarded to The Dental Spa on Oxon Business Park after the practice and its dentists were inspected by an external assessor as part of the Denplan Excel Accreditation Programme. 

Explaining what was involved in the assessment procedure, Deb Price, Practice Manager at The Dental Spa which is the central hub for Velvet Group, said: "A Denplan assessor spent a whole day at the practice checking our policies, procedures, cross-infection control, staff training records, and dentists' own personal training. Everything connected to patient care and best practice was assessed against strict criteria and, as well as the practice being assessed, each dentist was also assessed, separately."

For Dr Thomas Norlin DDS Odont Lic, Clinical Director at The Dental Spa, and Dr Emma Preston BDS the assessment was nothing new, but it was a first time experience for Dr Emily Wright BDS who joined the Dental Spa in 2009 from the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital where she was Senior House Officer in the Maxillofacial Department.  Emily was delighted when she passed with flying colours.