St Faith Dental Practice

Gerry Van Deventer BChD ( Stellenbosch ), MSc in Oral Surgery ( UCLan ) MSc in Implant Dentistry ( UCLan)

Oral and Implant Surgeon GDC No. 74200

After qualifying in 1997 Gerry worked in general dental practise in Cape Town South Africa before moving to the UK in 1998.
In the UK he worked in General practise and sedation both on the NHS and Privately

Gerry gained his dental degree at Stellenbosch in South Africa. In 2008 he accepted an offer to study for an MSc in Oral Surgery at the University of Central Lancashire.

He followed this with an MSc in implant dentistry also at the Universiity of Central Lancashire. He then completed multiple further implant courses in Bern Switzerland, Zurich, Geneva and many more.

Gerry believes strongly in continuous education and regularly attends courses to keep his knowledge updated. He is a member of British Association of Oral Surgeons (BAOS) and the ITI (International team of Implantology).

He is also a mentor for dentist on the MSc pathway in implant dentistry. They have their practical training at St Faith as one of the approved training centres and Gerry is the trainer.

Gerry’s practise is limited to Implant dentistry and oral surgery.

Why choose
St Faith Dental Clinic

One of the leading dental practices in East Grinstead and West Sussex.

Unfortunately NHS Commissioning standards have changed

We are now obliged to carry out all NHS treatment on under 12’s using inhalation sedation only.

This limits the types of treatment that we may be able to carry out on NHS contract, and regrettably we cannot guarantee that we will be able to complete all of the treatment you have been referred for.

We remain compliant with National ‘IACSD’ sedation guidelines which allow us the clinical freedom to use -where necessary -alternative ‘advanced’ sedation techniques on a non- NHS (private) basis.

If it looks like treatment will not be successful under ‘basic’ sedation, the options will be to refer you onward to Community Dental Service or Hospital (where facilities allow) or back to your own dentist for the treatment to be attempted under local anasethetic, or to discuss re-referral on a private basis.

We wish to make clear that this situation is purely as a result of NHS commissioning and completely beyond our control, but assure you of our best efforts in continuing to provide high standards in NHS treatment where possible.