Meet The Team

Reg qualified at King’s College Hospital, London, in 2001. In 2002 he worked in the restorative dentistry department at Birmingham Dental School for one year and after this he moved to Dorset and has worked in general practice until the present day.
Reg has a special interest in dental implants and completed a Master’s Degree in Dental Implantology from Bristol University in 2018. He now receives referrals from local colleagues.

Graham qualified from University of Birmingham in 1988. He worked for a number of years in the West Midlands, moving down to Dorset in 1996.
He has extensive experience in all aspects of dental care, owning and running several practices in
Bournemouth and Poole.
His main interests are General Dentistry, Invisalign Orthodontics and Aesthetic Dentistry.
In home life Graham has 4 children and has interests in circuit racing, camping and having fun on the water.

Andy qualified from Birmingham University in 1990 and spent the following year completing vocational training on the Trent scheme based at the Queen’s medical centre in Nottingham. After spending some years as an associate, he returned to Birmingham Dental School to work on the Oral Medicine clinics and the final year student clinics as a demonstrator.

He bought his own practice in Swanage in 1997 and owned it for 18 years before selling it in 2015 and starting work at Southampton General hospital in the oral surgery department. He now spends his time trying to balance three careers as a General Dental Practitioner specialising in taking teeth out, his work at the hospital and as a Cycling tour guide leader in Mallorca.

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As a Denplan lecturer in the recent past his main areas of lecturing interest lay in the early detection of head and neck cancer.

Andy is married with two grown up children. He is often found riding one of his bikes.

Teresa acquired Westbourne Dental Surgery in 2012 and ran the practice single-handedly until she was joined by Reg and Lido as partners in 2020. She graduated from university of Birmingham in 1989.  After university, she worked in continuously in a group family practice in the West Midlands for 12 years before moving to Poole in 2004. She enjoys all aspects of general practice including cosmetic treatment and orthodontic corrective treatment with aligners

She is particularly passionate about helping nervous patients to overcome their fears and become confident, regular, attenders.

Teresa is married with 3 grown up children and enjoys a variety of hobbies including running, spending quality time with her family and walking her cockapoo, Maya!

Lido qualified from University of Birmingham in 1988. After a period in the West Midlands which included some Orthodontic Training at The Corbett Hospital, he moved to Dorset in 1994.
He has extensive experience in all aspects of dental care, previously running several practices in Bournemouth and Poole. He joined Teresa in Westbourne in 2019 and together with Reg has seen the practice modernise to its current form.

His main interests are General Dentistry and Orthodontics.
Outside of Dentistry Lido has 4 grown up children and can be seen in the sea early mornings or dinghy racing from Parkstone Yacht Club throughout the year.

This is Harriette, one of our wonderful hygiene therapists. 

Harriette graduated from the University of Portsmouth in 2017. Since graduation Harriette has worked in various locations, including the Caribbean where the weather is considerably better, but the offer of a job in the wonderful Westbourne Dental Surgery, alongside the fabulous team, was too good to turn down and back to Westbourne she came. 

Harriette is a woman of many hobbies, including a regular attender of the park run. However, more recently scenic, wholesome walks along the Purbecks and extravagant cooking is taking up much of her spare time indeed.

Born and raised in Singapore, Hong Yee came over to the UK to study Dentistry in King’s College London and graduated recently in 2023. Hong Yee has since moved to Bournemouth to work as a Foundation Dentist and has a growing interest in Endodontics.

In her free time she likes going on long walks and short runs by the beach. She also enjoys watching animal videos.

Meet Kerrie one of Dental Hygienist/therapists who holds a BSc (Hons) in Dental Therapy and Hygiene from Plymouth University since 2020. Kerrie is a regular presence at our practice every Thursday, bringing a wealth of experience from her start in Dentists in 2012 as a Dental Nurse.

Known for her calm and caring approach, Kerrie is great at putting nervous patients at ease. She is passionate about oral hygiene education, and is dedicated to providing exceptional care for our valued patients.

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Outside of the dental world, Kerrie enjoys activities like the gym and reformer Pilates, In March 2023, she showcased her dedication by securing 2nd place in her first bodybuilding competition.

This is Vicky, one of our wonderful hygiene therapists.
Vicky first started with the team back in 2014 as a trainee dental nurse. In between then and now, Vicky has worked in Special care dentistry and pursued her ambition as a Dental Hygiene Therapist, where she qualified from the University of Portsmouth Dental Academy in 2021. She particularly enjoys treating and educating children on ways to help improve their Oral Health and prevent future disease.
Vicky loves living on the South Coast and recently got married by the sea in Ibiza, to husband Jake.
They both have a passion for health and fitness, and often compete together in competitions across the UK.