Category Archives: News

Pearls of Wisdom win £25 for West Norfolk charity

Charity News….. Our Priory Dental quiz team, ‘Pearls of Wisdom’, won £25 in the Downham Market Lions Club Mega Quiz on Friday evening. There were some really tough opponents, but we managed to achieve joint third place! The prize money will be donated to ‘Red Wellies’ which is a local charity, based in West Norfolk,

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National Smile Month – 15th May to 15th June 2017

A healthy smile can be a great asset.  Not only can it benefit us socially and help us in other things such as our careers and relationships, but it also has many more practical benefits. Our teeth have such an important role to play in our lives.  They help us chew and digest food, they

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Gung-Ho Norwich 5k – Saturday 16th September 2017

For this year’s fundraising event the Priory Dental Care team are going ‘Gung-Ho!‘, on Saturday 16th September, in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society. Gung-Ho! is a 5km giant inflatable obstacle course, featuring gigantic ball pits, a 5,000 square foot inflatable moon walk and the 200ft long “Thriller”, which is the biggest inflatable slide in Europe…. arghhh!!

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Are you ready to quit? No Smoking Day – 8 March 2017

Are you ready to quit? At Priory Dental Care we want to help our patients improve their oral health. The annual ‘No Smoking Day’ campaign, encourages hundreds of thousands of smokers to make a quit attempt on No Smoking Day. The damage that smoking can cause to our heart and lungs is well known. However,

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Why we love books – World Book Day

As a parent, it’s up to you to teach and help your children the importance of taking care of their teeth, but for many parents, this is an ongoing challenge! There are a plethora of books available to help you reinforce nearly every dental topic. From the importance of brushing and flossing daily, what to do

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Charity News… Bake-A-Wish Event a Great Success!!

The Priory Dental Care team are delighted to announce that our ‘Bake-A-Wish‘ event held on 14th February 2017 was a great success! The practice team, along with their families and friends, baked up a fabulous assortment of cakes, biscuits and other goodies for the event…  the waiting room had never smelled so delicious! We had a steady

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Please support us for Make-A-Wish on Tuesday 14th February 2017

The Priory Dental Care team are delighted to announce that we will be holding a ‘Bake-A-Wish‘ event on Tuesday 14th February 2017, to raise valuable funds for the children’s charity Make-A-Wish UK . The team will be rolling up their sleeves, donning their aprons and baking their little hearts out, to bring you an array of baked

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Priory Dental Care Fundraising News 2016

Thanks to your help in 2016 we raised a grand total of £971.61 (plus gift aid) for charity! In May our Priory Dental Care quiz team (aka ‘Pearls of Wisdom’) won 2nd place in the Downham Market Lions Club Mega Quiz, donating the £100 prize money to Magpas Air Ambulance.  To read more about Magpas, please visit www.magpas.org.uk In

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Mouth Cancer Action Month – November 2016

Most people have heard of cancer affecting parts of the body such as the lungs or breasts. However, cancer can also occur in the mouth, where the disease can affect the lips, tongue, cheeks and throat. Anyone can be affected by mouth cancer, whether they have their own teeth or not and, in the last

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Priory Dental Care welcomes new dentist Ms Sona Bavisha BDS, MJDF RCS Eng

We are delighted to welcome Ms Sona Bavisha BDS, MJDF RCS Eng (GDC No. 193424), who has joined the practice to take over the care of Miss Rebecca Shephard’s patients.  As well as looking after our existing patients, Sona will be very happy to welcome new patients to the practice also. Sona qualified from King’s College, London with a

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