our practice

The Orchard House Dental Practice was first established in the 1960's by Dr Steven Jeffery and run single-handedly by him until his retirement in June 1998.

Since being purchased by Colette O'Sullivan, we have strived to maintain the welcoming atmosphere of a family orientated practice. There has been a steady increase in regular patients and the practice has a growing reputation that has been recognised within the Kent dental community.

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  awards and recognition

  The practice works hard to improve and develop the quality and service of it’s staff. This was recognised in July 2000 when the practice was awarded the full ‘Investor in People’ award.

  In December 2001, the Practice was recognised as fulfilling the criteria necessary to meet the British Dental Association (BDA) Good Practice award and has been re-evaluated as such each year since.

  At the start of 2008 we were accredited with Silver Status in recognition of our holding the Good Practice award since its inception. In December 2010 we got GOLD status. We are one of the first practices in Kent, or indeed in the UK, to achieve this.

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  the practice

  There is one ground floor and three upstairs surgeries at the practice. Those patients with mobility difficulties should inform the receptionist of this, as we have step free side door access.

  We can arrange home visits for certain treatments for housebound patients.

  When necessary patients are referred for Orthodontic work or for treatment requiring a general anaesthetic or sedation.

  We view ourselves as a family-orientated general dental practice. We see patients from a few months old to over 100.

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  Foundation Training

  At Orchard House we are proud to have met the high standards which are required to be a training practice. We have been selected over many years to be an accredited training practise for newley qualified dentists. This year we have been asked to have 2 Foundation Dentists.

  Our VDP Roll of Honour:
  1999-2000 Jag Jeer
  2001-2002 Tim Cochrane
  2002-2003 Richard Burnham
  2003-2004 Mandeep Ghuman
  2004-2005 Chris Tremain
  2006-2007 Natasha Mungrah
  2007-2008 Zaid Fahmi
  2008-2009 Rupak Prashar
  2009-2010 Maysa Hattab
  2010-2011 Rhona Eskander
  2011-2012 Jugal Soni
  2012-2013 Dailq Al-Haj
  2013-2014 Jacqueline O'Brien
  2014-2015 Jillian Spanjers
  2015-2016 Yara Aldabbagh
  2016-2017 Kim Lai
  2017-2018 Deshvir Nandra
  2018-2019 Rishi Boda
  2019-2020 Snehal and Farzana
  2020-2021 Nathan and Jen
  2021-2022 Brooke and Xueli