Meet our dental nurses

Joanne PearseGDC 134598 Senior Dental Nurse
Joanne has lived in Burgess Hill for most of her life. She attended Gattons, Southway and Oakmeeds before studying dental nursing at Worthing College. She has been dental nursing since 1984 and joined BHD in 2002. She holds National Certificates in both Dental Nursing and Conscious Sedation as well as a qualification in Impression Taking.
She is married to Vince and has a lovely Cavapoo called Ruby.
She enjoys exploring London, eating out and researching her family tree.

Sarah BryantGDC 116546 Dental Nurse
Sarah has been a dental nurse for over 20 years, with experience in general dentistry, orthodontics, implants, oral surgery and general anaesthetics and sedation. She joined us 2008, and now works with our hygiene team. Sarah is very good at putting people at ease, and helping encourage and motivate patients to find the best techniques, routines and tools to look after their gums and teeth. She has two wonderful children Jack and Jess. Outside of work Sarah enjoys socialising with friends and watching gory thrillers and tense drama on TV, and eating cake!

Lucy LongGDC 246688 Dental Nurse
Lucy joined us in January 2012 as a trainee dental nurse having previously worked in Boots running their photo lab. She has quickly become an invaluable and popular member of our team. We were delighted when Lucy then passed her National Diploma in Dental Nursing in the summer of 2013. Lucy works with the ‘upstairs’ dentists Dickon and Sally. Since joining us Lucy has had a gorgeous daughter Tilly and son Barney. In her spare time Lucy enjoys growing things at her allotment, watching horror movies and drama series and catching up with friends.

Lucy CoxGDC 253674 Dental Nurse
Lucy was born and bought up in Sussex and has been working as a dental nurse since 2009. Lucy joined us in 2016 and provides chair side support for the hygienists and Dickon. Lucy has a lovely daughter called Imogen and she enjoys cooking and trips to London and the Theatre, particularly Matilda!

Olivia Moxham GDC 297323 Dental Nurse
Olivia went to school at Oakmeeds in Burgess Hill and then on to college in Haywards Heath to do A levels. After finishing education Olivia worked as a supervisor at the Orion Cinema in town. She joined us in January 2019 and has proved herself to be an exceptionally quick learner and very kind and caring.  She gained her Dental Nursing qualification in 2020.  She works with Dickon and Sally and Louisa.

Philippa Tidy Trainee Dental Nurse

Philippa has joined us as a trainee dental nurse. Philippa lives in Burgess Hill; she is a keen runner and completed the 2021 Brighton marathon, having also completed the virtual event in 2020. Philippa previously worked at The Triangle in Burgess Hill so she may be a familiar face to some of you! Already proving to be a real asset to the team, Philippa is picking up very quickly the varied and detail orientated nature of the job. She has completed her formal training to become a fully qualified and registered Dental Nurse.