CAROLINE SMITH RDH BANT

Caroline is a Dental Hygienist/Therapist living and working in the North East of England. She qualified from Newcastle Dental School with a Diploma in Hygiene and Therapy in 2009 and then gained her BSc in Dental Sciences at the University of Central Lancashire in 2015. Since qualifying, she has worked in both the NHS and private settings, and also as a clinical tutor at the University of Teesside.

With an inquisitive mind in the quest to understand more about the human body in relation to dental disease, she is currently working towards an MSc in Nutritional Science and practice. This will allow her to look at the individual and implement lifestyle medicine to reduce inflammatory factors which contribute to dental and overall health issues. As part of this whole body health, she has trained in the area of Myofunctional Therapy, Buteyko Breathing, Massage Therapy and Dental Acupuncture. She currently runs her Myofunctional Therapy clinic from an integrated Chiropractor’s clinic in Gateshead and her passion is to connect with as many like-minded practitioners in her area, to work as a team to help our patients improve function and overall health.