Meet the Team

Sara Taylor

Practice Director

Sara oversees all of the practices in the group to ensure they are delivering the quality services our patients expect. She works with each of the practice managers in their day to day roles of practice management.

Sara is also a fully qualified dental nurse and can sometimes been seen covering for staff absence in the surgery, nursing or on the reception welcoming patients to the practice. Sara firmly believes that all team members should be willing to ‘roll up their sleeves and do whatever is necessary to ensure we provide a continuous quality service to our patients’.

At home Sara is also busy with her twin sons who are in their first year of university and looking after her horse, dog and cats!!

Sarah Thomas

Practice Supervisor – GDC: 253035

Sarah Joined Expressions dental care in 2012 at our sister practice in Ripley.

Sarah completed her National in dental nursing in 2014. Sarah joined the Derby practice in 2019 and you will find Sarah mainly working on reception or in the surgeries.

In her spare time Sarah enjoys spending time with her daughter and with her horses.

Gemma Beswick

Treatment Co-ordinator – GDC: 148552

Gemma is our Patient Care Co-ordinator and qualified dental nurse. She joined the team in 2005.
She has completed numerous additional courses to ensure her work is of the highest standard.

Out of work Gemma enjoys spending time with her family and walking her new puppy!

Dr Christos Koumlelis DDS Msc

Dentist – GDC: 260315

After qualifying in Greece in 2006 at Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki Dental Faculty, Chris continued on to qualify in Surgical Implantology in 2015.

Prior to joining the practice Chris worked as an Associate dentist in Glasgow.

Dr Avi Patel

Dentist – GDC: 264876

Avi enjoys providing a wide breadth of dental services, treating patients in a caring and calm manner to ensure a relaxed environment within the surgery.

Dr Chris Ikunnah

Dentist – GDC: 285240

Dr Chris Ikunnah gained his BDS from the University of Manchester.

Chris has extensive experience in General and Cosmetic Dentistry and is passionate about providing high-quality & long-lasting Dentistry to our wonderful patients.

Outside of work Chris likes to play tennis, football and cook for his friends and family.

Anita Kedziorek

Hygiene Therapist – GDC: 190334

Anita joined Osmaston Road Dental Practice in February 2014. Anita works three days at the practice treating and maintaining patients oral hygiene. Anita graduated in her Diploma in Dental Hygiene in Poland in 2012.

Anita’s main interest is treating and maintaining periodontal disease and educating patients on oral hygiene routine to be carried out at home.

Anita in her spare time likes spending time with her family and friends, watching a good movie or reading a book, cooking and the theatre.