Meet the Belfast team

Ian Crutchley - Principal dentist/Clinical director

BDS, MFGDP, DRDP, GDC No: 62643

Ian qualified from Queen's University Belfast in 1987 after which he continued his further education by gaining a Diploma from the Royal College of Surgeons, his MFGDP (Member of the Faculty of General Dental Practice) in 1996. Further to that he went on to gain his Diploma in Restorative Dentistry from the University of London in 2007. This Diploma was in the field of Implants, and Ian places and restores all the implants in the practice.

Ian started out his dental career as an associate in Downpatrick in 1989 before becoming the practice principal shortly thereafter. He then joined forces with Mark Lindsay in 1993 to start Downe in the Mouth Dental Surgery, and over the last 21 years the practice has grown considerable in size with a loyal patient list. Recently Ian became the sole principal dentist of the practice and continues to bring a high standard of quality dentistry that our patients have grown to expect from an award-winning practice.

In January 2012 Ian began a new course to further his orthodontic skills. This course is a three-year Mini-Residency being given by world-renowned specialist orthodontist Dr. Derek Mahony. Ian has committed to an intense 3 year course, involving a minimum of four 3-day courses each year, regular examinations, case presentations, assignments, and at the end of the course he hopes to gain a further qualification in this field.

In his spare time Ian enjoys nothing more than having friends over for dinner and cooking for them. Some of Ian's patients have even been invited to his home for dinner, as many become friends, not just patients. One of the highlights of the last few years for him was spending a day cooking at Raymond Blanc's restaurant 'Le Manoir aux Quat Saisons' and he often comments that if he hadn't taken up dentistry he would have loved to have been a chef.

Jan - Practice Manager

Jan started her career in dentistry many years ago qualifying as a dental nurse, she worked hard and soon gained the position of practice manager. Jan has been expertly looking after us since 2005. Jan has a wealth of experience in dentistry and creates a warm, welcoming environment for existing and new patients alike.

When Jan is not busy sorting us all out she is a very keen gardener and has aspirations of becoming self-sufficient, starting off with some chickens.