{"id":2645,"date":"2025-07-14T04:35:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T04:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2645"},"modified":"2025-07-14T04:35:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T04:35:35","slug":"momentous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/momentous\/","title":{"rendered":"Momentous"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space-collapse: collapse; color: initial;\">It\u2019s been a momentous couple of weeks \u2013 as many reading this will know, I made the decision to hang up the gloves and drill and step back from the clinical side of dentistry for health reasons.<\/span><p style=\"margin: 0cm; min-height: 1lh; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: collapse; font-size: medium; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><em>The response I\u2019ve had from patients has been phenomenal, and I\u2019m really grateful for their understanding \u2013 I\u2019ll still be very much involved here at Brightside, and I look forward to continuing to push the practice forward and keep improving our service in every way I can.<\/em><\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0cm; min-height: 1lh; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: collapse; font-size: medium; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0cm; min-height: 1lh; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: collapse; font-size: medium; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Of course, it wouldn\u2019t have been possible for me to do this without a truly amazing team behind me, and today I want to celebrate a couple of fantastic achievements from Team Brightside that are well worth shining a light on:<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0cm; min-height: 1lh; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: collapse; font-size: medium; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 16px;\">Starting with the wonderful Dr Minal Shah, we are proud to announce that she has officially completed her sedation training.<\/span><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-08-at-15.48.16.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"733\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-08-at-15.48.16-733x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-08-at-15.48.16-733x1024.jpeg 733w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-08-at-15.48.16-215x300.jpeg 215w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-08-at-15.48.16-768x1072.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-08-at-15.48.16-1100x1536.jpeg 1100w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-08-at-15.48.16.jpeg 1179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a major achievement that enhances the care we can offer to our patients, particularly those with dental anxiety. Minal has worked hard to develop new skills to help patients feel more at ease \u2014 a true reflection of the Brightside approach. Well done, Minal!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Second up, huge congratulations to Maria, one of our amazing dental nurses, who is celebrating 4 years with us! Maria brings positivity, professionalism and compassion to her role every single day. Thank you, Maria, for your loyalty and hard work. We are lucky to have you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PHOTO-2025-06-23-14-00-36.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PHOTO-2025-06-23-14-00-36-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PHOTO-2025-06-23-14-00-36-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PHOTO-2025-06-23-14-00-36-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PHOTO-2025-06-23-14-00-36-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PHOTO-2025-06-23-14-00-36.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As the saying goes, \u2018team work makes the dream work\u2019, and I\u2019ve experienced this firsthand \u2013 if you\u2019ve also experienced something worth shouting about from our team, we would be so grateful if you left us a review:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/g.page\/r\/CY7TjDl2zImjEBM\/review\">Leave a Google Review here.<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Your feedback means a lot to us and helps others discover the Brightside experience too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speak soon,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ketan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been a momentous couple of weeks \u2013 as many reading this will know, I made the decision to hang up the gloves and drill and step back from the clinical side of dentistry for health reasons. The response I\u2019ve had from patients has been phenomenal, and I\u2019m really grateful for their understanding \u2013 I\u2019ll &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/momentous\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Momentous<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2649,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}