England's Deputy Chief Dental Officer, Dr Serbjit Kaur, opened a new Dental Skills Centre at Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in March.

The state-of-the-art facility in the postgraduate centre will provide a high quality training environment available to all those studying dentistry across the Thames Valley.

Funded by the Thames Valley and Wessex Dental School, now part of Health Education Thames Valley, it will provide hands-on training opportunities for dental foundation trainees during their postgraduate training programme. It will also be used by other dental professions including dental nurses and therapists.

Helen Falcon, Postgraduate Dental Dean for Health Education Thames Valley, said: 'This fabulous facility is the culmination of a lot of hard work and real teamwork. With no dental teaching hospitals in the region, we have had to develop different sorts of facilities to allow trainees and clinicians to refine and develop their skills. This centre will benefit all dental professionals in the area.'