Get To Know The Team At Buttercup

Angela grew up in Glasgow and was a distinguished student at Glasgow University, graduating with honours in 2004 with the William Hunter Medal in Prosthodontics, the James Rankin Brownlie prize for Dental Surgery and the Lord Provost’s prize.

She did her training year in Exeter and returned to Glasgow to work in general practice and buy a practice with Gerwyn in Mount Florida, where she began working in 2011 before having their second child Holly, a sister to Layla. Angela always wanted to open a practice in the West End and loves the atmosphere and the people here.

Gerwyn grew up in Aberdare in the Welsh valleys and moved here in 1999 to study at Glasgow University, where he graduated in 2004 with commendation and the Charles Mills Donoghue prize for conservative dentistry. He’s worked in general dental practice in Glasgow since 2005.

Gerwyn is actually a nervous dental patient himself and says: “As a dentist going to work every day it’s easy to lose touch with your patients’ experience, but every time I had appointments with my wife Angela in our old practice I would suddenly become acutely aware of the medicated smell when I opened the door, the bleak waiting room and the clinical atmosphere. It put me on edge and reminded me of what it was like when I went to see the dentist as a kid – not a pleasant experience. Our goal with Buttercup is to provide an alternative to all that

Ryan was born and raised in the coastal town of Larne, Northern Ireland before moving to Scotland in 2009 to undertake his degree at Dundee Dental Hospital. In 2015, Ryan left Tayside behind to complete his vocational training in the North of Scotland in the scenic rural town of Forres. Having sampled rural living, Ryan decided to move back to civilisation and more importantly, take up his first general dental post at Buttercup 7 Day Dental in August 2016. Since then Ryan has thrived on providing the high quality and comprehensive dental service that Buttercup was built on and gets great pleasure in proving to his patients that pain free injections are not a myth!

In the future Ryan hopes to be able to provide his patients with dental implants and is currently studying in implant dentistry in his spare time. Ryan cites his enjoyment in the surgical aspects of general dentistry and a wish to be able to offer patients the best solution for any missing tooth for this part time vocation. A well-made dental implant will have the patient hard pushed to spot the differences between their previous missing tooth!

Away from dentistry, Ryan is a keen mountain runner and has represented Northern Ireland in the fells. He is also a long suffering Ulster Rugby fan and enjoys the odd pint of the black stuff and most things potato based as per the stereotype.

Anja grew up in Namibia before moving with her family to London. She studied in Dundee and graduated in 2014 with the Tayside Oncology award. During her time at university, Anja was President of the Dundee Dental Society, and spoke at events including the FGDP Scotland Study Day on fundraising for mouth cancer awareness.

Anja completed her training year in Edinburgh. She has since lived in the West End of Glasgow and feels that she has found a new home here.

Anja appreciates that every patient is an individual. She enjoys working at Buttercup as, unlike some other practices, enough time is afforded to each patient to really get to know them, and tailor treatment to their needs.

Anja has an interest in orthodontics and will embark on a post graduate diploma this year.