Smile Design Dental Practice are now the proud owners of a Velscope machine.

This allows us to detect areas in the mouth that may be cancerous; it can even detect pre-cancerous cells. This means that our examinations can be more thorough and we will be able to detect anomalies in the mouth sooner.

Smile Design Dental Practice in Wendover is looking for a model with a difference. It needs someone who doesn’t like their teeth and would benefit from a complete smile makeover worth in excess of £10,000.

Their chosen model will feature in a new book written by Dr Komal Suri and in the dental practice’s publicity material, depicting before, during and after images.

The model will undergo a complete smile makeover with porcelain veneers and whitening and be photographed with sets of slightly different veneers to depict how the shape of teeth can alter a person’s smile.

But at the end of the process they will get a perfect set of pearly white, beautiful and long-lasting veneers which are made specially for their shape of mouth and face…and they’ll take part in a glamorous photo-shoot with images they can then use in a portfolio.

Dr Komal Suri, who is considered one of the leading cosmetic dental surgeons in the country and lectures worldwide on cosmetic dentistry techniques, is sure there will be someone in the county for whom this will be the chance of a lifetime.

“Maybe there’s someone who has always wanted to be a model, but whose appearance is marred by crooked, overcrowded or simply the wrong shaped teeth for their face; possibly there’s a bride who would love to have a smile makeover before her big day; or just someone who is self-conscious about their teeth and would love to change them, but can’t afford to.

If you would like to be considered for the role, please send a headshot of you smiling to: Model Search; Smile Design Dental Practice, 33 High Street, Wendover, Bucks HP22 6DU. Please include your contact information and a brief (no more than 50 words) explanation of why you would like to be chosen.

A small number of applicants will be invited to visit the practice for Dr Suri to check if their teeth are suitable for the proposed work.

Dr Komal Suri of Smile Design Dental Practice has been short-listed for the South East Dentist of The Year award in the prestigious Dentistry Awards 2008.

Dr Suri, who at 33 is one of the youngest ever contenders for the award, has built up her seven year old practice to be one of the major cosmetic dentistry clinics in the south east through her dedication to continuous training with some of the world’s leading dental surgeons in Europe and the UK.

The main focus of her work at Smile Design Dental Practice, in Wendover, Buckinghamshire is complex restorative and aesthetic dentistry.

So highly is she regarded on the international dental scene that she lectures nationally and internationally in restorative and aesthetic dentistry and is a senior instructor for the Aesthetic Advantage Continuum at Guys Dental Hospital, London, where she instructs other dentists in the procedures involved in carrying out treatment with porcelain laminate veneers.

Now in their third successful year The Dentistry Awards, launched by Dentistry Magazine, were created to recognise outstanding individuals who have an active interest in continuing professional development and staying at the top of the dental profession.

The winners will be announced at a black-tie event on December 12th hosted by Olympic gold medallist Kriss Akabussi.