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Brynhyfryd Dental

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Your Award-Winning Dental Team (Best Team Wales - 2018)

Gareth Crowther

Principal Dentist & Managing Director

GDC registration: 177522

Stacey Edwards

Practice Manager

GDC registration: 136706

Ian Seddon

Morgan Muir


Implant Dentist

GDC registration: 64868


Morgan Muir

Natasha Dennis

Morgan Muir


Associate Dentist

GDC registration: 302598


Gemma Savage

Natasha Dennis

Natasha Dennis


Dental Hygienist 

GDC registration: 280486

Natasha Dennis

Natasha Dennis

Natasha Dennis

Dental Hygienist

GDC registration: 6741

Niamh Timothy

Jamie-Lee Woodward

Niamh Timothy

Trainee Dental Nurse

Naomi Carey

Jamie-Lee Woodward

Niamh Timothy

Trainee Dental Nurse

Jamie-Lee Woodward

Jamie-Lee Woodward

Jamie-Lee Woodward

Trainee Dental Nurse

Gareth Crowther

Born in Abergavenny and growing up first in New Inn and then in Cwmbran, Gareth qualified as Bachelor of Dental Surgery from Cardiff University Dental School in 2009. After Vocational Training in Rhiwbina, Cardiff, he attained his Certificate of General Professional Training comprising working first as a Senior House Officer in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery  at Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil, then as a Community Dental Officer in the Merthyr, Rhondda and Ogwr Valleys. Following this Gareth began work in General Dental Practice Bridgend and Barry, later moving to Barry full time. During these years Gareth attained a Postgraduate Diploma in Conscious Sedation in Dentistry from Cardiff University in 2015 and completed the Foundation in Implant Dentistry Certificate from Straumann and the International Team for Implantology in 2016. On 1st November 2017 Gareth completed purchase of the Brynhyfryd Dental Practice following a short period working here as a locum.


Whilst working in Merthyr Tydfil Gareth met his now wife Hannah, a Learning Disability Nurse, and having married in December 2015 at Cyfarthfa Castle in Merthyr, they live in Swansea with their two daughters and their dog.  


Professionally Gareth is Dental Phobia Certified and a member of the Denplan Future Leaders steering group which involves advising Government policy through the production of white papers and networking at Westminster with cross-party MPs and other leaders in UK dentistry. His interests are conscious sedation, dental implants, cosmetic dentistry, tooth whitening,  short-duration aesthetic orthodontics for adults and facial rejuvenation treatments. Gareth is co-chair of the Independent Dental Association Wales for 2021-2023 having previously served as secretary in the organisation. He is also an international conference speaker which has included co-chairing the first day of the Rome Dental Conference and Expo in December 2018 and heading to Osaka, Japan in September 2019 to speak at the Global Experts Meet on Holistic, Alternative and Traditional of Dentistry and Medicine.

Stacey Edwards

Our Practice Manager Stacey started as a dental nurse over 20 years ago. She then went onto develop her knowledge through futher training to become theatre lead at Parkway clinic.

Her professional, loyal and thorough attitude to work is exceptional and we are so grateful to have her on our team.

Stacey loves spending time with her family and going on holidays abroad or in her campervan, and also socialising with friends.


Ian Seddon

 Ian graduated from the University of Manchester Dental School in 1989 and worked hard to build a successful dental practice in Monmouthsire as well as tirelessly undertaking further training and gaining experience in the fields of oral surgery and dental implants. For many years he has limited his practice to the provision of dental implants and has since sold on his practice to concentrate purely on the provision of dental implants at trusted partner practices on a peripatetic basis around South Wales and the South West of England.

Morgan Muir

  Morgan qualified from the University of Plymouth in 2022, and since then has worked in a variety of settings including general practice, special care dentistry and the hospital in Dental Core Training posts. She currently works both in general practice and within the hospital setting, and loves what she does. Morgan grew up in Northern Ireland, then spent 7 years in Devon at university and working, before finally settling in South Wales with her partner. She is passionate about helping patients feel comfortable whilst providing quality dental treatment, with the goal of healthy and confident smiles for all ages. Outside of work, you may find her running, swimming in the sea, trying to learn Welsh, or planning her next travelling adventure. 

Gemma Savage

 Gemma started her career in dentistry in 2016 as a trainee dental nurse. Since then she has qualified as a dental hygienist in 2021 at Portsmouth university and has since qualified in dental therapy at the university of Essex, Gemma's future is so bright with all the new skills she is learning, she's professional, kind and outgoing, she has a lovely little son and daughter with her husband, she loves her dogs and still manages to find the time to run miles each week.

Natasha Dennis

 Natasha started in dentistry age 16 as a trainee dental nurse but her desire to continually increase her skills and abilities meant that eventually she would undertake training as a hygienist, qaulifying from Cardiff University in 2004. Natasha loves nothing more than getting stuck into plaque and calculus and is passionat about oral health education to ensure her clients have the knowledge and skills to keep their gums and teeth as healthy as possible. Natasha is also excellent with anxious and nervous people and is extremely gentle and caring ensuring that in her time with us she has become a firm favourite of our clients. Outside of the practice Natahs has a husband, 2 teenage children and a dog with whom she loves spending time especially going on holidays.

Niamh Timothy

Niamh has been nursing for just over 2 years and is working towards getting her level 3 diploma in dental nursing.

Niamh loves to see patients happy and enjoys having a chat with them when they come to Brynhyfryd dental, always making patients feel welcomed with her warming and caring nature.

Niamh loves to take her dog out walking, spending time with family and friends and also loves going abroad on holiday in her spare time.

Naomi Carey

Naomi has just started her career as a trainee dental nurse in 2023 and has taken to it like a duck to water. Coming from working in the care sector she already has patient skills, She is kind and caring and is now passionate about learning all aspects of dentistry. Naomi enjoys socialising and going on holiday with family and friends.

Jamie-Lee Woodward

  Jamie-Lee started with us December 2023 as a brand new trainee dental nurse. Jamie-Lee is very hardworking and enjoys getting to know all our lovely patients at brynhyfryd dental. Her favourite procedure to assist our Dentists with is fillings as they can be different every time. Outside of work she married her long-tem partner Joe in October 2025 and is a busy mum to her two daughters and enjoys spending her spare time with family and friends.

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