The Dental Centre

About Us

The Dental Centre is a local private dental practice based in both Rustington and Chichester. Our professional team provide high quality services.

Our friendly West Sussex based team consists of experienced clinical and administrative staff who are here to help you. As well as our routine dental examinations, dental hygiene and general dentistry, our specialist treatments include dental implants, periodontal treatment, oral surgery and Invisalign®.

New patients and Non registered Emergencies just £79.00! For a short time only* all new patient registrations and non registered emergency appointments are just £79.00. *14th November to 31st January 2026.

Our Team

Urusha Rayamajhi

Dental Therapist

Urusha originates from Nepal but has been living in the UK from a very young age where she completed her education. Urusha qualified from The University of Portsmouth in Dental Nursing in 2018 and worked around Hampshire as a Locum Dental Nurse. She continued her education and in 2022 qualified as a Dental Therapist also from The University of Portsmouth. Urusha aims to build rapport and trust with her patients.

Rosie Moore

Dental Therapist

GDC Number: 288542

Originally from a small seaside town in East Sussex, Rosie relocated to Portsmouth in 2021 to advance her career in dentistry. She has since graduated from the University of Portsmouth in 2024 with a First Class degree in Dental Hygiene, bringing over five years of experience in the dental field. She is especially passionate about working with dentally anxious and paediatric patients.

Charlotte Pick

Dental Nurse

Charlie has worked at The Dental Centre, Chichester, since she started her dental nursing journey in 2017. Qualifying in 2019, she was trained under our principal dentist Dr Cassandra and is looking to continue further training in the near future.

Tunde Palfi

Dental Nurse

National Diploma in Dental Nursing (2024)

Tunde was born in Hungary in 1996. She completed her A-Levels in 2015, specialising in Economics. Despite her proficiency in Maths, she always had a deep seated interest in Biology and the human body, and completed a degree in Nursing in 2019. During her studies, she worked in the Emergency Department and intensive care units.

Amy Wiltshire

Trainee Dental Nurse

Amy joined The Dental Centre in 2024 and is training to become a qualified dental nurse. Amy loves to care

Dr Jakobus Krynauw

Co-Owner and Co-Director, Periodontist

BChd (Pret), Dip Oral Surg (Pret), MClinD (KCL), RCS MPerio (ENG)

Dr Kray is an energetic and motivated Dentist with a special interest in Periodontology (Gum Disease), Oral Surgery and Dental Implants. Dr Kray completed his dental degree with honours in Periodontology at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. Subsequently he completed a Diploma in Oral Surgery also at his alma mater. He has recently completed his final year of specialist training at Kings College London, where his duties included teaching and specialist hospital care for Periodontal and implant patients. Bedside manner with this clinician is radically different to anyone you are likely to encounter, with a background in phobic patients.

Dr Kassandra Pantazi

Co-Owner & Co-Director, Dentist

Bachelor’s degree in Dentistry (University of Pretoria, 2013)

Kassandra completed her Bachelor’s degree in Dentistry at the University of Pretoria, South Africa in 2013. She then embarked on a career into cosmetic private dentistry for a few years before moving to the UK in 2016. Her time in the UK has been spent in London and Chichester mainly, where she calls home. Dr Kassandra Pantazi has completed numerous orthodontic and clear aligner courses including her being an Invisalign provider. She has a great passion for cosmetic dentistry.

Dr Roshnee Patel

Dentist

Roshnee qualified from King’s College London in 2013. After completing her training in London, she relocated to Portsmouth and worked as part of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery team at Queen Alexandra Hospital, before moving back to general practice in 2017. She is passionate about making the patient experience as comfortable as possible and has a particular interest in working with anxious patients.

Dr Paula Segura Suarez

Dentist

Dr Paula graduated in San Pablo CEU University in Madrid, Spain. She is a confident dentist who can help patients with a wide range of problems. When asked what she enjoys most about dentistry, she said “being able to give patients their smile back. I really love seeing patients have that confidence boost to reveal their smile again as a result of effective dental treatment.”

Dr Kapilan Ragunathan

Dentist

BDS University of Plymouth – GDC 264842

Dr Kapilan Ragunathan qualified from the renowned Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry. Prior to embarking on his journey to become a Dentist, he completed a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Pharmacology. He enjoys carrying out general dentistry and cosmetic dentistry. In addition, Dr Kapilan Ragunathan is very passionate about treating nervous and anxious patients.

Dr Gustavo Barbosa

Dentist

BDS Sao Paulo – GDC 249645

Dr Gustavo Barbosa is experienced in general dentistry and is also qualified in dental implants and minor surgery. He started his dentistry career by working for his family practice in Brazil and has since worked in Portugal as a Clinical Director before moving to the UK. Patient care is the most important thing to Dr Gustavo Barbosa.

Dr Amy Silvester

Dentist

GDC Number: 283971

Amy qualified from the University of Leeds Dental School in 2019. Having always been an extremely anxious dental patient, she started her career in dentistry with a vision to change her patients’ perception of dentistry; working to get as many of my patients as possible to be able to come without hesitation, and ideally to enjoy their experience!

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Urusha Rayamajhi

Rosie Moore

Charlotte Pick

Tunde Palfi

Amy Wiltshire

Dr Jakobus Krynauw

Dr Kassandra Pantazi

Dr Roshnee Patel

Dr Paula Segura Suarez

Dr Kapilan Ragunathan

Dr Gustavo Barbosa

Dr Amy Silvester

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