Diane Rochford

Diane began her career in dentistry as a dental nurse before qualifying as a dental hygienist at Guy’s Hospital, London in March 1996, before joining Dr Linda Greenwalls team in September 1996 where she continues to work as an extended duties dental hygienist, utilising her clinical skills in all areas of dental hygiene, including tooth whitening.

Since 2008, Diane has been teaching with Dr Greenwall on her tooth whitening courses in the UK and overseas, before teaching her own specifically for dental hygienists and dental therapists in 2010, she has also written and published articles for various publications including Dental Health and in 2016, completed the BSc (Hons) degree course in Dental Studies for Dental Care Professionals at University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN).

A BSDHT (formally BDHA) member since qualifying, Diane has held the position of elected council member, before being elected as the North West Regional group representative on council and served on the executive committee in 2016, she is also part of the societies educational group and has presented at many regional group study days. Diane was elected as President-Elect at the AGM in November 2018 and began her 2 year term serving as President in November 2020.