Dear ≪ odonto +≫ prospective member.

By registering our newly formed association ≪ odonto.fr ≫ with the French Consular services in London, we wished to give it the international dimension which it claims and deserves in the medical and dental fields.

This project sprung from the association of a few outstanding dental and surgical practitioners wishing to maintain their practice at the highest level . In the past, they all have demonstrated a unique professional competence and their French background can be felt through a burning desire to surpass themselves. For those whose trainings do not include an American experience, the same standards of excellence which are taught in the USA have imparted them this urge to abide by those professional values which are required if one wants to progress and attain perfection in dentistry. Let us not forget that in America a big white smile is just as important when you say hello as is a warm shake of hands in France to say "bonjour". No wonder they are so concerned with quality dentistry because teeth are just as important to eat as they are to communicate. The presence of an ≪ odonto.fr ≫ team on the British soil today is highly significant of their strong incentive to materialize the professional ideal they are pursuing.

Dentistry has undergone dramatic changes within the past 30 years (implants, bone grafts, ceramic materials, adult orthodontics, microscope dentistry, etc). Most of the very demanding private sector dental patients have greatly benefited from those advances. Odonto.fr is comprised of practitioners who all have received post-graduate qualifications in specialized fields either in the UK or wherever excellence in dentistry is a tradition.

A great number of French expatriates have told us into starting a quality structure that would appeal to the French community and where they would find the same spirit as was emanating from the old family practice that they were used to. In addition to this feature , ≪ odonto.fr ≫ will allow them to access the whole range of specialists in dentistry they might need.

In fact, the idea of addressing the French in particular was found too restrictive as several of us also have an American qualification, speak several languages and routinely deal with expatriates from all over the world ( North America, Japan, Italy, Arabic countries, Iran, Russia). This is why we decided to go to a more internationally-oriented structure with a new website at http://www.odonto.co.uk. Wherever you come from, the odonto staff will do their best to adjust to your specific needs, care for you as would your home dentists but also top it up with a touch of French flair and American experience.

You will find enclosed a description of the privileges you may get in trusting our team. Accessing a high quality multi-lingual dental practice thanks to a reasonable fee schedule is certainly not an opportunity to be missed out.

I look forward to seeing you in London or in Paris,

Faithfully yours,

Dr. Jean-Jacques Dupuis

President of ≪ odonto.fr ≫