Raquel Azevedo e Silva

Raquel is a friendly General Dental Practitioner with over 20 years experience in family and general dentistry. After graduating from Lisbon University in 2002, she worked in Portugal and trained in the USA before settling in Cambridge in 2005.

Raquel is known for her calm, gentle approach and takes time to really listen to her patients, especially children and anyone feeling anxious. Focusing on minimally invasive and evidence based dentistry, she is confident with a wide range of routine and advanced dental procedures, including ClearCorrect aligners, composite bonding, tooth whitening and Botulinum toxin treatments.

Raquel enjoys working closely with her team and building great rapport with patients from all backgrounds. She is fluent in Portuguese and Spanish.Raquel stays active in the profession through clinical research and currently serves as secretary for the Cambridge section of the British Dental Association. She holds a PgCert in Dental Education and has supervised students at UCLan university and mentored dentists in clinical practice.

Outside dentistry, she loves family time, rowing on the River Cam, and tending to her allotment.