Our Team
Steve King - Co-owner and Senior Technician
Steve began work as a dental technician at Exeter Dental Laboratory in 1969. From 1977 to 1980 he worked as a technician in Germany before returning to Britain to work at Broughton Tyrrell in Newbury, eventually managing their chrome department. In 1990 he left to set up and manage a subsidiary chrome business - Exclusive Chrome - for Precision Dental Studio in Thatcham. In 2002, he moved to East Devon to set up his own laboratory.
Steve was added to the National Joint Council voluntary register of technicians in 1985, and was transferred to the D.T.A. voluntary register when it was established. He was registered with the General Dental Council in November 2006.
Janet King - Co-owner and Administrator
Janet does the real work: she has a background in banking and accounts, and is an accomplished dressmaker. She is the business administrator, receptionist, cleaner, filing clerk and general factotum.
Richard King - Technician
Richard is a graduate of the University of Exeter, where he took joint honours in History and Archaeology. Having begun his apprenticeship in 2003, in 2007 he received a Higher National Certificate in Dental Technology from the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff. He joined the General Dental Council's register of technicians in January 2008.
David King - Trainee Technician, Administrator and Website Manager
David is a graduate of the University of Kent at Canterbury and the University of Nottingham, and holds degrees in History and Viking and Anglo-Saxon Studies, together with a post-graduate diploma in Computer Science. In 2007, he began an FDSc in Dental Technology at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff. David programmed and continues to maintain this website, and is responsible for Creative Chrome's written communications.
Toby - Company Mascot
Toby is a two-year-old collie cross, whose job is to make Steve and Janet take regular walks. He joined Creative Chrome in 2006, making him the laboratory's youngest recruit to date. Before Toby the company dog was Max, an alsatian cross who died in January 2006, aged twelve and a half.
