It’s been a while.
That’s most people
who walk in here.

1. 0 min

   You arrive

   Reception is a desk in the same room as the seating, not a hatch. Tell us your name. If you would rather wait outside and be texted when we are ready, say so — a lot of people do.

2. 5 min

   Paperwork

   One side of A4: medical history, medication, allergies. There is a box for “anything that makes dental treatment difficult for you”. It is worth filling in.

3. 15 min

   We look

   You sit down, the chair tilts back, and we count and check every tooth, your gums, your tongue and the soft tissue. Nothing is done to you at this stage. You can stop at any point by raising your left hand.

4. 35 min

   X-rays, if we need them

   Usually two small films to see between the back teeth. If you gag, tell us before we start — there are smaller sensors and there is a way to take the picture from outside your cheek.

5. 40 min

   We tell you what it costs before anything is booked. You can walk out.

   You get a written plan with a price against every item, in order of what is urgent and what can wait. Nothing is booked in that appointment unless you ask for it. Take it home. Ring us in a month, or in a year.

Three people, and that is all of us

You will see the same face each time

Dr Callum Rees

Principal dentist · GDC 118342

Callum qualified at Sheffield in 2004 and bought this practice from its retiring owner in 2016. He does most of the root canals and most of the surgical extractions, and he is the one who will tell you a tooth is not worth saving when three other people have quoted you for saving it. He grew up in Oldham, cycles in badly, and keeps a jar of the strange things he has removed from children, which he will show you if you ask.

Dr Amelia Chen

Dentist · GDC 264910

Amelia joined in 2021 from a mixed NHS practice in Stockport and does the bulk of our fillings, crowns and children’s appointments. She has a particular interest in treating people who have not been to a dentist in a long time, which is a polite way of saying she does not react to anything she finds. She reads crime novels and is unreasonably competitive at the pub quiz two doors down.

Nisha Patel

Dental hygienist · GDC 209117

Nisha has been a hygienist for eleven years, the last six here. She does the cleaning, the gum treatment and the part where somebody finally explains interdental brushes in a way that makes sense. She is direct about what is going wrong and specific about how to fix it, and she will not lecture you about flossing you were never going to do.