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19 October 2011

Why I embarked on orthodontic treatment despite having straight teeth.

I count myself as having been pretty lucky health wise. I have little time off sick, have had no fillings for years, take no regular medication except coffee and wine and cycle to work every day. There were however some underlying worries, a bit heavier than I would like, frequent wakeful periods at night, headaches, regular colds and neck pain. Much of this I attributed to my job and lifestyle and accepted it as part of inevitable “middle age”. (Cont...)

19 September 2011

Philosophy that founded Granta Dental

Granta Dental started in 1990 based on a desire to provide really good quality dentistry that would last. No new idea but I hoped to prove that taking time and dedicated practice to  deliver perfect fillings  would mean that the teeth that I worked on would last a lifetime.  Treatments were often lengthy or required several appointments and patience was required. Over a period of time I developed a regular following of patients who kept coming back for check ups and I noticed some curious trends. Some of my best work broke quite soon after it was done. Other seemingly identical fillings lasted perfectly. More surprisingly some fillings that had been placed in less ideal circumstances; when there was pain or an anxious person found it difficult to lie in the dental chair for long periods, perfomed better. (Cont....)