Larkhall Dental Rooms - Little Dental Co.

OUR VISION Larkhall Dental Rooms - Little Dental Co. - Dental Clinic in Bath, always wanted to create a dental practice where you will feel comfortable enough to come and relax. Safe in the knowledge that you and your family will be receiving the highest quality, forward-thinking, dental treatment available. Where you’d feel confident and reassure that you’re in safe hands. Where you’d be listened to. All the team are pretty fixated about getting the little things done right for you. Some might say we are obsessive. They know us well. Our mission is to exceed your expectations by providing one to one, superior dental care to your community: • We are passionate about improving the oral health of our patients. • We strive to achieve a healthy, functional and attractive smile for all of our patients within a caring and compassionate environment. • We are committed to staying at the top of our field in disease prevention, as well as conservative and Minimally Invasive techniques. Our goal is to build a long term relationship with you and enable you to be part of our exclusive family at the Little Dental Co. And in doing so, create a dental home for your child. OUR ETHOS It has been a longstanding belief of mine that, in the past and still to a degree today, people’s teeth were overfilled. Decay was left too long ‘under review’. Coupled with this, the preparation of the teeth was not done with the preservation of tooth tissue in mind, which resulted in larger fillings. In turn, these larger fillings put more strain on the remaining tooth structure and lead to cracks forming and eventual fracture or nerve damage to the teeth. The new genre of dentistry which I believe in is called ‘Minimally Invasive Dentistry'. The goal of minimally invasive dentistry, or micro dentistry, is to conserve healthy tooth structure. It focuses on prevention, remineralization, and minimal dental intervention. Also, I am coining the phrase ‘The Little Dentist’ from one of my favourite books- ‘The Little Prince” by Antoine De Saint-Exupery. It’s a great short story written for children but full of philosophical messages. Well worth a read, or at least reading the summary of it online, if you have not come across it before. One such line from it is “You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.” This is how I view dental decay and the health of children’s teeth. It also shows how children look at things with uncomplicated eyes. If we can change how children view their teeth and the importance of diet and good oral hygiene then the future generations will have less dental needs.