Many a time I’ve been asked why I choose to drive from my home in the Scottish Borders all the way to Linlithgow in West Lothian - a 90 mile round trip - just to visit a dentist. “Isn’t there a dentist closer to home you could go to?” Well, the answer is threefold: firstly, yes there is dentist closer to home – a mere seven miles away as it happens; secondly...
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Many a time I’ve been asked why I choose to drive from my home in the Scottish Borders all the way to Linlithgow in West Lothian - a 90 mile round trip - just to visit a dentist. “Isn’t there a dentist closer to home you could go to?” Well, the answer is threefold: firstly, yes there is dentist closer to home – a mere seven miles away as it happens; secondly, I’ve been attending the same dental practice since 1991; but thirdly and primarily, I would not look beyond Linlithgow Dental Clinic and Implant Centre (formerly Linlithgow Dental Practice) given the high standard of care I have become so used to. I’ve been around long enough to have seen the practice change ownership twice over the decades but the quality of dental care has remained constant throughout. From Steven Scott through Moira Murray to my current dentist Katie Burke, I am blessed in that all three of my regular go-to dental practitioners have been absolutely superb – lucky me.
Happily, despite the fact that the milestone of seven decades of terrestrial life is not too far over the horizon, I can still lay claim to being in possession of my own teeth. With that said however, the journey from birth to the present day has not been without dental incident. I am no stranger to a filling, a root canal treatment and even a crown or two but, as unpleasant as some would describe any, or even all, of these procedures to be, I am at a loss as to understand why. My own experiences have been quite different and I can honestly say, with hand on heart, that I have never once had a bad experience in 34 years of attending the same practice – lucky me.
Just last week, Katie replaced an old filling in my lower right wisdom tooth – it had been pressure and temperature sensitive for a few weeks. Being among the most rearward of teeth, just gaining access was challenging enough. Worse still however, while removing the old mercury amalgam filling, Katie discovered a complication in the form of a hairline crack which only complicated the task in front of her. As I lay comfortable and relaxed in the chair (almost asleep at times), Katie worked assiduously for the better part of an hour. At the end of that hour I had a beautifully conserved tooth sporting a new white composite filling. Moreover, any sensitivity to temperature and pressure was gone and the new filling unobtrusive to the extent that, to the tongue, the tooth felt no different to the way if felt before. Suffice to say then, I’m delighted – lucky me indeed!
Thank you Katie!
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