Smile!

Publication Date: Wed 28 Oct 2009 - 11:40

As a makeup artist specialising in bridal makeup and a professional stylist working in collaboration with an award-winning wedding photographer, making you look picture perfect for your wedding day is my business. Whilst I can do wonders with the help of miracle makeup techniques to achieve the naturally radiant good looks you desire, it’s your teeth that play such an important role in your self confidence and the appearance of your smile.

For many brides and grooms ‘wearing a smile’ never has more significance than on their wedding day. Centre-stage in their wedding photos and the focus of everyone’s attention, there’s simply nowhere to hide. But if you’re self-conscious about your teeth and feel less than willing to smile in front of a camera, help is at hand. I have been very fortunate to find a cosmetic dentist who is honest, open-minded and compassionate, and whose work is simply the best.

Over the years I’ve had some miserable experiences in the dentist’s chair, which left my teeth less than perfect and me ‘dental phobic’. Personally maintaining a high standard of oral hygiene and regular NHS dental check-ups wasn’t enough. I still ended up with a mouth full of ill-fitting metal-edged and gold crowns, mercury fillings, dirty-looking composite bondings and sensitive, stained teeth!

Then I met and was treated by Dr Timothy Webber, and his team at The Park Dental Care Centre, Nottingham. Wow! What an education and a transformation! I am currently halfway through an agreed programme of treatment and the work that’s been done is impeccable.

After my initial consultation with Tim, I was referred to Jacqui, the hygienist – a sort of dental ‘magician’ who in one friendly and informative treatment comfortably removed a lifetime of dental tartar and staining (the latter, my previous dentist told me, was permanent). Not only did I immediately gain a whiter, brighter smile for the price of a good haircut, I was given everything I needed to help maintain my super-duper sparkling ‘pearly-whites’. Thanks Jacqui, you’re a star!

Tim Webber is extraordinarily attentive and listens with understanding to my numerous concerns. He could not be kinder or more considerate of my needs. Even when I had to unexpectedly say ‘goodbye’ to the last of my wisdom teeth yesterday, it was much ado about nothing. I felt no pain before, during or after the treatment. His willingness to explain your treatment options, his aftercare advice, the transparency of being given a written quote upfront, his ability to calm your fear and his brilliantly executed cosmetic dentistry is a combination of skills that I just cannot recommend enough. He is the most compassionate dentist I have ever seen.

Claire, Tracey and the rest of the team at The Park Dental Care Centre also deserve mention. These are customer-friendly people who welcome you on arrival and keep you informed. There is nothing clinical or formal in their approach, you are simply afforded the best care and understanding the minute you walk through the door until you leave. The entire Park Dental Care experience is dedicated to your well-being. This is ‘holistic’ dentistry at its best, which leaves me and all the people I shall recommend, with lots to smile about!