Keeping ahead

In 1997 I bought my own practice in Mansfield. I personally provide a full range of restorative treatments; endodontic, advanced restorative and most orthodontic options. My colleague Duncan Park provides implants and surgical dentistry at the surgery as well as IV sedation.

The practice is 95 per cent private and we treat children on the NHS. Mansfield is an industrial market town so we expected our NHS provision to possibly not survive the recession. The practice has three dentists working the equivalent of two full-time dentists, as well as two therapists.

The refurbishment came about from the need for expansion as well as the need to keep ahead of the game and maintain investment, especially in a recession.

Originally a large stone-built 1920s semi, the structure has gradually been converted into one building. The first half was converted circa 1973 and contained three surgeries. I purchased it and following considerable refurbishment, I bought the adjacent semi in 2010. This meant we could expand to five surgeries and remove most of the interior walls downstairs in order to create the required design.