The journal
Plain answers to the questions asked most often in the practice, and anonymised case studies showing how treatment is actually planned. No sales copy, no promises — just how the work is done.
Bonding is the most requested cosmetic treatment in the practice, and the most misunderstood. Here is an honest account of where it shines and where it falls short.
4 September 2026 · 5 min read
Most of our aligner patients are between 30 and 60. These are the questions that come up in almost every consultation.
21 August 2026 · 6 min read
There is no such thing as a registered specialist in cosmetic dentistry in the UK. Here is what to look at instead.
30 July 2026 · 4 min read
A patient in their forties whose upper front teeth had shortened over two decades of night-time grinding.
12 September 2026 · 5 min read
A patient who had been quoted eight veneers elsewhere, treated instead with alignment and two hours of bonding.
27 August 2026 · 4 min read
The most demanding implant position in the mouth, and why the planning takes longer than the surgery.
9 July 2026 · 6 min read
Charcoal, purple toothpaste, salon sessions in a shopping centre. A dentist's view of what changes the colour of a tooth and what merely changes the photograph.
18 September 2026 · 5 min read
Two treatments, one aim, very different commitments. The deciding factor is rarely the look — it is how much tooth has to be given up.
11 September 2026 · 6 min read
A significant part of the practice is people who have not been seen in years. Nothing about that is unusual, and nothing about it is judged.
2 September 2026 · 4 min read
A patient who had worn fixed braces as a teenager and watched the lower front teeth drift back through their thirties.
16 September 2026 · 4 min read
How a nervous patient who expected the worst was treated over four visits, in the order that made it bearable.
23 August 2026 · 5 min read
Bring it to a consultation, or plan it in advance with the smile planner.