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Longborough - adding the ‘Feel Good Factor’ to your New Year!

2012-01-06T16:37:00.002Z

The New Year has brought a positive vibe to the practice and we are looking forward with a sense of excitement and anticipation. What will we achieve this year? What can we do for our patients in 2012 to offer that bit more? This year we are making it our mission to put smiles on our patients faces. From the moment you enter our front door we are determined to make you feel good. Our aim is to

Christmas Opening times

2011-12-21T16:35:00.000Z

Closed Dec 24 - Dec 27 Dec 28 - Open: 9.15am - 4.45pm Dec 29 - Open: 9am - 5pm Dec 30 - Open: 9.30am - 12noon Closed - Dec 31 - Jan 2 Jan 3 open as usual Alison Practice ManagerLongborough Dental Practice

Dental Implants at Longborough

2011-11-07T19:29:00.005Z

It is a well known fact that people are keeping their teeth for longer. ‘Old age’ used to mean losing your teeth, now nearly half of the UK population aged 85 and over are expected to retain some, if not the majority of their teeth. The team at Longborough Dental Practice are committed to helping their patients retain their own teeth and can offer a wide range of preventative and restorative

Thank You Longborough!

2011-09-05T17:23:00.000+01:00

At Longborough we are focused on ensuring that our patients have the very best care and we are always pleased to get positive feedback. Here's an email we recently received from a very happy patient and it is such a wonderful testimonial that we had to share it with you. Dear Team at Longborough Dental practice I would just like to repeat my personal thanks to you all and

Root canal treatment

2011-08-04T11:12:00.005+01:00

Endodontics with Dr Vipul Kataria BDS (Bristol), DPDS (Bristol), MFGDP (UK) RCS (Eng), MSc (Endodontics) UCL Eastman, Practice Limited to Endodontics Why does my Tooth need Root Canal Treatment? A tooth generally needs a root canal procedure because the pulpal tissue (the ‘nerve’) inside the tooth has become irreversibly damaged. The pulp may become inflamed or may die if either there is

Team Building and Training Day

2011-06-27T15:09:00.012+01:00

Longborough Dental Practice is committed to professional development for all the team and recently had a Team Building and Training Day at Wotton House Conference Centre. Nineteen of the staff attended and the whole day was built around Belbin Team role personality profiling. There were group discussions on the balance of roles within the practice, presentations and competitive team games. All

The Reverend Dr Richard Malcolm Neil Hooker

2011-06-07T19:42:00.002+01:00

Sadly Richard Hooker passed away on Tuesday 24 May, 2011. As many of you may know, Richard was a long serving dentist at Longborough Dental Practice and he was also the father of Alison our practice manager.    After he had qualified from Guys Hospital he joined Longborough as a partner with Brian Calvert in 1963. He made Longborough his home and continued to work here until he retired in

Congratulations to Fiona

2011-04-28T15:16:00.003+01:00

After more than a year of very hard work and dedicated training, Fiona has now completed the London Marthon. And here is the picture to prove it! We are all very impressed at Longborough and want to say 'CONGRATULATIONS - you did really well!' Not only did Fiona complete the course but she has raised a lot of money for our chosen charity; Chase. This local organisation does great work for

A brighter smile

2011-03-10T13:09:00.005Z

A beautiful smile can have a very positive effect on an individual’s self-confidence, self-esteem and personal relationships. Do you ever wish you had a brighter smile? Although all our dentists are skilled cosmetic dentists we are delighted to welcome Dr Bela Treon as a regular member of our team. Bela has a special interest in Cosmetic Dentistry and Facial Aesthetics. She spends some of her

Marathon Sponsors required

2011-02-25T10:44:00.001Z

25 February 2011 (53 days to go) It will be March next week and I will be able to say, ”I am running a marathon next month!” It is suddenly getting very close, just over 50 days to go, but it has been a long journey. I started running for Sport Relief, with the team from Longborough, in March of last year. It was only 6 miles but when I finished I felt such a sense of achievement. Now the

More Marathon training

2011-02-15T09:51:00.004Z

14 February 2011 (63 days to go) Another week of training and less than nine weeks to go to the big day. I am beginning to get very anxious as to my abilities to compete the challenge. It is now a mental game as much as it is about physical endurance. I ran a half marathon distance on Sunday. It felt good! (I did it in 2 hours and 20 minutes and that's 15 minutes faster than my first attempt)

Get to know Ritu - our new dentist

2011-02-12T18:06:00.002Z

Our latest team member, Ritu Srivastava, qualified at Kings College London in 2000 then went on to attain a certificate in restorative dentistry from the Eastman Dental Hospital, followed by a DPDS (postgraduate diploma in dental studies) from Bristol University. She enjoys working in all aspects in dentistry and has great people skills so she is sure to fit in really well at Longborough. Ritu

Marathon training update

2011-01-25T12:54:00.004Z

25 January 2011 (82 days to go) I’m beginning to wonder whether entering the London Marathon at my age (and with a demanding workload at Longborough) was a good idea! But I have seen pensioners who have successfully completed it - so I must keep up the training. I’m still at the gym twice a week, but the intended long run last weekend didn’t quite happen. Everything seemed to ache (and still

A marathon effort

2011-01-13T16:45:00.004Z

p { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; } 13 January 2011 (94 days to go) I am definitely not a runner, but decided I needed a new challenge to celebrate reaching another decade. I have some experience because, back in the Spring of 2010, I joined several girls from Longborough to run 6 miles for Sports Relief. Much to my surprise I thoroughly enjoyed it, so I decided my next challenge would be The

A testimonial we just had to share

2011-01-05T17:07:00.005Z

It's been a great start to the New Year at Longborough.We have just received this wonderful testimonial which has put a smile on all of our faces: "I was referred to Vipal and the Longborough practice by my dentist. I needed to have re-root canal treatment because my original root canal failed after 10 years. As you can imagine I was quite nervous going to see a new dentist, especially for

Opening Hours Christmas and New Year 2010

2010-12-19T10:21:00.003Z

Here are our opening times over the holiday period: Friday 24 Dec - 9am to 12 noon Saturday 25 Dec - Closed Sunday 26 Dec - Closed Monday 27 Dec (Bank Holiday) - Closed Tuesday 28 Dec (Bank Holiday) - Closed Wednesday 29 Dec - Emergency Clinic 9am to 12 noon Thursday 30 Dec - Emergency Clinic 9am to 12 noon Friday 31 Dec - Emergency Clinic 9am to 12 noon Saturday 1 Jan - Closed Sunday 2 Jan -

Dedicated Hygiene Suite - Now Open

2010-10-22T09:47:00.005+01:00

On Monday 18 October we unveiled our latest addition to Longborough - a dedicated hygiene suite. This fantastic treatment room is furnished in the same monochromatic contemporary style as our recently refurbished dental treatment rooms. It provides our hygiene team with a permanent home and our patients with the opportunity to benefit from a treatment room set up specifically to improve their

Warwickshire Sprint Triathlon – I'm still out of breath

2010-10-14T11:10:00.002+01:00

I decided that I needed a challenge and “persuaded” my sister that a sprint triathlon would be a good idea and a suitable challenge. It involves a 400m swim, followed by 23km cycle and a 5km run. We chose to get sponsorship for Arthritis Research UK as our mother had suffered severely from this debilitating disease before she died. I am pleased to say that we have currently raised just over

After the flood!

2010-09-23T12:34:00.000+01:00

If you have visited Longborough in recent weeks you may have noticed some changes! Not only have we recently completed phase two of our refurbishment but we have suffered the major inconvenience of a flood! Fortunately for us the water damage was limited to the central core of the building, missing all of our new improved treatment rooms. The flood was caused by a perished washer between our

Endodontic and implant clinics to start in Autumn

2010-08-06T11:22:00.000+01:00

This autumn our endodontic and implant clinics will be starting work in the new Forest Treatment Room. Designed with you, our patient, in mind, the room features a beautiful ‘tranquility’ wall, with a floor to ceiling mural depicting a meandering path through a forest glade. You will find it a stress free environment in which you will relax as you recline in the pressure-mapped, comfort enhanced

Forest Treatment Room is a treat!

2010-06-30T19:54:00.001+01:00

If you’ve visited Longborough recently you will have noticed that we are undertaking a programme of refurbishment and we are now proud to announce the completion of the first of several new treatment rooms. Here (from the patients viewpoint) is our stunning modern Forest Treatment Room. This cool, contemporary new room has been designed specifically with the patient in mind. As soon as you step

New treatment room - progress report

2010-05-15T14:57:00.003+01:00

Last week we emptied one of the Longborough treatment rooms and left our brilliant builders in charge. Here you can see pictures of the surgery before (above) and as the work progressed (below). There was a lot to do with plumbing, plastering and electrical work but it is going very well and we look forward to completion over the next week or so. (Even if it may not look like it from these

Find out more about our new dentist; Bela

2010-05-07T11:51:00.002+01:00

We are very pleased that Dr Bela Treon BDS has joined us at Longborough. She is an experienced and caring dentist and adds even more depth to the Longborough team. Bela qualified 22 years ago at Kings College, London University, in 1988. She then went on to gain an LDS RCS (Eng) from The Royal College of Surgeons in 1989. A member of the British Dental Association (BDA) and the British Academy

Sport Relief Success

2010-03-24T11:06:00.003Z

Team Longborough go that extra S-mile! Sunday, March 21 saw Team Longborough run for Sport Relief in the Guildford Mile. We arrived at 10.15am feeling slightly nervous about the challenge ahead. We fixed our numbers firmly to our t-shirts and then we noticed a common theme – ours all started with a six. As we looked around at other people we could see plenty of ones, quite a few number threes

We're rising to the challenge for Sport Relief

2010-03-04T12:16:00.002Z

We’re challenging ourselves to run 6 miles on Sunday 21 March in The Guildford Mile! We need your help and sponsorship. Team Longborough (pictured above) comprises, Alison, Katherine, Fiona, Lisa and Janet. Six weeks ago we were asked if we would put forward a team to participate in the Sport Relief Mile. Our initial response was a tentative ‘maybe?’ However it didn’t take long for that to