This week marks my ten year anniversary of joining the Fountain Dental Practice. I can\u2019t believe how the years have flown! But when I look back there have certainly been some changes along the way. I joined the practice in June 2008, then 8 years qualified, having worked in several NHS practices and a few hospital oral surgery departments. I had become disillusioned with dentistry working in NHS practices, and felt I was unable to offer the high standard of care to my patients that I wanted to. I wanted to keep pushing myself to be a better dentist, growing and developing, learning new and advanced skills and techniques. But I felt I was able to do this in an NHS system that gave me little time to gain as many \u201cunits of dental activity\u201d as possible so I could meet my targets.<\/p>\n
I decided it was either give up NHS dentistry or give up dentistry altogether. It made no sense to give up dentistry completely without trying to work fully privately first. But I knew I needed to up my game to get a job in the competitive market of London based private dentistry. So I enrolled on a Masters degree in cosmetic and restorative dentistry. During my time completing my Masters degree I applied for and was offered a position working at the Fountain Dental Practice. In my first few weeks the practice underwent a major refurb and I have loved working in my large, airy, well fitted-out surgery with a view of the garden.<\/p>\n
I immediately started enjoying dentistry again and relished new challenges. Over the years I have started providing orthodontic treatment, implant treatment, and have invested in a diode laser amongst other things. I set up this website and have been proud to display countless examples of my work and positive reviews from patients.\u00a0 I have started writing for dental journals, and have become involved with both the British Association of Cosmetic Dentistry and the Dental Law and Ethics Forum. I also managed to fit in having my third child!<\/p>\n
We are lucky to have always had a really great team at the Fountain Dental Practice. A few team members have come and gone over the years, and are sadly missed, but at all times we have had a really strong team. This week it was lovely to enjoy lunch out with the team to celebrate my ten year anniversary. I would like to thank all the team for their support over the years and for being such a fantastic bunch to work with. I would also like to thank all our wonderful patients at the Fountain Dental practice who have been a pleasure not just to treat, but to get to know and build relationships with over the years. I look forward to many more happy years there to come!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This week marks my ten year anniversary of joining the Fountain Dental Practice. I can\u2019t believe how the years have flown! But when I look back there have certainly been some changes along the way. I joined the practice in June 2008, then 8 years qualified, having worked in several NHS practices and a few … Continue reading Looking back on 10 years at the Fountain Dental Practice!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drlucynichols.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drlucynichols.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drlucynichols.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drlucynichols.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drlucynichols.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=613"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.drlucynichols.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":614,"href":"https:\/\/www.drlucynichols.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613\/revisions\/614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drlucynichols.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drlucynichols.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drlucynichols.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}