The front of the house from across the lane in the morning, door open and a bicycle leaning on the railings — The house from the lane, about a quarter past eight.

A house just off Catherine Hill.

We are a small independent dental practice in Frome: two dentists, a hygienist and two nurses, in a Georgian house a few steps off Catherine Hill. We've been here since 2015.

We look after families from the town and the villages around it. Children are seen on the NHS; adults join the practice plan or pay our published fees. Most of the people who come through the door were sent by someone who already does.

The rest of this page is a proper introduction. Here is Anna, here is Sam, here is Leah and the nurses, here are the rooms, and at the bottom is how to find us and when we're open.

Anna.

Dr Anna Wellow, dentist

Anna opened the practice in 2015, and the house was her idea. She wanted somewhere people would walk into without their shoulders going up.

She sees most of our nervous patients. Her habit is to tell you what she is about to do before she picks anything up, and to put it down again if you'd rather she didn't. A first appointment with Anna is forty minutes, and it can be a conversation and nothing more.

She is registered with the General Dental Council, as are Sam and Leah.

How Anna and Sam work with you

Dr Sam Hart in the doorway of his surgery, talking to someone in the hall — Sam, in his doorway at the back of the house, mid-sentence as usual.

Sam.

Dr Sam Hart, dentist

Sam is the other dentist, and his room is at the back of the house, where the window looks onto the garden wall. He does most of the mending here: fillings, crowns, and the root canal treatment that people dread more than they need to.

He explains things in the words you'd use yourself, tells you the cost before anything is agreed, and will happily draw it on a bit of paper if that helps. He has never minded being asked to stop.

When something needs mending

Leah, our hygienist, standing beside her chair with the sash window behind her — Leah's room has the best window in the house.

Leah, and the nurses.

Leah, hygienist

Leah is our hygienist. She cleans teeth properly, shows you what's going on with a mirror rather than a lecture, and is gentler than people expect. A visit with Leah is £72, or part of the plan if you're on it.

The two nurses

Our two nurses are in every appointment. They'll be the first people you see when you come through the door, they'll find the children's corner for anyone under four feet tall, and if you'd like someone to sit with you while you wait, that's them too.

What a hygienist visit involves

The two nurses in the hall, one at the desk and one on the stairs, in the middle of a morning — The nurses, in the hall, in the middle of a Tuesday.

The rooms.

Here is the rest of the house in daylight, so that when you come in for real you'll know where you are.

The hall and the stairs, with daylight coming down from the landing window — The hall. The desk is where you'll be met.

The waiting room in the afternoon, chairs that don't match and the window onto the lane — The waiting room, which was the front parlour.

The children's corner under the stairs, with drawings pinned to the wall — Under the stairs, where the children sit.

The landing window halfway up the stairs, with light on the treads — The landing. Anna's and Leah's rooms are at the top.

Anna's surgery from the doorway, empty, with the window open a crack — Anna's room, before the first patient.

Sam's surgery at the back of the house, with the window onto the garden wall — Sam's room. There's a chair for whoever comes with you.

The view down the lane from the first-floor surgery window — What you can see from the chair, if you'd rather look out.

Finding us, hours, and booking.

We're in a Georgian house just off Catherine Hill, in the middle of Frome, Somerset. It's the one with the deep green door.

Walk up Catherine Hill from the Market Place and turn off a few steps before the top; the lane is short and you'll see the door.
The lane is steep and cobbled in places. If stairs or the hill are difficult for you, say so when you ring and we'll sort out the easiest way in.
If you can't find us, ring and someone will come to the step.

We look after families from Frome and the villages around it, and nobody minds how far you've come.

Monday, Wednesday08:30–17:30
Tuesday & Thursday08:30–19:00
Friday08:30–16:00

Tuesday and Thursday are the late evenings. Same-day slots for people in pain are kept every weekday morning; ring when we open.

01632 960 214 hello@example.com

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