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Sardinia House was founded in 1981 by Dr Julian Ede and Dr John Leach and has looked after Holborn ever since. It is the original practice of Atelier Dental Group, the one that Widegate House in Spitalfields and Bellevue Dental in Wandsworth grew from. Forty-five years on, it is still made to measure.
Heritage
The practice began with two dentists and a belief that private dentistry could be both exacting and kind. It grew by recommendation: a patient's colleague, then their family, then the chambers down the road. For more than twenty years it has also looked after the staff and students of the LSE, whose campus surrounds us.
Around fifteen years ago the practice settled into Sardinia House on Lincoln's Inn Fields, the building whose Roman lettering gives us our name. It is a quiet, handsome place to come to, between Holborn and Aldwych, and it suits the way we work.
Dr Amit Patel leads the practice today as Clinical Director. Under him it became a restorative and aesthetic practice with a digital spine: a scan at every appointment, milling and 3D printing on site, treatment designed on screen before it is carried out. Between them, our clinicians now have more than a hundred years of experience.
The family has grown too. Widegate House opened in Spitalfields for the City, Bellevue Dental joined in Wandsworth, and Building Better teaches other dentists the way we work. Sardinia House is House 01: the standard the others were built to.
What we believe
Nobody should go through life holding a hand over their smile. The gap between who you are and who you are free to be is the thing we exist to close.
A good result is one your friends cannot quite put their finger on. You look well, rested, more yourself. Nothing shouts.
The fit of a crown margin, the translucency at the edge of a veneer, the way a bite closes evenly. Nobody will ever notice, which is the point.
Whether you have come for a check-up or a full rehabilitation, the greeting, the care and the attention to detail are the same.
What we hold to
Private dentistry of a very high standard that still feels like coming home. We greet you by name, we remember what matters to you, and every decision is explained on screen before it is made.
Scanners, printers, microscopes and a laboratory, chosen because each one makes a diagnosis clearer or a result more certain. If it would only look impressive, we have not bought it.
A plan designed for one face and one bite, then rehearsed digitally so that the finished result matches the one you approved. Bespoke in the design, predictable in the outcome.
A treatment coordinator who knows your plan, answers your messages and keeps the dates straight, so you never have to chase.
Forty-five years of patients telling their families, colleagues and friends. People come to us from across London and far beyond it, and keep coming.
Through Building Better our clinicians train other dentists on live cases. Explaining the work to peers keeps our own standards high.
How we work
It is the line the whole team works to, and it covers everything: the way the phone is answered, the welcome at the desk, the message that comes back the same afternoon, and the smiles we design and make. Nobody here works alone, and nobody here is just doing a job.
Our clinicians meet regularly to review cases together. A second and third pair of eyes on a plan is how we keep outcomes predictable.
Many complex cases have two or three clinicians working on them, sometimes in the same appointment, with a lead clinician who keeps every part in sync.
Your treatment coordinator looks after the plan, the finance, the questions and the reminders, so there is always someone to reach.
A dedicated Operations Manager and Clinical Lead, and front-of-house colleagues who have been here long enough to know our patients by name.
The family
Sardinia House is the founding practice of Atelier Dental Group. If a colleague's practice is nearer your office or your home, or a particular clinician works from another one, we refer you across and your records, your plan and your clinicians travel with you.
Widegate HouseSpitalfields, E1. Under three minutes from Liverpool Street station.widegatedental.com
Bellevue DentalWandsworth Common, SW. Neighbourhood dentistry south of the river.bellevuedental.co.uk
Building BetterThe group's academy, where our clinicians teach other dentists.buildingbetterdentistry.comAffiliations
Platinum provider; Dr Amit Patel lectures and mentors for Align Technology
iTero™ scanning in every surgery
Vivera™ retainer providerThe group's academy, where our clinicians teach
Key Opinion Leaders: Dr Amit Patel and Dr Spencer Richman
Dr Amit Patel writes on digital workflows
Enlighten-accredited practice
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