Burley House Dental Care

24/04/2023

To all my lovely patients, I’d like to give you an update on what’s happening at our practice.
After 23 years, the ever increasing workload of actually running the business finally got too much . There are only so many times you can update a menopause policy and stay up at night re-writing your data protection guidelines before you loose the will to live. I love the actual dentistry side of things and decided that in order to maintain my sanity, the answer was to sell the practice, but still work there. Someone else has the headache of running it then and I can enjoy what I do best, which is basically “ teeth “.
After 8 months of negotiations and stress the sale finally went through on Friday night.
The new owner, Mo has a practice in Liverpool but wants to expand into Leeds.
Emma and I will be working as normal.
The fees, Denplan,and everything else teeth related,including our lovely smiling faces remain the same,except we will be swapping Monday working to Wednesday in late July as the new owner is working on a Monday then.
There will be a new practice name and lots of structural changes as the practice is being expanded.I would like to assure you that the noisy stuff will be kept to an absolute minimum during surgery time but there will be some disruption so please bear with us.
I am excited about the future but the blip on my horizon is the loss of Clare. Our 30 years together, through thick and thin has come to an end.I don’t have the words to properly express how that makes me feel and have shed a fair few tears but life has to move on and she is now a practice manager at a much larger practice in Pudsey .
At present we have Marian on reception who is the practice manager at the Liverpool practice.As you can all appreciate, it is a steep learning curve for her and she is finding her feet, so please be gentle with her 🙏.
Here’s to the next chapter of our journey together.
Catherine x x

06/04/2023

08/02/2023

“BHDC gets hold of knock off Mayan glue”

A new study has found that the glue used by ancient Mayans to stick gemstones to their teeth could have prevented tooth decay and infections.
The ancient Mayans – who lived 200–900 AD – used to decorate their teeth with gemstones as they believed their breath had a connection to the divine.
As a result, they used to file, polish and decorate their teeth to purify their breath. This usually happened as a rite to adulthood.
The Maya dentists drilled holes into their teeth and inserted the coloured stones, such as jade, turquoise, and pyrite, to the front of their teeth. They then applied a glue sealant.
However, a recent analysis, published by Science Magazine has found that the sealant glue used to stick the gemstones to their teeth had properties that prevented infections and tooth decay.

The properties found in the glue sealant makes it ‘remarkably durable’. It has allowed the majority of the gemstones to remain intact in the teeth for over 1,000 years.
Richard Kemeney of Science Magazine said: ‘The nature of the binding agent has long been a mystery.’
But the new study into the glue sealant found 150 organic molecules, many commonly found in plant resins.
Each ingredient has a specific task. Most important for them was the binding properties.’
For example, pine sap was one of the discovered ingredients. Research suggests that ingredients found in pine trees can fight dental bacteria and prevent tooth decay.
Sclareolide was also found on the teeth. This chemical compound found in Salvia plants has antibacterial properties.
As well as this, some sealants contained oils from mint plants which research shows could have anti-inflammatory properties.

Maya king, Janaab’ Pakal, died at 80 years old with nearly a full set of teeth and no tooth decay!

“Clare has managed to source some Mayan tooth glue from Guatemala, and in keeping with our efforts to reduce our carbon footprint we will be using it instead of normal filling material from now on” 😳

15/01/2023

Well what can we say!!! After 4 years Phil Brennand has finally got back his perfect gum health score of 6 zero’s. It would be gracious of us to congratulate him but you all know Catherine can’t cope with a smug patient!! 🤣🤣🤣

31/12/2022

Happy New Year from all of us at Burley House and here’s to 2023!! 🙏🏻🍾🥳

28/12/2022

Wishing our amazing Clare a happy birthday.
Have a great time celebrating, but not too much as you have work tomorrow

24/12/2022

Well that’s a wrap guys!!
Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all our lovely patients 🌲🎅🏻🎁

16/12/2022

A bottle of wine to the first person to guess what this is?
As a big clue it is something dentally related inside something absolutely not dentally related and it’s not man made?🤔

09/11/2022

So with Christmas fast approaching
this year Catherine is torn as to which Christmas tree to choose so she’s asking all her lovely patients to have a look at the options and let us know what you think?………..
Let’s hope the winner will be in the practice in a few weeks 🤣😉

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04/11/2022

A big massive “Happy Birthday” to your one and only butcher of Burley!! The lovely Catherine Kershaw. We hope you’ve had an amazing day at work today!! 🤣
Now go and enjoy a few large gins and the rest of your birthday 🥳 🎉🎁🎂

26/10/2022

“This is what Catherine wants us working in over winter so she doesn’t have to put the heating on. Apparently Snipers wear them when they lie in wait for their targets, so anyone who annoys Clare - be warned and watch your back as you leave“ 🤣

FUN SEASON 2-3 CAMPING EQUIPMENT: Onesie with 190T polyester lining and 250gms hollow fibre filling, make this sleeping bag onesie for adults soft, warm, comfortable and durable. It’s also light and breathable. For cold to cooler nights, 0 degrees c to 5 degrees c.FEATHERLITE MATERIAL: This wearab...