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Private dentist · Holborn, WC2A · Since 1981

Your smile, made to measure.

Bespoke. Predictable. Personal. Dentistry to a tailor's standard in the heart of London: healthy teeth and gums and a bite that works first, then a smile designed for your face rather than taken off a shelf. Planned on screen by clinicians who work together, crafted with our own technology on site and with some of the finest technicians in the world, and looked after for life by a practice where you are known by name from your first visit.

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Belonging

Not somewhere you pass through. Somewhere you belong.

Central London is full of practices for people in transit. We are the other kind: a practice people come back to, from wherever life has moved them on to, because of the relationships built here.

The Sardinia House team

A family practice, in the heart of London

Most practices in the centre of town are built for people passing through. Ours was built for people who stay. People who first sat in our chair in their twenties still come in their sixties, and their children come too.

Worth the journey

Our patients come in from wherever life has taken them: the Home Counties, the coast, the other side of the world. They could go somewhere nearer. They come here because they are known here.

The same faces, year after year

Several of our team have been at Sardinia House for more than a decade. The person who greets you remembers your name, your last visit and how you take your coffee. New patients are known by their second visit.

New to Sardinia House

A plan for your mouth, not just a fix for today.

Most people come to us for ordinary reasons: a check-up, a clean, a tooth that hurts, a filling that has given up. Whatever brings you in, that is what we deal with first. Then we do something most practices do not: we look at the whole mouth and talk you through what it needs now, what it might need in a few years, and what would help you keep your own teeth for the rest of your life.

Nothing on that plan is a sales pitch. Much of it is simply watching and waiting. Some of it is phased in when the time is right for you. And if a better-looking smile is on your list, it sits on the same plan, built on the same healthy foundation.

Book a first visitIn pain? Same-day help

Now

Pain, infection, a broken tooth or bleeding gums are dealt with first, usually the same day. Then the basics: a thorough examination, a scan you see on screen, and a hygiene visit that leaves your mouth properly clean.

Next

Old fillings nearing the end of their life, a crack that will spread, teeth wearing faster than they should. Caught early and repaired carefully, before a small problem becomes a root canal or a lost tooth.

For the years ahead

A bite that chews comfortably for decades, gums that stay healthy, and teeth that last as long as you do. If you want the smile improved along the way, Invisalign®, bonding or veneers are planned on that foundation, in your own time.

Made to measure

The tailor's approach, applied to a smile.

A good tailor does not sell you a suit. He measures, cuts, fits and finishes, and the result looks as though it was always yours. We work the same way, whether the job is a check-up, a worn bite rebuilt or a new smile: design, team, delivery.

Digital smile designHow we work

Design

Measured, not guessed

Every smile here is designed before it is made. Photographs, a scan and your own face on screen, so the proportions are yours and the result is agreed before anything begins.

Team

Many hands, one plan

Complex cases are planned by more than one clinician and carried out by a team working in step: the dentist, the surgeon, the technician, the coordinator who holds it all together.

Delivery

Finished to the detail others miss

Made on site with our own milling and printing, or by master ceramists we would put against any in the world, and fitted by the people who designed it. The craft lives in the details you will never see.

Signature work

The cases other practices refer.

Complex dentistry planned by more than one clinician and made with our own technology and the best ceramists we can find. Alongside it, everything a family needs: check-ups, hygiene, fillings and the emergency we will see today, so that wherever we can, you do not leave without a tooth.

Digital smile makeoversBonding, veneers, whitening and Invisalign planned as one design and shown to you first. More than 5,000 Invisalign cases and a Platinum provider.Read moreInvisalign, dentist-ledNever a remote or shop-front service. Planned from an iTero scan, previewed before you commit and monitored between visits.Read moreGuided implantsPlanned in 3D from a CBCT scan and placed through a guide printed on site.Read moreRoot to crown in a dayRoot canal treatment under the microscope and a CEREC crown fitted the same afternoon.Read moreFull-mouth rehabilitationWorn, broken or missing teeth rebuilt by a team of clinicians working from one plan.Read moreTooth wear and cracked teethFinding the cause first, then restoring what the years took off.Read more

Recent work

Before and after.

Real cases from the practice, shared as they happen by Dr Amit Patel on @londoncitydentist. Every smile here was designed for the person wearing it.

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The team

Clinicians who plan your care together.

Our dentists review each other's cases at regular peer-review meetings, speak for Align Technology, act as Key Opinion Leaders for Dentsply Sirona and run courses for colleagues through Building Better. Here, they look after you.

Dr Amit Patel, Clinical Director · The Smile ArchitectDr Amit PatelClinical Director · The Smile ArchitectClinical Director. Restorative and aesthetic dentistry, Invisalign and digital smile design.Dr Shivan Dave, Implant and Restorative DentistDr Shivan DaveImplant and Restorative DentistDental implants, oral surgery, wisdom teeth and restorative dentistry.Dr Adam White, Cosmetic and Restorative DentistDr Adam WhiteCosmetic and Restorative DentistComposite bonding, veneers, implants and full-mouth rehabilitation.Dr Spencer Richman, EndodonticsDr Spencer RichmanEndodonticsPractice limited to root canal treatment, under the operating microscope.

Meet the whole team

Treatments

Everyday care and the difficult cases, from one team.

Everyday dentistry

Dental check-upHygienistEmergency dentistWhite fillingsExtractions & wisdom teethGum diseaseNight guards & mouthguardsSedation

Restorative dentistry

CrownsSame-day crownsBridgesDenturesDental implantsGuided implantsFull mouth rehabilitationTooth wear

Aesthetic dentistry and facial

Smile makeoverVeneersComposite bondingTeeth whiteningFacial aestheticsAnti-wrinkle injectionsProfhilo skin boosterJaw clenching & bruxism relief

Straightening and specialist care

InvisalignBraces & orthodonticsVivera retainersRoot canal treatmentGuided endodonticsCracked teethPeriodontics & gum grafts

Technology

Seen on screen before it is done in the mouth.

Each instrument is here for a reason: a sharper diagnosis, a more certain plan, or fewer visits for you. Nothing is explained to you that cannot first be shown to you.

A scan at every appointment

iTero™ and Primescan scanners in every surgery. Your teeth appear on the screen beside you within minutes, and the conversation starts from there.

CBCT 3D imaging

A 3D picture of your teeth, their roots and the bone around them, captured in the practice. It is how implants and difficult root canals are planned.

Made on site, or by master ceramists

CEREC milling and 3D printing in the building for same-day crowns, guides and provisionals. For work that needs an artist's hand, ceramists we trust in the UK and abroad. Either way, wherever we can, you do not leave without a tooth.

Microscopes

Zeiss and CJ-Optik operating microscopes for root canal treatment and for finding hairline cracks.

Digital Smile Design

Your new smile designed on screen, and shown to you in your own face, before a tooth is touched.

Guided surgery

Implants and difficult root canals placed through a 3D-printed guide, so the position planned is the position achieved.

See the technology in detail

Where it all began

Forty-five years in Holborn. Still made to measure.

Sardinia House was founded in 1981 and is the original practice of Atelier Dental Group. Between them, our clinicians have more than a hundred years of experience, and some of our front-of-house team have welcomed the same patients for most of their careers.

What has changed is the technology: a scan at every appointment, milling and printing on site, treatment planned on screen before it is carried out. What has not changed is the feeling of being known.

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Sardinia House on Lincoln's Inn Fields

Bespoke

Nothing here comes off a shelf. Whether it is a filling, a rebuilt bite or a new smile, it is designed for your mouth and your face, and the plan is written for you alone.

Predictable

Every appointment starts with a scan you see on screen. Treatment is planned digitally, so the result you are shown at the start is the result you get.

Personal

Your preferences remembered, your pace respected, your questions answered by someone who knows your plan. The person on the phone between visits is the same one who looks after you in the room.

Together

Complex cases are planned by more than one clinician and reviewed as a team, with a lead clinician keeping every moving part in step.

Stories

In our clinicians' own words.

Forty-five years in Holborn: where Sardinia House beganSardinia House Dental Practice was founded forty-five years ago by Dr Julian Ede and Dr John Leach. It has been on Lincoln's Inn Fields for around fifteen of those years. This is a short account of where we came from, what has changed, and what we have kept.Dr Amit PatelWhy every appointment here starts with a scanEvery surgery at Sardinia House has an intra-oral scanner, and every appointment begins with one. It takes a few minutes and you watch it on screen. Here is what the scan shows, why we rely on it, and what it quietly makes possible later on.Dr Amit PatelTwo dentists, one plan: how peer review makes your treatment betterGood dentistry is rarely a solo effort. At Sardinia House, complex treatment is planned by more than one clinician, reviewed at regular peer-review sessions and coordinated by a lead dentist and a treatment coordinator team. This is what that means for you, and why it produces more predictable results.Dr Amit Patel

All stories

Travelling in

Wherever you have moved to, Holborn is easy.

Lincoln's Inn Fields sits between Holborn and Aldwych, a short walk from the mainline stations and five Tube lines. Many of our patients make a morning of it.

From the south-west, via Waterloo

Most people take a bus straight up Kingsway from Waterloo, around ten to fifteen minutes door to door. On foot it is just over twenty minutes over Waterloo Bridge, with the river for company.

From the north, via Euston and King's Cross

From Euston, a bus down to Holborn takes around ten minutes. From King's Cross St Pancras, the Piccadilly line to Holborn is two stops. On foot, allow around half an hour through Bloomsbury.

From the south and south-east, via Blackfriars

Thameslink to Blackfriars or City Thameslink, then around seventeen minutes on foot via Fleet Street to Lincoln's Inn Fields.

By car

Pay-and-display parking is available around Lincoln's Inn Fields. We are inside the Congestion Charge zone, so allow for that on weekdays.

Find us

On Lincoln's Inn Fields, between Holborn and Aldwych.

The entrance is on Sardinia Street, opposite the LSE's Cheng Kin Ku Building (formerly the New Academic Building). Holborn station is around five minutes on foot, Chancery Lane around ten. Open from 8am Monday to Thursday, until 7.30pm on Wednesdays, and from 8.30am on Fridays.

Directions and opening hours

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Sardinia House, 52 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LZ. Entrance on Sardinia Street. Open in Google Maps

Affiliations

The names behind the work.

Invisalign Platinum ProviderPlatinum provider; Dr Amit Patel lectures and mentors for Align Technology
iTero Digital PracticeiTero™ scanning in every surgery
Vivera retainersVivera™ retainer provider
Building Better Dental AcademyThe group's academy, where our clinicians teach
Dentsply SironaKey Opinion Leaders: Dr Amit Patel and Dr Spencer Richman
Dentistry.co.ukDr Amit Patel writes on digital workflows
Enlighten whiteningEnlighten-accredited practice
Atelier Dental GroupThe founding practice of Atelier Dental Group

Good to know

The questions we are asked most

Where is Sardinia House Dental Practice?+

We are on the 4th floor of Sardinia House, 52 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LZ. The entrance is on Sardinia Street, opposite the LSE's Cheng Kin Ku Building, between Holborn and Aldwych. Holborn station is around five minutes on foot and Chancery Lane around ten.

Is Sardinia House a private dentist?+

Yes. Sardinia House is a private practice; we do not offer NHS treatment. All our guide fees are published on this site, and your treatment plan comes to you in writing with exact costs before anything begins.

How long has Sardinia House been in Holborn?+

The practice was founded 45 years ago and has been looking after people in Holborn and the Lincoln's Inn area ever since. Between them our clinicians have more than a hundred years of experience.

What are your opening hours?+

Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 8am to 5.30pm, Wednesday 8am to 7.30pm for late appointments, and Friday 8.30am to 5.30pm. We are closed at weekends so that our team can rest. You can book online at any time.

Do you see LSE staff and students?+

Yes, and we have for more than twenty years. The practice is on the LSE campus, and staff and students receive discounts of up to 30–40% on most routine treatments by showing their LSE ID.

How much is a new patient appointment?+

Your first assessment is £125; any X-rays needed are £30 apiece. Once you are a patient, each routine health check is £110. Every appointment starts with a digital scan that goes straight onto the screen beside you.

I need an emergency dentist in Holborn today. Can you see me?+

Usually, yes. Call 020 7404 8600 as early as you can and we will find the earliest slot. Emergency appointments are £125, and pain, swelling and broken teeth are prioritised.

Book an appointment

Known by name, from your first visit to your last.

Book online at any time, or call and speak to someone who will remember you.

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Emailinfo@sardiniadental.com
OpenMon–Thu from 8am, late on Wednesdays, Fri from 8.30am
Nearest stationHolborn, around 5 min
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