best dental practices are only as good as their hygiene. They could have the latest techniques, equipment and procedures, but if a patient catches hepatitis, then it is all pointless.”

The clinic also has its own surgery, which makes things much more convenient for patients. “Surgery usually means a stay in hospital, because they are the only places to have suitable facilities, but this is costly and time consuming. Here, we can carry out dental surgery, which saves the patient time and inconvenience.”

Using the very latest technology in equipment, your usual check-up becomes an intriguing, rather than terrifying process. Each chair is furnished with a flat-screen monitor, all of which are linked to a central computer system. If you have an X-ray, by the time that you’ve walked to the treatment room, your ‘jawbones’ are up on the monitor, in stunning clarity for you to see and discuss with the dentist.

In the old days, you lay back in the chair, mouth stretched in a frozen yawn for what seems like an eternity while the dentist rummaged around in your mouth with a mirror, while you were none the wiser as to what was going on.

At Seef Dental, they have ultra-thin pen-like cameras that go in, and you can look up at the monitor and see your own teeth in stunning clarity, while the dentist gently moves it around and points out each detail to you. For once, getting to see exactly what the dentist is seeing makes for a much more interesting process.

Any dental practice that can take away the terror of visiting the dentist has achieved something. Seef Dental has certainly achieved this, and then gone further to make the experience as pleasant as possible.