Philip Friel appears on the MyFaceMyBody TV Show
We’re here at Philip Friel’s Advanced Dentistry Clinic in the heart of Glasgow. Dr. Philip Friel has just been awarded as the current holder of Scotland’s best young dentist award. Let’s go and meet him.
How would you describe the typical Glaswegian patient?
I think typically the West has gotten a bit of a bad reputation historically for dental health in general and some of these trends unfortunately continue to this deed, but we are seeing a real shift in the attitude towards health if you like of Glaswegians and Scots in general. We are now seeing patients that are perhaps more demanding, they are more informed then perhaps they were in the past, and they’re aware of what’s available today.
So, you would say that people living in Glasgow are sort of more conscious now about the way they represent themselves, they way they look, and are willing to spend and invest the money in cosmetic treatments.
Absolutely, and as I said before, Glasgow is now a very, very cosmopolitan city, and that range is not only from the types of housing that are available, the shops, the boutiques that are available, the restaurants, the hotels, you know it’s totally changed in the last thirty or so years. And I think the industry of dentistry is no different.
Move along with that.
Do you think with regards to ten years ago, that more people are seeking cosmetic treatments? For sure, I think there’s no doubt about that. And it’s a generational thing, and maybe our typical younger type patient will be aware of the benefits that Tooth whitening procedures for instance can lead to an otherwise healthy dentition.
And that’s really a nice situation to be in. When people have had the education to maintain the healthy teeth that they were born with, and just seek very non-invasive, very, very limited cosmetic procedures.
Our clinic is… it looks super. You know, it’s designed…it was my wife who designed the interiors and its made to relax people, to calm them, while they’re at the dentist, and I think more and more, not just a my clinic but in other clinics, it’s more the lifestyle choice that the people want to make.
So, as well as the advanced treatment that we offer, it’s the facilities, its the environment, it’s the, the team that will actually make people select the clinic.
