About the practice
Built in 2014, around a simple promise
Riverside Dental Studio began as a tired basement surgery on Argyle Street. Dr Eleanor Whitcombe bought it in 2014 after eight years in mixed practice across Somerset, closed it for a year, and rebuilt it into the sort of place she would happily send her own family.
Our story
The building is Georgian, a few doors from Laura Place and a minute from Pulteney Bridge. Underneath the bath stone we put in three bright surgeries, a digital scanner that replaced the awful impression trays, and a waiting room that smells of coffee rather than clove oil. It took a year and considerably more money than planned.
What has not changed since the doors reopened is how we work. We do not sell treatment plans, we do not run monthly offers, and we do not tell anyone they need something they do not. Around a third of our patients arrive nervous, often after years away from dentistry, and that is exactly the group the practice was designed for.
Today three clinicians and four support staff care for just over four thousand patients across Bath, Bathwick, Widcombe and the villages beyond. We are inspected by the Care Quality Commission, every clinician is registered with the General Dental Council, and we hold emergency slots free every weekday morning for whoever needs them most.
The clinical team
The people who will look after you
Every clinician here is registered with the General Dental Council and completes verified continuing professional development each year.
Dr Eleanor Whitcombe
Principal Dentist and Clinical Director
BDS (Bristol), MFDS RCS (Ed), PGCert Aesthetic Dentistry
GDC No. 84120
Eleanor qualified in Bristol in 2006 and spent eight years in mixed practice across Somerset before opening Riverside in 2014. Eleanor founded the practice on a simple promise: nobody should feel rushed, judged or kept in the dark about cost. Outside the surgery Eleanor swims in the Avon all year round and mentors dental foundation trainees across the South West.
- Smile design
- Porcelain veneers
- Anxious patients
Dr Arjun Mistry
Associate Dentist, Implants and Restorative
BDS (King's College London), MJDF RCS (Eng), PGDip Implant Dentistry
GDC No. 241765
Arjun joined Riverside in 2018 after five years in a London referral practice and now places and restores most of our implants. Arjun works under magnification for every procedure, which is why so many teeth other clinics have written off end up saved here. Arjun is a keen cyclist and a stubbornly loyal Bath Rugby supporter.
- Dental implants
- Root canal treatment
- Complex rebuilds
Rosie Calder
Dental Hygienist and Therapist
BSc (Hons) Dental Hygiene and Therapy (Cardiff)
GDC No. 267904
Rosie trained in Cardiff and has a gift for making a hygiene visit something patients actually look forward to. Rosie leads our gum health programme and our free Healthy Smiles sessions for local primary schools. Expect warm water, a light touch and practical advice you can genuinely keep up with at home.
- Airflow
- Gum health coaching
- Children and teenagers
Our ethos
Four things we will never compromise on
01
Nobody is rushed
Our appointments are longer than the average practice on purpose. Time is what turns a frightening appointment into an ordinary one.
02
Nobody is judged
If it has been ten years since your last visit, we are simply glad you came. You will not hear a lecture about it from anyone here.
03
Nobody is surprised by a bill
Every plan is written down with fixed costs before treatment starts, and we will always tell you when the honest answer is to do nothing yet.
04
Prevention beats repair
We would rather see you twice a year for hygiene than once for a crown. Our recall intervals are set by your risk, not by a calendar.
If that sounds like the kind of dentistry you have been looking for, we would love to meet you.
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