Hopton Dental Surgery

I'm a mid 60's baby so all visits to the school dentist were terrifying. I also had to have a plate to straighten my teeth. I'm now 60 and have suffered with my anxiety of dentists for all that time. I registered with Hopton when I had a problem with my wisdom tooth. I saw Mark and was immediately put at ease. I had to have an emergency appointment today for a long ignored tooth problem that turned into a huge abscess. Today was the first time I felt at ease, even singing along to Ant Music on the radio while I numbed up. Mark is wonderful. I never thought I'd get over this phobia and alt…

After many years of regular checkups and work, covid hit, shortly after I had an abscess under my capped tooth, I was taking 2 ibuprofen 4 times a day for about 3 weeks, I had phoned Hopton dental surgery to make an appointment, the receptionist told me they would call me when they can see me and no need for me to phone back. After about 3 months or so I called them again to ask what was happening, the receptionist told me I was still on the list and they would get to me soon. More months went by and no phone call from Hopton dental surgery. I was getting very concerned about the health of …

I joined this dentist recently and the staff have been very friendly and helpful. Ollie and Charlotte carried out my dental work, Ollie was great at explaining what I needed done and my options. Charlotte was very good at being reassuring throughout my appointments. I just had Susan as a hygienist, who was also kind and reassuring about my dental health. No longer anxious before dentist appointments since attending this one, thank you.

A truly awful and traumatising experience... avoid at all costs. Even if this is the last practice accepting NHS patients, I would urge you to look elsewhere. My appointment with the male dentist was a catalogue of errors and disregard for patient care. I have a documented metal allergy, which I noted on my forms, yet he proceeded to use a metal filling. The entire procedure was agonising. Despite two injections, my tooth was not numb, and I felt the searing heat of the drill. When I tried to stop the procedure to explain I was in pain, the nurse argued with me and insisted the tooth was n…