Parkside Dental Practice

A perfectly nice and efficient dental practice on the southside of Edinburgh. The staff are friendly and getting an appointment is generally easy and quick.
There are two dentists on the premises, and I’ve had some work done by both. They are absolute professionals– respectful, soft-​spoken, and comforting.
I really hate going to the dentist, so I was delighted to find a practice with such nice staff and so accommodating to my schedule.

Good people and good service overall.
This is an NHS dental practice. Since moving to Edinburgh I have been using them periodically for teeth cleanings, checkups, and teeth whitening.
Regarding the checkups: they did a thorough job with full x-​rays of the mouth to see why I had some tooth discomfort. He proved to me that a previous filling wasn’t the problem like i thought, which put me at ease. The dentist also explained to me that I did not have dry mouth like I previously thought. He’s a straight shooter and I can appreciate that. He did a good job at explaining everything to me.
Regarding the periodic teeth cleanings: they do a good, not great job. My dentist back home is a bit more thorough and really gets into the nooks and crannies to get everything cleaned (although it always hurts more). These folks aren’t quite as thorough, but for 10 pounds I can’t complain. They do a pretty good job and it is quickly done. I’m in and out in less than an hour.
Regarding the teeth whitening: this was a much more expensive procedure, and I wish they had explained a few things to me prior to paying for it. I ended up only being able to improve my teeth by 1 shade (due to crowns on my front teeth) and I wish they had explained this to me before I purchased the kit. But, it does look improved and I am happy with the outcome, albeit an expensive one.
Overall, I recommend Parkside. They schedule me in quickly, they are inexpensive, and they are friendly.

Been my dentist for years from being quite an anxious patient I can now how have fillings without any anaesthetic they see me at short notice which might be why they run late sometimes!

very very poor service don’t make you feel welcome at all if your on the nhs maybe if you are a paying patient you might get better service. very very un organised n lack of communication between staff.

Nobody likes going to the dentist, and I have to admit that I was so scared of them I hadn’t been in eleven years! It took me quite a while to find a dentist that was still taking NHS patients, as all the recommendations I got were full booked. However, Parkside got me registered straight away, and got me in for a checkup within a few weeks. Unsurprisingly, when it turned out I needed work done, they were really great — the dentist seemed very young, but he knew what he was doing and was a consummate professional the whole time. He was also really patient when I got anxious about my treatment, and he seemed to know exactly what to do to help me calm down, and make things easier for me by telling me exactly what he was doing and when. It can’t be easy being a dentist, but they make it seem so!