Here’s why I think Dr Greg Henry is the best dentist in the universe.
My dentophobia was so severe I neglected my teeth and hadn’t seen a dentist in donkeys years until, in 2022, a toothache got so bad that I had no choice. I went online to see where in Bray I might find one who deals with nervous patients. I was pointed to the Avondale Dental Clinic.
I emailed them saying, “I'm 62 years of age and have a profound fear of dentists. It's been five years since my last visit to a dentist.”
It read like one of those Friday confessions I was forced to do as a child: “Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. It’s been five years since my last confession.”
Anyway…
I got an appointment with Dr Greg Henry in the Avondale Clinic. As I lay on the treatment chair I shook like – I was going to say a leaf, but more like a tree in a storm.
“Can we say that you’re extremely anxious?” he asked while filling out my patient notes.
“Y-y-yes,” I stuttered.
Dr Henry was so kind, patient, professional and brilliant at his job, the tooth was filled before I knew it. I went back a while later for another treatment and shook less. From then I agreed to see Dr Henry for regular, twice-yearly check-ups. At a recent appointment, I realised that the awful fear I’d felt about going to the dentist had been lifted off me. I was free. I lay back and pretended I was in a beauty parlour, not a dental clinic. The man’s a genius.
I cannot recommend Dr Greg Henry highly enough. Form an orderly queue now, people. I was here first :)