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Two dentists, one oral health therapist, no one else.

That is the whole clinical team. No locums rotate through the chairs, so the person who sees you first is the person who sees you next. Between them they have 31 years in practice and ten of them on this street.

  • Dr Celeste Lim in pink scrubs and a surgical mask, hair tied back, looking straight at the camera.
    Dr Celeste LimDentist, principal
  • Dr Ravin Pillai in grey scrubs and a mask at the room-two screen, typing up a plan.
    Dr Ravin PillaiDentist
  • Nur Aisyah in a surgical cap and grey scrubs, mask lowered, smiling, gloves on.
    Nur AisyahOral health therapist

Dr Celeste Lim

Dentist, principal. Here since 2016.

Qualified
BDS (Singapore), MSc Implant Dentistry
Registered
Singapore Dental Council, full registration
Languages
English, Mandarin, Hokkien
Ask her about
Implants, crowns, and a tooth that has been "fine for years"

Celeste opened the clinic in 2016 after seven years at a polyclinic in Bukit Merah, where she learned to explain a treatment plan in under a minute, and to do it in Hokkien for a grandmother who had no intention of agreeing to anything. She does most of the crowns and all of the implants.

She still does her own scale and polish for anyone who has been coming since the first year, and she reads the gum numbers out loud during the check because she thinks you should hear them. If a treatment can wait, she will tell you it can wait.

Dr Ravin Pillai

Dentist. Children, root canals, the nervous.

Qualified
BDS (Singapore)
Registered
Singapore Dental Council, full registration
Languages
English, Tamil, Malay
Ask him about
A first visit for a four-year-old, a tooth that hurts at night, a hand signal

Ravin joined in 2019 and took over the children and the root canals, which he says are the same job: both need you to be slow, honest and slightly boring. He has done about 1,100 root canals and keeps a count because patients ask.

He is the one who talks too much about Liverpool, which the front desk has learned to use as a timer. He is also the one most people ask for when they write "very anxious" on the form, and he is fine with that.

Nur Aisyah

Oral health therapist.

Qualified
Diploma in Oral Health Therapy (Nanyang Polytechnic)
Registered
Singapore Dental Council, oral health therapist
Languages
English, Malay
Ask her about
Bleeding gums, electric versus manual brushes, flossing you will actually do

Aisyah does most of the scale and polish, the fluoride, the sealants and the home-care talk, and she is the reason the clinic runs to time. She trained at Nanyang Polytechnic and spent three years in a school dental service before joining in 2021.

If you have ever been told you brush too hard, it was probably her, and she was right. She times every clean, and a first-visit clean is fifteen minutes, not twelve and not twenty.

And one person at the front desk.

The number on this site rings on her desk, not in a call centre, and the WhatsApp is read by her between 8:30 and 18:30. She has booked every appointment since 2016 and knows which room you prefer. If you are running late, message her and she will move things rather than rush you.

What to bring on a first visit

  • Monday to Friday9:00 – 18:30
  • Saturday9:00 – 13:30
  • Sunday and public holidaysClosed
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