"I joined Castle Hill Surgery two years ago, following a period of over 10 years without seeing a Dentist due to phobia. As a very nervous patient I was anxious on arrival however as soon as I met Dr Shivani and Dr Rajan Sharma I felt a huge sense of relief. Dr Shivani Sharma was kind and patient with me, carefully explained the treatments I needed, showing me images of my teeth on the screens. She avoided jargon to ensure I understood everything to allow me to make a fully informed decision. We worked together to generate a treatment plan, taking my budget into consideration.

I chose to have sedation for the treatment and Shivani and Rajan could not have been more generous with their time, patience and honesty with me during this session, optimising the sedation and always checking I was doing ok. Even my husband, who had accompanied me, was also looked after by the lovely reception staff with cups of tea!

An unexpected visit to the surgery early one morning was kindly accommodated by Rajan and follow up appointments have been made with staff always taking into consideration my budget and working hours, showing how flexible the dentists at Castle Hill are.

The gentle approach by Castle Hill's dentists have encouraged me to have the remainder of my treatment without sedation, something I never thought would be possible.

I sincerely recommend Castle Hill Clinic to everyone and anyone, NHS or Private and in particular nervous patients. I am so pleased that I found Castle Hill and so very grateful to Shivani and Rajan for their modern and refreshing approach to Dentistry."
Mrs H. G. - Reading, Berkshire

“I want to say a big thank you to Dr Rajan Sharma for all the kindness and patience he has shown me on all my dental appointments.

I recently had to go for an emergency appointment and dreading the worst, that my tooth would need to be extracted. I was very surprised when Dr  Sharma said that he could fix it without removing the tooth, without any injections or any drilling - how relieved was I!  I have to say it was one of the best ever dentist visits I have ever had.

Admittedly I do not like having any treatment done, but it is very reassuring to have a dentist that is very welcoming and considerate to my needs and  will fully explain everything, as well as have a laugh and a joke on the way!!!” Thank you.

Ms L. B - Reading, Berks        

"I wanted to express my thanks for the kindness and patience that I received from you surgery. You were left with a difficult situation from you predecessor which you managed in a sympathetic way resulting in an 86 year old regaining her smile! Thank you very much."
Mrs T. - Reading, Berks

"Hi I would like to say a thank you to Shivani for being such an amazing dental surgeon. I have just been in today for an extraction and she was yet again BRILLIANT. I'm sure it seems odd to receive a thanks for ripping out a tooth but in this case it is well deserved!! Thanks Shivani, I'm already feeling so much better now that little blighter has been removed."
Mr B. S. Reading. - Berks

This lady had a tooth taken out by one of our dentists and decided to have it done under sedation:

"I had asked to be ‘unconscious’ and you explained that that was no longer legal. However, I confirm that the ‘snooze and memory loss’ happened, and that I did not experience any pain. There was a moment (and here I do not know the running order, so you will probably laugh!!) where I was aware of a loud-singing, circular, grinding and crunching. It was very close, but it was ‘nothing to do with me’. A gentle and loving hand wiped my face. Gratefulness just welled up, and I wanted to say thank you. I know I turned my head, but the inner smile wasn’t expressible, so that wasn’t enough. So, I tried to say thank you with my hand. I suspect that’s when, as you said on the phone, I ‘detached’ myself from the sedation line. I do apologise for that ‘interruption’ to your activities…..

The next I was aware of was lots and lots of very fast little movements with a long thread and thinking ‘oh that’s long’ and ‘oh knotting’ and ‘phew that’s fast’. I was also aware of some kind of a hook sliding in and out of the side of my mouth. But, still no pain. The next awareness was of a change of tool, and, with that rhythm change, the taste of that nicer-than-toothpaste-product which you use for polishing after cleaning.

Afterwards, I could not believe how fast I was ‘with it’ again. I expected to be very under par (if not dozing all day) for most of Friday / Saturday. That was not true! And when I came to rinse out my mouth after 6 hours as directed, it was so clean! There were no ‘bits’ from the extractions or the cleaning, and no blood and no bleeding. Amazing!

Apart from a little discomfort, there were only two things which surprised me: (i) two days after the extractions, on Saturday, my cheek was puffy and I could not speak easily and (ii) there was a large, colourful, but pain-free ‘bruise’ on my hand – which must have stemmed from when I ‘detached’ myself!!! "