John Barclay

By Dr John Barclay | GDC No. 210844 | DRJB Smile Clinic, Ruabon, North Wales The terminology is used interchangeably in general practice, and it shouldn't be. Retreatment and re-root canal describe overlapping but distinct clinical situations, and conflating them leads to muddled treatment planning — and occasionally to the wrong decision entirely. Here's how I think about it. The Terminology Problem Root canal retreatment, strictly defined, means the removal of existing root filling...

By Dr John Barclay | DRJB Smile Clinic, Ruabon, North Wales The surgery has been here a long time. Long enough that some of the patients who sit in the chair remember my dad sitting in it first — on the other side of it, looking at their teeth, knowing their names, knowing their children's names, knowing who'd had a hard year and who hadn't. He built this from nothing. Seven days a week for years, alongside my mum, to give his children options. He didn't build a business. He built a community...

Endodontic and restorative referral information for GDPs across North Wales, Cheshire and Shropshire. Dr John Barclay GDC 210844 accepts root canal, retreatment, apical surgery, cracked tooth, tooth wear, full mouth rehabilitation and complex restorative cases. Microscope dentistry, CBCT, written reports returned to referring dentist.