The clinic
Two chairs, one X-ray room, one small sterilisation room, and a waiting area with plants in it. It is not a hospital and it does not try to look like one. First-time patients often say the same thing: there is no smell of disinfectant.
The whole building
- Two treatment chairs
- One digital X-ray room
- One sterilisation room
- One waiting area
Two chairs. That is the whole clinic.
One X-ray room.
Everything used today is sterilised today.
No certificates on the wall. There is a jug of water.
Four people
Dr. Napat "Nat" Rattanasak
Dentist, founder · aged 38
Draws your teeth on paper before he touches them. Six years in a large Bangkok private hospital before this; came home when his father retired.
Dr. Pimchanok "Pim" Sutham
Dentist, children · aged 35
Never says "don't cry." Says "it's alright — most people are frightened the first time."
Mayuree "May"
Reception · aged 29
Remembers which patients are frightened of the injection, without looking at the screen.
Nicha
Dental assistant · aged 26
Every instrument used today is sterilised today. Nothing is left until tomorrow.
Dr. Nat and Dr. Pim both qualified at Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Dentistry, where they were classmates. That is the whole of the credentials section.
When we are open
- Monday09:00–18:00Last new patient 17:00
- Tuesday09:00–18:00Last new patient 17:00
- Wednesday09:00–18:00Last new patient 17:00
- Thursday09:00–18:00Last new patient 17:00
- Friday09:00–18:00Last new patient 17:00
- Saturday09:00–16:00Last new patient 15:00
- SundayClosed
The slots we do not sell
214:00
Two appointment slots are held open every weekday until 14:00. They are not bookable online. They are for whoever wakes up in pain.
And the awkward parts
- We are closed on Sundays, which is the day most people are free.
- Two chairs. If both are busy and you arrive in pain outside the held slots, you may wait.
Where it is
On a residential street in Hua Hin. We are not publishing an address here, because this clinic does not exist — but if it did, you would find it by the wooden sign and the plants, not by a map pin.
What is around it
- A primary school, down the road
- A pharmacy
- A coffee shop
- Two massage shops