Practice profile Office shell becomes modern orthodontists, finds Bruce Oxley A A taste of Eden
fter working as an associate in and around Glasgow and Lanarkshire for a
number of years, in 20ı0 ortho- dontist Sabina Kasem decided it was time to embark on the next stage of her career. Being a Lanarkshire girl,
Sabina set her sights on opening a new practice close to where she was brought up and, with NHS Lanarkshire indicating that there was a significant unmet need in the Coatbridge area for specialist orthodontic services, her plans began to take shape. After ı8 months of planning
and preparation, she identified premises on Dundyvan Road and set about turning what was essentially a shell of an office building into a modern ortho- dontic practice. Local MSP Elaine Smith and Coatbridge MP Tom Clarke provided valu-
From left: Elaine Smith, Sabina Kasem, Tom Clarke and the Eden team
able information and advice to Sabina at this stage with the paperwork and how to get her practice up and running. The two politicians were later welcomed to the practice as guests of honour for the official opening as a gesture of thanks. Sabina said: “The help that
Elaine Smith and Tom Clarke provided us at the beginning was invaluable and it was great to be able to welcome them to the practice at the opening and show them how their encour- agement helped us to build this facility.” Eden Orthodontics opened
its doors to patients in December and they welcomed the town’s parliamentarians to the official opening on ı March. They witnessed first-hand the new four-surgery practice and expressed their delight at how
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