Author: Tiwari Watson Dental Care

Not long back in from our daughter Mila’s 5th birthday party this morning. We arranged for it to be in a nearby bar that has an upstairs nightclub/private function area. There were 28 kids in there all dancing & going absolutely wild with a few even sleeping in the booths at the side. It probably wasn’t too dissimilar from what went on the night before when the adults were in.

The kids chicken nuggets that were on the go were absolutely unreal so I made sure to clean up as best I could at the end. “All those plates were empty the kids must have been hungry 😋” . Thankfully Mila absolutely loved it too and is now napping on the sofa all danced out.

I’d go for a wee nap myself only we have to continue packing our house up for moving out in 2 weeks time. Explaining the move to our kids wasn’t easy at first actually. Their initial reaction was to cry as they thought that all our stuff, (their toys & beds etc) got left behind with the house. When we explained that all our stuff comes with us they thought we were physically lifting our house from the foundations and moving it elsewhere with everything inside. To be honest, with the amount of things we have this actually might have been easier!

Before the mayhem really begins Raashi and I were lucky enough to spend a night away at Glenapp Castle in Ballantrae last week:

This was courtesy of Raashi’s mum for my birthday last year, and we just got round to using it. It was a great wee spot with a delicious 6 course dinner and a better yet a lie in. For anyone out there without kids – never underestimate your lie in on a Sunday!

I wanted to wait until after Mila’s party to shave all my facial hair and leave the moustache so I’m sure Raashi will be delighted that’s the look I’m now going for for the rest of the month. Our community fund of £100 will be donated to men’s health charities this month for ‘Movember’ so apologies in advance for my Freddie Mercury effort. My younger brother Jordan says of moustache’s “they’re coming back into fashion”. Mine will be a pretty pathetic one so I’m not sure he will be impressed with my efforts for the moustache fashion industry.

If any of our patients have any good ones on the go at the moment please tag us as we’d love to see it! 🥸

‘Must dash’ now …

Have a good week all,

Joe

Joseph Watson BDS MFDS RCPS MSc (Implantology)

It’s been a very busy couple of weeks in the Tiwari-Watson household as we get ready to move house at the end of November. We’ve tried to do a lot of the packing ourselves with the help of the in law’s but thankfully we’ve also got a professional company coming in for the rest! Raashi and I just have to pack the most important (but most difficult) packages now which are the 3 kids. Oh and we can’t forget about the dog wee Fergie 🐶. I’m actually wondering what he’s going to bark at now that we’re moving a bit further away from the flight path! 🤷🏻‍♂️✈️

We’re actually moving in with Raashi’s mum and dad until our new house is ready. They’ll be happy to have us but it could be until February so I think by then they’ll be happier to kick us back out 😆 – especially if wee Fergs finds something else that happens every 10 minutes that he can bark at!

Fergie (the human one) wouldn’t have been impressed last week when I was at Old Trafford to watch Man United get beaten 5-0 by Liverpool:

I was actually back down in Manchester again this weekend on a dental CPD course about implants and bone grafting. It was a bit painful to return to the scene of the crime so soon to be honest. My train was cancelled due to flooding on Thursday so I had to drive down after work. My teeth took an absolute battering on the way down with the Red bull, coffee, haribo & skittles but along with Micheal Mcintyre’s audio book they were essential for the drive after a long day at work. I guess being at a course with 20 other dentists wasn’t the worst place to be with toothache should it arise anyway!

The course itself was really good. It was a Friday and Saturday thing so it meant staying over in a hotel on Thursday and Friday. On Thursday night I was glad to get straight to my bed but on Friday night I went to the cinema right next to the hotel for something to do. I was trying to blend in and pretend I actually had some friends but after queuing for 30 minutes for popcorn I then accidentally spilt it all over the floor when trying to fill my juice up. I probably should have called it a day there and then but I felt I owed it to the staff member who gave me a free popcorn refill, to plough on. Sadly the film itself was the worst I’ve ever seen. It was called ‘Dune’. If ever you have absolutely nothing else to do and no friends available just sit in a dark room instead, don’t go see Dune. If you absolutely must then just bring your own popcorn in a bag!

I was glad to get back home in time for the Halloween party today with the family:

The Adams family..

There’s still plenty of sweets left for me to continue my weekend as it started. Looking forward to going back to work next week just to get one of our dentists to give me a much needed M.O.T!

Quick reminder that we’re still on the lookout for a new dental therapist at TWDC, for anyone reading who may be interested please get in touch.

Enjoy the rest of your Halloween all, easy on the sweets and if you need an M.O.T like me give us a shout!

Take care,

Joe

Joseph Watson BDS MFDS RCPS MSc (Implantology)

It wasn’t a great start to the weekend yesterday after my beloved Manchester United were beaten by Leicester 4-2. The fans sometimes sing “Ole’s at the wheel, tell me how good does it feel” about our current manager. I think now though we’re slowly realising that maybe he isn’t a great driver after all as the bus keeps crashing and it doesn’t feel so good to be honest. It reminds me of that scene in Austin Powers where he’s trying to steer the car out of a tight space and keeps getting stuck:

I do still love Ole though and hope he sorts his driving out. Seatbelts & helmets on in the mean time. 😣

To be fair to him he’s not the worst driver I’ve seen lately either. That award might have to go to my wife Raashi. She managed to scrape the side of her car (third car this exact same thing has happened to) on the side of our house. We have a narrow driveway & when parking at the back of the house you have to just be careful you don’t turn too acutely or this happens:

Three times, three different cars. Thankfully we’re moving out soon! (I’ve got a great Ring camera CCTV recording of the moment Raashi gets out and realises what’s happened ((again)) but let’s just say the 1 word used wasn’t exactly family friendly so I could’t upload it 😆🤦🏻‍♂️)

Speaking of moving out we’ve got plenty of packing to be getting on with. I really didn’t realise how much stuff we have and how little it takes to fill a box! This morning I’ve just found a 2 CD pack of Daniel O’Donnell’s ‘Ultimate Collection’ album. I’m not sure that’s going to make the cut into the moving boxes so if anyone fancies it let me know!

Busy week ahead at work too. Our new dentist Lydia is settling in well and hopefully now our waiting times will come down soon. We’re actually also looking for a new dental therapist as most of our patients will know the appointments with Rebecca for scaling and polishing are months ahead at the moment. So if there are any dental therapists reading this who would be interested please get in touch – friendly team, nice practice, lovely patients and free staff parking at your own risk ☺️.

Have a good week all & take care,

Joe

Joseph Watson BDS MFDS RCPS MSc (Implantology)

I spent Friday and Saturday this week at the UK & Ireland ITI (International team for Implantology) annual conference in Edinburgh. It meant staying over on the Friday night in Edinburgh which was great fun as there was also a party with a live band on at the National Museum of Scotland.

It was great to actually go to in person events like that again as opposed to ‘zooming’ them from home. It’s good to see people/colleagues that I’ve not seen in so long – plus there’s always free food at these things to make the most of. (Oh and yes its good to learn new things too of-course – the main reason for going!) 😆

It was a good end to a very busy week at work as we welcomed two new nurses (Megan and Caitlin) and a new dentist (Lydia) to our expanding team. They seem to have settled in really well already. We had a work night out last weekend to welcome everyone so you can imagine at my age I’m now hoping for quiet weekends until Christmas after the double header. 😴

We’re just back from Jurassic park (I don’t know the real name but it was a park with dinosaurs) with the kids this afternoon – at Cunigar loop in Rutherglen. Older kids loved it, youngest actually thought the dinosaurs were real and wanted to eat him so I had to carry him the whole way round – he’s not the lightest either! Word of advice if you’re planning on going, bring the welly boots – we got ourselves absolutely covered in muck! To make matters worse Ronan’s nappy had started to leak through too so muck wasn’t my only concern. Soaking, tired, cold & Covered in muck and pee. Not a bad Sunday but not my favourite either – I’m hopeful that a Chinese takeaway later on will save it!

Now that Lydia’s joined the team we’re hopeful our waiting lists will come down, so give us a call if you’re in need of an appointment or if your on the waiting list already we’ll be in touch ASAP.

Take care all and have a good week,

Joe

Joseph Watson BDS MFDS RCPS MSc (Implantology)

It was nice to bump into Gary Oldman yesterday at the Manchester United game! I forgot his name initially and simply went ‘there’s that actor fella’ – thankfully my dad remembered and he was nice enough to get a photo with us. My dad and I got ourselves some season tickets at Old Trafford for this year so it was great to get down for Ronaldo’s returning debut. All week I was so excited about it, literally counting down the sleeps – it felt like Christmas and I was 7 years old again! Ronaldo didn’t disappoint either, 2 more goals to add to his ridiculous tally. He’s only 134 goals off Wayne Rooney’s Man United record now, I thought he had an outside chance of beating that yesterday but I was happy to settle for the brace.

After the game I was at a friends wedding in Liverpool too so it was a great day. There might have been some terrible dancing on display though after the beers all day at the game. Hopefully theres no video evidence. 🙈

Looking forward to getting back home (currently driving back) to see the kids – fingers crossed they all just want to lie on the sofa and watch TV and eat crisps 🤞🏼….Wishful thinking perhaps!

Busy week at work this week coming and our new dentist Lydia is starting in a couple of weeks too. She popped in to say hello to the team last week – she’s lovely so I’m sure our patients & staff will all get on well with her. Another Irish girl too, just to confirm in advance though she is NOT my daughter, as some patients thought our dentist Laura was. 😳

With her starting we’re hopeful this will bring our appointment waiting times down and the same with our new patient list. Just to confirm to all we are still taking new patients on at the moment. The NHS waiting list is around 12 months or there is availability to be seen sooner privately. These waiting times will hopefully come down drastically now though once Lydia starts.

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday and have a good week all,

Viva Ronaldo

Joe

Joseph Watson BDS MFDS RCPS MSc (Implantology)

This week my oldest daughter started school so it was exciting and emotional for us as parents to wave her off, thankfully she absolutely loved her first two days. She’s always been very clever so a PhD by the end of primary school wouldn’t surprise me but maybe I’m a little biased ☺️!

Football starting back this week was a great bonus too, my own team won 5-1 and are currently top of the league so in my opinion we should just ‘stop the count’ already.

When Raashi’s out and I have the kids myself I tend to call it ‘babysitting’ although she assures me that as they are my kids it’s actually called parenting. I may have bribed Sienna into watching the game with me with ice cream & chocolate while I was ‘parenting’ on Saturday! 🤗

My own ice cream and chocolate days might have to be scaled back though as I recently started getting back to exercise with a personal trainer – one of my patients actually (Matthew at Elation fitness). It’s been great so far and the gym facilities are brilliant. He took it easy on me for week 1 but week 2 was a different story, I’ve been walking around like John Wayne all week! Last night we had a Chinese takeaway but I’m sure Matthew will be glad to know that I followed the Kevin bridges diet advice and abstained from the ‘lid’ on my filled prawn crackers. All good for week 3 now 💪🏼

Our computers are getting upgraded at work tomorrow and Tuesday so unfortunately we can’t make any new appointments on those days unless it’s an emergency. Thank you to all of our patients in advance for your patience on that front! We’re upgrading our 3D cone beam scanner later this year too so if any dentists are reading this and want a very good value second hand one please get in touch! There’s absolutely nothing wrong with it, in fact a few friends have said to me ‘if it’s not broke don’t fix it.’ This is a fair point but the issues is I like to think of myself as an Alex Ferguson type manager, never afraid to ship some big players out at the right time to invest in the squad with some younger up and coming prospects. 😜

In summary, an excellent 3D cone beam scanner is available to a new dental practice in this transfer window for the new season starting. It’s a very experienced player and has been integral as part of a trophy winning team for many years. Available at a smashing price with arguably its prime years still ahead. Will do really well in another league (practice) for many years to come. A bit like Beckham when he went to Madrid. ☺️

Have a good week all,

Joe

Joseph Watson BDS MFDS RCPS MSc (Implantology)

Really enjoyed being at a friends wedding in Ireland at the start of this week. I may have shed a wee tear on my own wedding day and I do get the occasional reminder about it from my friends so I was hoping to gain a partner on that front. I actually had a bet on with the groom but to my surprise and disappointment he held strong. He even gave me a wee grin/glance during the ceremony as if to say ‘that’s my bet up now.’

I see now in this photo how he must have managed it, the old ‘eyes closed at everything’ technique ...classic!

It’s been so nice lately weather wise so I’m glad they had a lovely day for their wedding. Glasgow has been abnormally great for these past few weeks too. Part of me is thinking ‘is this climate change?’ and the other part is just thinking ‘….taps aff 😎’

I have an english friend who mixed that phrase up recently. She went for ‘taps off‘. I had to explain to her the difference between ‘taps off’, ‘taps aff’ and ‘tops off’:

As you can see the tap is off, the tap is aff, and finally England had a good run but they couldn’t quite top it off.

With all the great weather we’re lucky we have air con in place in the waiting room and surgeries as it’s been absolutely essential lately. Especially with the extra PPE we’re all wearing at the moment. A lot of our anxious patients usually get a bit hot/clammy in the waiting room too so it’s a nice change for them to come in to the dentist to actually cool down instead!

We’ve got another few weeks of nice weather left apparently so im looking forward to making the most of it. Remember it’s taps oan in the waiting room please.

Take care all and have a good week,

Joe

Joseph Watson BDS MFDS RCPS MSc (Implantology)

Well it’s Euro final day and I’m really looking forward to the game later. I must admit I really like this English team and their manager, but I just can’t quite bring myself to support them tonight. I’m sorry to my English friends, patients (and wife!) but Forza Italia all the way!!!

I’m not an ‘anybody but England’ supporter at all…..I studied Italian up to A level at school in Belfast and while I was at Uni I spent one of my summers working in Rome for a couple of months, mainly trying to keep up the language skills. The apartment I stayed in at the time was on the street directly outside St Peters/The Vatican, right above a bakery where we’d get fresh Italian bread every morning. Incidentally the job I landed was on a bar crawl where I was paid to drink. As an Irish man it doesn’t get much better than that so I did have second thoughts about actually returning to finish my degree! I’m sure you can imagine coming home after a ‘tough nights work’ the smell of the bread being made was to die for 🤤

I reluctantly came home in the end and I now keep up my Italian with lessons online every week so it’s safe to say I’ve got a bit of an affection towards Italy!

It’s been a bit strange seeing the crowds for the football then still having restrictions on wedding numbers etc so it’s good to see some of those restrictions being lifted now that more of us are vaccinated. At work we’re still limited in terms of the numbers of patients we are able to see at the moment, which is why our appointments are booked so far in advance. Thankfully we have a new dentist starting in the next couple of months to help us out on that front though. She’s lovely so I’m looking forward to introducing her to our staff and patients. Watch this space!

In the mean time take care all and enjoy the game tonight if you’re watching it..

It’s coming Rome…

Giuseppe,

Joseph Watson BDS MFDS RCPS MSc (Implantology)

I had a great time at the Scotland game during the week with one of our dentists Kamal and his twin brother Kishan. It was such a good atmosphere for just 12k lucky supporters. Shame about the result but Croatia had an absolutely world class player in Luka Modric, who stole the show. The guy sitting next to us had his own thoughts on Modric though and kept shouting about him the whole game. “HE’S NOT THAT GOOD!…. JUST STOP MODRIC….I’D PUT HIM IN THE STANDS – IT’S AS SIMPLE AS THAT”.

I did admire his self confidence and passion but the Scottish players on the pitch were half his age and weight and couldn’t get anywhere near the former winner of ‘Worlds Best Footballer,’ so I’m not so sure it would have been ‘as simple as that.’ 😆 . To be fair to the guy at least he didn’t have ‘COVID , 19’ on the back of his Scotland top which I did see at one of the games. Just no. 🤦🏻‍♂️

It was a shame to see Wales go out yesterday too, only England left now from the home nations but I think the Italians, French and Belgians will have something to say about ‘football coming home’.

Looking forward to next week for the Costa del Glasgow weather we’re expecting. No need for a flight, two PCR tests and two weeks of quarantining to get some sun 😎. Would be nice to have a bbq but finding gas is near impossible at the minute so it’ll have to be a cook inside eat outside job. I’ll actually have to source a wee table and chairs for the staff at work too so we can have lunch outside when it’s nice. Although with the waiting times to order that type stuff we may as well plan for eating outside in Summer 2022.

By that time hopefully ‘Covid-19’ is gone from all football tops and gone in general too 🤞🏼

Busy week at work next week but please call us if you need an appointment – it’s as simple as that.

Take care all,

Joe

Joseph Watson BDS MFDS RCPS MSc (Implantology)

Enjoying some “R&R” up at Crieff Hydro this weekend with the family. It’s been good fun so far and the kids are loving it, making the most of the swimming pool, play park and pony rides. With us all staying in the same room though I think Raashi and I will need some proper R&R once we get back to Glasgow! We used to be sun lounging all day kind of people on holiday. Sadly those days are gone now. An ideal 5* holiday destination for me would now be a week in bed to be honest. No flights, luggage, queuing or quarantining required – bliss.

I’m excited for Scotland’s first game at the Euro’s on Monday, it’s a shame that neither of the Ireland’s made it but having lived in Glasgow for 15 years now I like to consider myself part Scottish anyway. Especially as my Irish accent is nearly fully gone and I’m now left only with the Graeme McDowell version. (For those who don’t know Graeme – he’s an Irish golfer but his accent is now more American/Irish/Dutch/I don’t know what). It’s bad form of him to pass me his accent and not even an ounce of his golfing ability too. 🙄

It was very difficult/distressing to watch the scenes at the Euro’s yesterday with Christian Ericksen, the Danish player who collapsed and needed CPR on the pitch. I was so delighted to see he has stabilised now in hospital, hoping he goes on to make a full recovery and enjoys his Extra Time brought about by the amazing medical staff at the stadium 👏🏼❤️. We have one of the defibillator machines in our practice too, fingers crossed we never have to use it, but it’s good to know these are now cropping up in more and more places like shopping centres etc just incase they are ever needed. Incidentally they were invented by a Professor from N.Ireland, Frank Pantridge. Well done, Prof! 🙌🏼 What we lack in football we make up for in medical inventions, golf and dodgy accents.

I’m excited to get back to work next week after being off on Medical leave after a recent op. All went well and I’m ready to get back to it. We’re also doing our best to get a lot of our regular check up reminders sent back out at the moment however please call us if you haven’t heard and would like to book in as we can actually do them again now. Looking forward to seeing my patients again and catching up with you all.

Take care everyone and have a good week,

Joe

Joseph Watson BDS MFDS RCPS MSc (Implantology)

Joseph Watson BDS MFDS RCPS MSc (Implantology)

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