Saving Teeth

At his new clinic, Saving Teeth, Dr Navid Saberi offers an exceptional patient experience.

08 December, 2025 / editorial
Saving Teeth Mark K Jackson

A spacious treatment room, with dark red dental chair fireplace and calm surroundings.

Saving Teeth is the first independent private specialist endodontic referral centre in Edinburgh. It focuses on saving teeth that might otherwise face extraction. This includes the effective diagnosis and management of dentoalveolar pain and trauma. Whether patients are dealing with a dental emergency or trauma, persistent toothache, undiagnosed dental pain or the need for intricate root canal therapy, the Saving Teeth team can deliver prompt, effective and compassionate care and treatment.

The practice was founded and is led by Dr Navid Saberi. A registered specialist in endodontics, Dr Saberi dedicates his skills exclusively to complex endodontic procedures. His mission is to save teeth, especially those requiring the most complex care, and avoid unnecessary extractions. He is a specialist member of the American Association of Endodontists and a member (and former officer) of the British Endodontic Society and European Society of Endodontology. Since 2009, he has been mentoring dental students and qualified dentists in the field of endodontology. He established Navid Saberi Endodontics in 2013, Edinburgh Endodontist in 2019 and has now relocated to Saving Teeth, at 23B Howe St, in a former blacksmith’s, built in 1808. The contrast in look between its former use and now is incredible. Walking in, it does not feel like you are in a dental practice; more like a gallery.

a large room with hardwood floors and leather sofa and chairs. A small white desk sits in the far corner. — *The reception at Saving Teeth is luxurious, calm and welcoming.*

Dr Saberi has been thinking about the clinic’s creation for more than a decade. As well as clinical practice, design has long been a passion. Along with his flair for look and feel, with the building’s listed status he also enjoyed paying respect to its history and design. Over the months of renovation, members of the public marvelled at the attention to detail shown. On completion, occupants of neighbouring buildings were queuing up to see the transformation inside.

The team does everything to put patients at ease; Normally anxious patients report not noticing that they were undergoing a dental procedure

“The practice is purpose built and the environment, along with the team’s expertise and the investment we have made in advanced technology, provides the journey that I want patients to enjoy – from the moment they are referred, to when they arrive, undergo treatment and through to post-treatment,” said Dr Saberi. The team does everything to put patients at ease; before, during and after treatment. Normally anxious patients report not noticing that they were undergoing a dental procedure. “It is a state-of-the-art service,” he said. “And it’s slow…in a good way. We allow about two hours per treatment. So, patients come in, they are welcomed, they relax, perhaps enjoy a refreshment. We have a chat. Then the treatment, recovery, another chat. Patients leave feeling revitalised.” Saving Teeth is open for referrals. Dr Saberi has a long-established cohort of referring colleagues, but he welcomes new referring colleagues and collaborators. Looking to the future, Dr Saberi and his team, comprising a treatment coordinator and nurse, will be complemented by a periodontist.