A new dentist in Sharbot Lake

Jeff Green | Mar 23, 2016

The Sharbot Lake Dental Clinic is the only rural clinic in Frontenac, L&A and western Lanark counties. It was opened many years ago by Dr. Richard Dale, and as he approaches retirement age, Dr. Dale has recently ensured the future of the clinic by selling the business to Dr. Amir Faizi, a dentist based in Kingston who is finishing up his military service later this year.

Dr. Dale will keep working at the clinic for up to two years, but Dr. Faizi has already had an impact on the service. He is now opening the clinic on Fridays and selected Saturdays and has added root canals, perio (gum) surgery and complicated extractions to the clinic's list of services.

Amir Faizi graduated from Dental School at the University of Toronto and signed up with the Canadian military after that, eventually being stationed in Kingston. As he contemplates a future after his military service is complete, Dr. Faizi started looking around for a dental practice.

“I started looking around for a dental practice that would be reasonable, and this seemed like a good practice in a good area, so I gave Dr. Dale a call and he was interested,” he said.

That was in late November, 2015, and within two months the sale was made.

“He said that he had been thinking about selling the practice within the next couple of years, so my timing was good. We met and I found him very trustworthy and straightforward, and the staff are very good and experienced. It was a pleasure dealing with everyone,” he said.

The transition took place on February 2, and while Dr. Dale continues to see patients Mondays to Thursdays, Dr. Faizi has been coming in on Fridays to do the newly added procedures. In order to do the new procedures, new equipment has been purchased, and four or five root canals, for example, have already been done. In the future the clinic will be adding more services, such as IV sedations and implants, once the necessary equipment has been purchased.

“For our patients who don't want to have to go to Kingston or Perth for a range of procedures, we will be offering them,” he said, adding that the fee for service at the Sharbot Lake clinic follows the guidelines suggested by the Ontario Dental Association fee guide, keeping to the lower end of the scale.

Dr. Faizi lives in Kingston with his wife Padina Pezeshki, and their six-month-old daughter, Liah. Padina is a bio-medical engineer who has had success in using radio frequencies in the treatment of cancer. A short description of her work can be found on Youtube – www.youtube.com/watch?v=68rzgFLVcNo.