In 1984 Jatinder Sagoo (Sonny to his friends) and Jonathan Pimley met as undergraduates at Newcastle University. They quickly became friends and flatmates and began what was to become a successful business partnership, grounded in shared ideals of providing a superlative level of treatment and experience for their dental patients.

This is their story.

After we graduated in 1989 we both worked in other practices, doing a post-graduate year of vocational training. This allowed us to start developing our experience and was the start of our commitment to life-long, ongoing learning.We always kept in touch and it was during a walking holiday in the Peak District that we decided to open our own practice.In 1991, having decided Harrogate was a great town to establish our practice in, we found Clover House’s existing building on Skipton Road. The building had been a dental practice Harrogate since the 1950’s but needed extensive refurbishment.As young men with new families and not much money, we set about doing most of the work ourselves. With the help of friends, walls were knocked down and plaster rendered as we swapped the dentists drill for a DIY drill!Steadily the practice took shape. Jonathan’s wife Margaret joined the team as an Associate and Clover House Harrogate was open for business in 1992When the practice became fully private in 2006, the surgery had another complete makeover  to become the bright, airy, attractive and welcoming place it is now. This time we got the builders in!