Practice History

Fauchard House Dental Surgery was founded by Drs. John and Jennifer Young, and has been an established dental practice on North Hill in Plymouth for more than 40 years.  The surgery was purchased in April 2006 by John and Jenny’s daughter Dr Sacha Young.  Sacha had been an associate at the surgery since 1997, but with the purchase of the surgery has become the Practice Principal.  

Dr Young is supported by a team of dental nurses and receptionists.

Why is the practice called Fauchard House? 

The surgery is named after Pierre Fauchard whose importance to the dental profession is recognised by an article by a Lynch, O’Sullivan and McGillycuddy published in the British Dental Journa in 2006: “If we reflect on the advances in dental practice made over the past four centuries, it is clear that the most significant contributions to the development of our profession were made by a small number of unusually gifted practitioners.  Pre-eminent among them are Pierre Fauchards (1678-1761), who is widely acclaimed as the ‘Father of Modern Dentistry’.  He was concerned by the ignorance of many of colleagues, and deplored the selfishness of the more able among them who guarded the secrets of their clinical techniques.  In 1728 he published a comprehensive textbook, Le Chirurgien Dentiste, detailing the contemporary state of dental knowledge and making his own observations. Le Chirurgien Dentiste swept away the old attitudes of secrecy introducing an era of openness and scientific evaluation” (2006: 779).