Dental treatments

You will initially be greeting by our welcoming reception team who will confirm your details and appointment time. If it is your fist visit we may ask you to complete a medical questionnaire. It is important that your dentist has a full medical history to ensure we can deliver the highest standard if tailored dental care.

If you would like to complete or discuss this medical history form in privacy , we would be delighted facilitate to this request.

Your dentist will discuss your specific requirements before fully examining your mouth. Often we will ask if we can take X-rays to show us more information about your teeth and mouth.

We will discuss the findings of our examination and X-rays with you fully and together we will design a tailored treatment plan that meets all of your specific needs. You will be provided with a printed plan that outlines all aspects of your treatment including the costs.

We “cater for cowards”. We are very aware that nobody enjoys coming to see the dentist. We are entirely focused on making your visit as stress free as possible for you. Appointments will progress at a pace you are comfortable with and all treatments will be explained fully, and your permission gained, before they begin.

Most patients, even those who consider themselves to be very nervous can be successfully treated with explanation, reassurance and gentle pain free treatment delivery.

For those patients who still feel that they cannot tolerate treatment we offer specialised care with intra venous sedation which will make you feel very relaxed during treatment and you will not be able to remember everything after the appointment. Sedation patients must be chaperoned home after the appointment and for the rest of the day.

Not necessarily. All the the treatment options and costs will be explained to you so you can help us tailor a treatment plan for you. You will know exactly what treatment has been agreed before it is started.

At the practice we take very special care to deliver painless injections. This can easily be achieved by taking the time to numb the area using topical an aesthetic gel before injecting.

This depends on what treatment you have agreed with your dentist. You will be told before treatment and given a printed estimate and treatment plan before any treatment is carried out. See our basic costs

We ask our patients to give us 48 hours notice if an appointment cannot be attended. This gives us the opportunity to offer the slot to emergency patients in pain.

We send our patients complimentary reminder text messages 48 hours before their appointments. If you still forget to attend we will try to contact you to offer you an alternative appointment. In cases of repeated failures to attend we may charge a fee for the missed appointment.

We ask that our patients pay for the treatment they have had on the day they have had it. Some treatments may need to be splint into multiple appointments, in these cases the fee will be split accordingly. In some very rare circumstances we may ask they a patient for for part of his or her treatment up front.

Yes you can but we encourage patients to see their dentist for regular check ups ideally every 6 months.

A patients hygiene recall interval should be tailored to that patients specific needs. Some patients may require more frequent hygiene visits to help treat and control more advanced or aggressive forms of gum disease. Your dentist will recommend and agree a hygiene recall interval with you that you are comfortable with.

For patients with more advanced or aggressive forms of gum disease we may recommend a longer appointment that allows deep gum cleaning to be carried out under local anesthesia. This may take place over a course of longer visits and will normally be followed up with regular routine hygiene and dental check up appointments to monitor the gum improvements.

We offer early morning appointments from 8.30 every day, we have a late clinic on a Wednesday until 18.30 and we also offer Saturday morning appointments.

At your dental check up we will monitor your oral hygiene, your existing dental restorations and the gum health. We also thoroughly screen your mouth to rule out any sinister soft tissue lesions, primarily oral cancer. For most patients we advise 6 monthly check ups which we feel is best practice and allows us to offer the highest standard of care. In some rare cases we may agree a 12 month recall with some patients.

If you feel you would like a second opinion we are happy to offer you an appointment at no fee to see a different dentist at the practice. On rare occasions we may recommend you be referred to see a specialist outside the practice. We will advise you what fees you can expect when you see a specialist. .