You may have seen ‘Boris’ our PM announcing that dentists can re-open from 8th June https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52838072

We have been working towards providing emergency extractions in the coming week anyway (1st June on). This requires many changes including training, PPE sourcing, air filtration & screens etc to fall into place.

This will initially be a ‘locked door’, single patient in the practice via a pre-booked & assessed appointment ONLY, and will be offered directly to those patients who have contacted us during 'Lock-down' in the first phase.

PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT US FOR AN APPOINTMENT WE WILL CONTACT YOU.

Please be advised this is NOT a return to routine dental appointments & we will still need to reschedule many appointments over the coming weeks as restrictions on the service we can legally provide are still in place for everybody's safety via social distancing.

We have been working towards this very restricted service over the last few weeks, sourcing equipment, training & PPE, however the major hurdle has been legal issues which have only gained clarity in the last few days. We will be weeks ahead of these NHS practices & most private practices, that are not already designated as 'Urgent Dental Centres' however please bear with us, it will take time for 'normal dentistry’ to return.

One further piece of good news is that Denplan themselves have sourced £2million worth of PPE which is to be distributed to Denplan practices such as ourselves over the coming weeks FULL DENPLAN STATEMENT HERE (opens new window)


All the best EADP

Severe Dental Emergencies are defined as;

  • Life-threatening emergencies, eg. airway restriction or breathing/swallowing difficulties due to facial swelling

  • trauma including facial/oral laceration and/or dento-alveolar injuries, for example avulsion of a permanent tooth

  • oro-facial swelling that is significant and worsening post-extraction bleeding that the patient cannot control with local measures dental conditions that have resulted in acute and severe systemic illness

  • severe dental and facial pain: that is, pain that cannot be controlled by the patient following self-help advice

  • fractured teeth or tooth with pupal (nerve) exposure

  • dental and soft tissue infections without a systemic effect

  • suspected oral cancer

  • oro-dental conditions that are likely to exacerbate systemic medical conditions.