Dental Services

Who we are
We are a NHS dental service that provides dental care and oral health promotion in Kent, south and north east London.

We are run by NHS dentists and health professionals who have the desired skills, knowledge and drive to deliver the best dentistry we can and to improve the oral health of our patients and the communities we live and work in.

We are not a business with shareholders, which means that everything we do is for our patients. All our staff live and work in the communities we serve and have extensive training and experience in delivering dental health care. Our people are our most important asset.

Our main work is providing special care and paediatric dentistry, but we also provide family dentistry under the NHS and privately and dental care for prisoners and in other secure institutions, such as secure metal health units.

Special care dentistry is for patients who may have a social, psychological or physical disability and who could need dental care to be adapted for them. They may also find it difficult to access mainstream dentistry.

It is also about having staff with the skills to treat patients with complex medical histories, for which dentistry may a high risk. An example is patients who have learning disabilities and are unable to understand the care or co-operate with the required care.

Special care dentistry is a core service for us. For most of our patients we are their only dentist and we recall some special care patients for regular examinations. Others can have regular examinations at their own family dentist, but need our support when having dental treatment.

We work to care pathways and national referral guidelines. To access dental care, you have to be referred by your own general dental practitioner or health professional.  You can also self-refer if you meet our guidelines. If in doubt, call us on 0300 7900 158 for advice.

What we do
Our Community Dental Service in east Kent and north east London provides a full range of community dentistry for patients unable to access NHS dentistry locally, requiring specialist intervention or needing a home visit.

NHS dental treatment includes all necessary to secure and maintain your oral health. We operate these services from 17 sites and a mobile dental unit.

Referrals for patients, who have special needs or require specialist intervention, will only be accepted from other health professionals according to our referral criteria.

In City and Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Newham, Barking, Redbridge, Havering and Waltham Forest, we provide ‘shared dental care’ for special care patients and children. We provide a targeted Fluoride Varnish programme in Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Redbridge and additional oral health promotion services across several London boroughs.

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