Dentistry is one of the few NHS services where you have to pay a contribution towards the cost of your care.
Urgent dental treatment – {{nhs_band_1}}
This covers urgent care in a primary care NHS dental practice such as pain relief or a temporary filling.
Band 1 course of treatment – {{nhs_band_1}}
- clinical examination, case assessment and report
- advice, dental charting, diagnosis and treatment planning
- radiographic examination and radiological report
- colour photographs
- instruction in the prevention of dental and oral disease, including dietary advice and dental hygiene instruction
- surface application as primary preventive measures of sealants and topical fluoride preparations
- scaling, polishing and marginal correction of fillings
- adjustments to, and easing of, dentures or orthodontic appliances
- treatment of sensitive cementum
Band 2 course of treatment – {{nhs_band_2}}
- non-surgical periodontal treatment (gum disease treatment), including root planing, deep scaling, irrigation of periodontal pockets and subgingival curettage and all necessary scaling and polishing
- surgical periodontal treatment, including gingivectomy, gingivoplasty or removal of an operculum, raising and replacement of a mucoperiosteal flap, curettage, root planing and bone resection
- free gingival grafts
- permanent fillings in amalgam, composite resin, synthetic resin, glass ionomer, compomers, silicate or silico-phosphate, including acid etch retention
- sealant restorations
- endodontic treatments (root canal treatment) of permanent or retained deciduous teeth, pulpotomy and apicoectomy
- extraction of teeth
- transplantation of teeth
- oral surgery including surgical removal of cyst, buried root, unerupted tooth, impacted tooth and alveolectomy
- soft tissue surgery in relation to the buccal cavity and lips
- frenectomy, frenuloplasty, frenotomy
- relining and rebasing dentures including soft linings
Band 3 course of treatment – {{nhs_band_3}}
- This covers everything listed in Bands 1 and 2 above, plus crowns, dentures, bridges and other laboratory work.
NHS Patients
It is patients responsibility to keep up with routine appointments. If you fail to attend or late cancel on 2 occasions you run the risk of loosing your NHS position at the practice.
Patients are automatically taken of our NHS list if they do not attend an appointment within a 15 month period.
We are sorry but due to lack of capacity and resources we are currently unable to accept any new NHS patients. For help and assistance in seeking a dentist please contact the Devon & Cornwall dental helpline operated by Access Dental – Tel 03330 063 300
