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Dental therapists are registered dental professionals who carry out certain items of dental treatment direct to patients or under prescription from a dentist.

Dental therapists can undertake the following if they are trained, competent and indemnified:

A dental therapist can also carry out the scope of a dental hygienist and dental nurse if trained and competent.

Scope of practice:

• Gain a detailed dental history from patients and evaluate their medical history
• The can carry out a clinical examination within their competence
• Complete periodontal examination and charting and use indices to screen and monitor periodontal disease
• Diagnose and treatment plan within their competence
• Prescribe radiographs, take, process and interpret various film views used in general dental practice
• Plan the delivery of care for patients
• Provide preventive oral care to patients and liaise with dentists over the treatment of caries, periodontal disease and tooth wear
• Undertake supragingival and subgingival scaling and root surface debridement using manual and powered instruments
• Adjust restored surfaces in relation to periodontal treatment
• Apply topical treatments and fissure sealants
• Give infiltration and inferior dental block analgesia
• Do temporary dressings and re-cement crowns with temporary cement
• Place rubber dam
• Take impressions
• Maintenance of implants and treatment of peri-implant tissues
• Carry out direct restorations on primary and secondary teeth
• Fulfil pulpotomies on primary teeth
• Extract primary teeth and place pre-formed crowns on primary teeth
• Identify anatomical features, recognise abnormalities and interpret common pathology
• Oral cancer screening
• Keep full, accurate and contemporaneous patient records

Additional skills which dental therapists could develop include:

• Tooth whitening to the prescription of a dentist
• Inhalation sedation
• Removing sutures after the wound has been checked by a dentist

Please see The British Association of Dental Therapists (BADT) for more information.

You might see our Dental Therapist Chloe at Larkham House, and she’s also taking on new private patients.

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Laura Johnson

19:36 24 Oct 22

Very friendly staff! I suffer with anxiety and every time I have an appointment the dentist is very patient and goes through everything to make sure I am OK and not too nervous. The dentist nurses, particularly Rachel is amazing! Especially with my children when they come in makes me feel at ease!

Teresa Floyd

08:16 21 Aug 22

Had a referral from Seven Trees as I had severe dental painI am a very nervous patient however the service I received was outstanding from the minute I arrived to the minute I left and no more tooth painThank you so much

Christine Boyle

20:10 07 Apr 22

Had an appointment with Clohe yesterday and I can't praise her enough. So thorough and nothing was too much trouble for her. She was very caring and cosiderat e I felt relaxed and nothing was too much of a problem for her too deal with. My appointment was not rushed .

Adam Davie

19:59 10 Oct 21

From the offset call confirming my appointment this dental practice experience was five star compared to dentist based Midlands . Front desk staff / nurses excellent giving me the reassurance that I was booked in with a great dentist as I personally have a fear of the dentist being in my late 30s . After my review etc with the dentist it was forgone conclusion that a full on extraction was required the dentist himself was unbelievable reassuring excellent service total professionalism which I haven’t come across recently, great team whom care about the patient journey I most certainly didn’t just feel like a number under their care . Thank you to all staff at Larkham House Dental Practice.

Anthony Grave

20:07 12 May 21

Very good

brian rogers

16:08 18 Mar 21

On the 18/3/21 I had 2 extractions From the outset the staff were very friendly helpful and very professional the Dentist was brilliant I never felt hardly any of the extractions I will definitely use a again excellent service thank you...

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