Same day · we hold slots for this

If it hurts, ring. Do not use the form.

The form is read a few times a day. The phone is answered every minute we are open, and there are slots in every day that are deliberately not bookable in advance so that they are free when someone rings in pain.

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  1. 01

    Ring, do not fill in the form

    The form is read a few times a day. The phone is answered all the time we are open. If you are in pain today, the phone is the only channel that works.

  2. 02

    Tell us three things

    Where it hurts, how long it has hurt, and whether your face is swollen. Swelling is the one that changes the order of the day — say it first.

  3. 03

    We hold slots for this

    Every day has emergency slots that are not bookable in advance, which is why we can almost always see you. The fee is £85 plus whatever the treatment turns out to be, and we tell you the number before we start.

  4. 04

    If we are closed

    Ring 111. For a knocked-out adult tooth, put it in milk, do not scrub it, and get to any dentist within the hour — that one is genuinely time-critical.

Six things people ring about

What is probably happening

None of this replaces being looked at, but knowing which of these you have tells you how fast you need to move — and two of them are faster than most people think.

Throbbing that keeps you awake
Almost always an infected nerve. Painkillers stop touching it because the pressure has nowhere to go. Opening the tooth releases it and the relief is usually immediate.
A swollen face or jaw
Say this first when you ring — it changes the order of the day. Swelling that reaches your eye or the floor of your mouth, or makes swallowing hard, is A&E, not us. Go now.
A broken tooth, no pain
Not urgent today, but ring anyway. A sharp edge shreds your tongue within a day and a broken tooth left open gets much more expensive within a month.
A filling or crown has come out
Keep the crown if you still have it — we can often re-cement it, which is a five-minute appointment rather than a new one.
A knocked-out adult tooth
This is the genuinely time-critical one. Hold it by the crown, not the root. Do not scrub it. Put it in milk, or back in the socket if you can manage it, and get to any dentist within the hour.
Bleeding gums after an extraction
Bite firmly on rolled gauze or a clean handkerchief for twenty minutes without checking it. If it is still going after an hour, ring.

What it costs

£85 plus any treatment

We keep slots free every day for pain, swelling, a broken tooth or a lost filling. The fee covers getting you seen and getting the pain stopped.

The aim of the appointment is to stop the pain today, not to fix everything today. We will tell you what it would cost to finish the job properly, and then you can go away and think about it for as long as you like.

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When we are open

Monday to Thursday
8:00am – 6:00pm
Friday
8:00am – 4:00pm
Saturday
9:00am – 1:00pm
Sunday
Closed

Outside those hours

Ring 111. They run the out-of-hours dental service and they can arrange urgent treatment overnight and at weekends. For a knocked-out adult tooth, do not wait for them — milk, no scrubbing, any dentist within the hour.

Go to A&E instead, not to a dentist

If the swelling is closing your eye, spreading down your neck, or making it hard to swallow or breathe — that is not a dental appointment. Go to A&E now.