Private family dentistry on Cowbridge High Street since 2009. A forty-minute first examination with your teeth on the screen, a written plan with prices before anything starts, and a membership plan that spreads the routine cost.
Treatments
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The routine that stops everything else: a thorough examination every six to twelve months, X-rays when they are due, and a hygienist visit that cleans properly and shows you how to keep it that way.
New patient examination £75 including X-rays and photographs.
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Fixing teeth that have broken, decayed or ache: tooth-coloured fillings, crowns made in a day with our scanner, bridges, and root canal treatment done properly under magnification so the tooth is kept rather than lost.
White fillings from £125, crowns from £695, root canal treatment from £495, bridges from £1,400.
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For the people who have not been for years and are dreading it: a longer first visit that can be just a conversation, a stop signal that is always honoured, treatment in small steps, and intravenous sedation for those who need it.
First visit £75 including X-rays where you are ready for them; the talk-only visit is £48.
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Children seen from their first birthday, free with a member parent, with first visits that are a ride in the chair and a sticker rather than a treatment, and the sealants and fluoride that mean most of our children never have a filling.
Examinations free for under-18s with a parent on the membership plan, otherwise £32.
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The things people ask about quietly: whitening done safely by a dentist, clear aligners to straighten teeth without braces, composite bonding to fix chips and gaps, and veneers when they are genuinely the right answer.
Home whitening £395 including trays and gel.
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Replacing missing teeth: a single implant that looks and works like the tooth it replaces, implants that hold a loose denture still, bridges, and well-made dentures for the people who prefer them.
Single implant and crown from £2,600.
Membership plan
£18.50 a month, adults
£6.50 a month for children, and children of a member parent are examined free. Most of our patients are on it; it is the simplest way to never think about the cost of a check-up.
What you can expect
The hygienist is not an add-on here. Six-monthly hygiene is in the membership plan because it is what stops the fillings, and we would rather you never needed a crown.
Toothache, a broken tooth, a lost crown: ring before 10am and you are seen the same day, £95 including the temporary fix. Members are seen free.
You get a written plan with each option and its price, including the option of doing nothing. We do not sell whitening to people who came in for a filling.
Crowns, bridges and implants are guaranteed for ten years when you keep up your examinations and hygiene. Fillings for three. In writing.
Nervous patients
A third of the people who walk in were frightened of the dentist when they first rang. The first appointment can be a conversation in the chair with nothing in your mouth. You agree a stop signal, and when you raise it we stop, every time. Treatment happens in small steps, easiest first, and for people whose fear is beyond that, there is sedation.
Your first visit
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A medical history and a short questionnaire about what matters to you and how you feel about the dentist. Tell us on the form if you are nervous; it changes how we run the appointment.
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What has brought you in, what you want from your teeth, what has gone wrong before. Ten minutes in the chair with nothing in your mouth, door open if you prefer.
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Every tooth, the gums, the jaw joint, an oral cancer screen. Two small X-rays and a set of photographs, unless you ask us not to on the first visit.
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You see what we see: the photographs and X-rays, explained in plain words. Most people have never looked at their own back teeth. It changes how they brush.
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What, if anything, needs doing, in what order, with each option and its price, including doing nothing for now. You take it home. Nothing is booked until you say so.
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If you have booked the hygienist for the same visit, Priya or Ceri see you next. Otherwise reception books it, and your next examination, before you leave.
Reviews
I had not been to a dentist for eleven years and was ashamed of it. James did not say a word about it. First visit was a chat, second a look, third a filling I barely noticed. I am now on the plan and go every six months like a normal person.
Both children seen free on our plan since they were one. Our eldest is nine, has never had a filling, and asks when the next appointment is because of the sticker. Fissure seals at six, fluoride twice a year, and brushing advice that actually worked.
Broke a molar on a Sunday night, rang at half eight Monday, seen at eleven, crown scanned, milled and fitted by lunchtime. £695 as it says on the website, not a penny more. The ten-year guarantee is in writing.
Find us
Number 27, the Georgian townhouse between the bookshop and the deli. The Town Hall car park behind is free for two hours and a minute's walk; the X2 stops outside. A ground-floor surgery for anyone who cannot manage stairs.
Yes, private only. A new patient examination is £75 with X-rays and photographs, or join the membership plan at £18.50 a month and it is included, with two hygienist visits a year and 10% off treatment.
No. We were an NHS practice until 2017 and could not give patients the time it needed. Our fees are on the website; the membership plan spreads the routine cost and children are examined free with a member parent.
A monthly direct debit, £18.50 for adults and £6.50 for children, that covers two examinations and two hygiene visits a year, free emergencies, 10% off all treatment and worldwide dental injury cover. Most of our patients are on it.
Tell reception when you book and ask for James. Your first visit can be a conversation with nothing in your mouth; nobody will examine you until you are ready, and nobody will comment on how long it has been.
From their first birthday. Free with a member parent, otherwise £32 for an examination. The first visits are a ride in the chair and a sticker; fissure sealants and fluoride varnish from six keep most of our children filling-free.
A new patient examination is £75 with X-rays and photographs, or £18.50 a month on the membership plan with two hygienist visits a year and 10% off treatment. Nervous? Ask for James and start with a conversation.
