Check-ups and hygiene

Most dental problems are quiet until they are expensive. An examination every six months with the right X-rays finds the small filling before it is the root canal, and the hygienist keeps the gums that hold the teeth in.

A new patient examination is forty minutes. We take a history, examine every tooth and the gums, screen for oral cancer, take two small X-rays (more only if there is a reason) and a set of photographs, and then you look at your own teeth on the screen while the dentist explains what is there. If anything needs doing you leave with a written plan and its price. If nothing does, we say so.

The hygienist visit is thirty or forty-five minutes of scaling above and below the gum line, polishing, and the part that matters most: how your particular teeth get cleaned at home, with the right brush and the right interdental sizes. Gum disease is the main reason adults lose teeth and it is almost entirely preventable; our hygienists, Priya and Ceri, treat it as the job rather than the extra.

What is included

• Forty-minute new patient examination
• X-rays and photographs when they are due
• Oral cancer screening at every examination
• Written plan and prices before any treatment
• Hygienist cleaning above and below the gum
• Home care shown, with the right sizes

What it costs

New patient examination £75 including X-rays and photographs. Routine examination £48. Hygienist £68 for thirty minutes, £92 for forty-five. All included in the membership plan. There is no VAT on dental treatment and every fee is on the fees page, with the membership plan that spreads the routine cost. Nervous? Start on the nervous patients page.