Weekday daytime
urgent visit, from$95
- Examination and X rays
- Pain settled or a temporary fix
- A written note for your own dentist
Toothache, a broken tooth or a lost crown? Seen today
Call before noon on a weekday and most patients are in the chair the same day, with evening slots until 21:00 and appointments on Saturdays and Sundays. A dental nurse answers, asks what has happened and tells you the fee before you set off.
Same dayfor most calls before noon
Until 21:00on weekday evenings
$95urgent visit with any X rays
Swelling that makes it hard to breathe or swallow, or that is spreading fast across the face or down the neck, needs emergency care rather than a dental slot. Call your local emergency number now. Do the same after a heavy blow to the head, or for bleeding that will not slow down.
How quickly we aim to see you
The nurse who answers sorts calls by what has happened, not by who rang first. These are the times we work to on an ordinary day, and the phone call tells you the real slot.
| What has happened | When we aim to see you | What the first visit does |
|---|---|---|
| Toothache that keeps you awake | The same day | Finds the cause with an X ray, settles the pain and plans the lasting repair |
| An adult tooth knocked out | Within the hour, if you ring on the way | Tries to put the tooth back and hold it in place, whenever it can be saved |
| A broken or chipped tooth | The same day or the next morning | Smooths sharp edges, covers the exposed tooth and books the repair |
| A lost filling or crown | Within one working day | Places a temporary filling or fixes the crown back on when it is intact |
| Swelling of the gum or face, with normal breathing | The same day | Checks for infection, drains it where needed and explains what comes next |
| Bleeding after an extraction elsewhere | The same day, ring first | Finds where it comes from, stops it and checks the socket |
| A broken denture or a loose brace wire | The next working day | Trims a sharp wire or sends the denture to a laboratory for repair |
For a knocked out adult tooth, call us on your way in: the nurse tells you how to carry the tooth so it has the best chance. Baby teeth are not put back, but a child with a knocked out tooth is still seen the same day.
Urgent visit fees, given on the phone
Each fee covers the examination, any X rays and first aid to settle the pain. Anything more is priced before it starts, and you can stop at first aid and go back to your own dentist.
Weekday evening
urgent visit, from$130
- Everything in the daytime visit
- No time off work needed
- Last appointment at 20:30
Saturday or Sunday
urgent visit, from$160
- Everything in the daytime visit
- Slots released at 07:30 each morning
- Children seen at the same fee
Example fees in US dollars. Treatment on the day is priced before it begins, for instance an extraction from $150 or a temporary crown from $120.
What we put right on the day
Every surgery is stocked for urgent work, so most visits end with the pain settled and the tooth protected until a lasting repair.
Toothache
An X ray and an examination show whether the pain comes from decay, a crack or the gum, and first aid settles it.
Covered bythe urgent fee
Broken teeth
Sharp edges are smoothed and the tooth is covered with a temporary filling until the lasting repair is booked.
Temporary repairfrom $60
Lost crowns and fillings
An intact crown is fixed back on, and an open cavity is closed with a temporary material.
Crown refixedfrom $70
Abscesses
An infection is drained where needed, with a plan for the tooth once the swelling goes down.
Drainagefrom $90
Wisdom tooth pain
Inflamed gum over a wisdom tooth is cleaned and treated, and we explain whether removal is worth discussing.
Gum treatedfrom $55
Knocked out teeth
A chair is kept clear when you ring on the way, so an adult tooth can go back in as soon as possible.
Tooth replantedfrom $180
Prices for treatment sit on top of the urgent visit fee for the time of day.
From people who came in the same day (example reviews)
Cracked a molar on a Saturday morning while visiting family. The nurse gave the weekend fee on the phone, and by lunchtime the sharp edge was covered and a note was written for our dentist back home.
Two nights without sleep, then an evening slot at 19:30 with no time off work. The X ray found an abscess, it was drained there and then, and the fee matched what was quoted.
A crown came off the day before a job interview. It was back in place within the hour, with no pressure at all to book anything else.
What happens after you ring
A nurse answers
The questions are short: what happened, how long it has hurt, and whether there is any swelling.
A slot and a fee
You hear the time we can see you and the fee for that part of the day, before you travel.
X ray and examination
The dentist finds the cause before anything is done to the tooth.
Pain settled first
First aid or a temporary repair, explained step by step as it happens.
A note to take away
What was done and what comes next, written for your own dentist or for a follow up here.
No dentist of your own, or a long way from home?
Many of the people we see are visiting the city, have just moved, or have not been to a dentist in years. You do not need to be registered with us, and nobody here lectures anyone about a missed check up.
After the urgent visit you can take our written note back to your own dentist, or book the lasting repair with us.
- No registration needed
- A written note in plain language
- Phone interpreting on request
Ready for whoever comes through the door
It hurts, but nothing is swelling? Request a slot
Use this form when the pain can wait a short while for a reply. During opening hours a nurse rings back within 30 minutes with the first slot we can give you.
Swelling near the eye, under the jaw or in the throat: ring instead. If breathing or swallowing is affected, call your local emergency number.
- The fee is confirmed on the call back
- Evening and weekend slots
- Children seen with a parent or guardian
Asked on the phone every day
Do you see people who are not registered here?
Yes. Most people who come in on any given day have never been to us before. Bring a list of medicines you take and, if the trouble started after treatment elsewhere, the name of that practice.
What if the pain starts in the night?
The phone line opens at 07:30 every day, and the first slots go to people kept awake by pain overnight. Swelling that spreads, or any struggle to breathe or swallow, is a job for your local emergency number, so ring it without waiting for us.
Will you take the tooth out?
Only when it cannot be saved, or when you choose that after hearing the other options and their costs. Many painful teeth can be kept with a temporary repair now and treatment later.
Do you give antibiotics for toothache?
Only when the dentist finds a reason for them, such as an infection that is spreading. For most toothache the cause sits in the tooth itself and needs treating there.
How much will the whole repair cost?
The urgent fee covers the visit and first aid. Anything beyond that is priced before it starts, and you can leave with the note and finish elsewhere.
Can a child be seen today?
Yes, at the same fees, with a parent or guardian in the room. Tell the nurse the child's age on the phone so a dentist used to treating children is on hand.
Ring first, then come in
Calling ahead means a chair is ready when you arrive. The line opens at 07:30 every morning, weekends included.
Phone and email
A first floor practice above the high street pharmacies, two stops from the city centre
Chairs open
| Mon to Fri | 08:00 to 21:00 |
| Sat and Sun | 09:00 to 16:00 |
| Phone line | Opens 07:30 daily |
Finding us
The practice is on the first floor above the pharmacies on the high street, two stops from the city centre. A lift runs from the street door, and late buses stop outside.