Extra appointments are now available for people in South Cumbria who need urgent or unscheduled dental care.
The appointments are part of 700,000 extra urgent dental appointments being rolled out across the country.
Appointments are available at some NHS dental practices.
Amy Lepiorz, associate director primary care at the NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board, said: “We know how important it is to local people that they can get urgent dental care when they need it, so we’re pleased to be offering these extra appointments.
“The appointments are for urgent dental care only, so for routine dental treatment please call your regular dental practice.”
Participating surgeries include:
- Barrow Smile Clinic
- Cavendish Dental Practice, Barrow
- Kendal Smile Clinic
- Dr JA Richards Limited, Kendal
- Whitecross Dental Care, Kirkby Lonsdale
- Hordale Dental Surgery, Milnthorpe
- Fountain Street Partnership, Ulverston
- AIM Dental, Carnforth
- Brock Street Dental Practice, Lancaster
- Redbridge Associates, Lancaster
- Dr Suhel Patel, Lancaster
- Hest Bank Dental Centre, Lancaster
The list of all participating surgeries is available at https://www.lancashireandsouthcumbria.icb.nhs.uk/our-work/your-local-services/dentistry
People should contact the surgery directly for an urgent appointment.
Urgent dental conditions include:
- Severe toothache: persistent and intense pain that cannot be managed with over-the-counter painkillers.
- Dental abscess: infection causing swelling, pain, and possibly fever.
- Broken or knocked-out tooth: trauma resulting in a fractured or completely dislodged tooth.
- Bleeding in mouth following a dental procedure or an injury that doesn’t stop by itself but can be self-controlled using local measures. Note that if bleeding cannot be self-controlled in any way, emergency care may be necessary.
- Swelling: significant swelling in the mouth or face that could indicate an infection.
- Fractured, loose or displaced fillings causing pain.
- Severe bleeding from gums, or acute conditions affecting other soft areas of the mouth (such as cheeks or tongue) which require urgent treatment.
- Other treatments may be available at the discretion of the dentist. These treatments may require extra visits and costs.
