NHS Dental Treatments

NHS dental treatments include:

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• Full examination (including X-rays) with preventative advice and treatment (such as a scale and polish, when needed.)

• Urgent treatment

• Fillings

• Crowns/ Inlays 

• Bridges/Veneers (where clinically justified; other NHS treatments may be more suitable.)

• Root canal treatment (providing complexity of the root canals is within practitioners capability- referral to a specialist centre may be advised in some cases, with full explanation.)

• Tooth extractions (if complex, referral via NHS pathway will be discussed.)

• Orthodontic treatment for children and young people aged under 18 (providing certain criteria are met with degree of straightening required.

• NHS referral pathways (NHS criteria being met).

The NHS will not cover cosmetic treatments, which improve the appearance of teeth, but are not clinically necessary. 

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