What happens during a private dental check up appointment?

Your dentist or dental therapist reviews your medical history and dentally assesses (visually and physically) your mouth, gums, teeth and neck regions.  Occasionally they may need to take xrays or photographs of your teeth and mouth.  Hopefully all will be well.  If treatment is recommended, they will explain what and why, and propose options to help you decide what should be done taking into account your needs and desires and your budget and the limitations of NHS/Private dentistry.

Up to two small (intraoral) xrays and fluoride, as needed, is included in the cost of a private check up appointment.  Large (OPG) xray, as needed, requires an additional fee.

Depending on the length of your appointment, some treatments may be possible at the time of your check up.  Such treatments might be the application of fluoride to teeth, a temporary filling, or even a basic scale and polish.  Fortunately most of our patients only require hygiene maintenance and at Wedgwood House we typically schedule patients for an EMS Airflow treatment with our private hygienist Gil Le Grys.  Sometimes you will need to stabilise your perio health prior to complex treatments - and again we will recommend EMS Airflow.  Patients with orthodontic appliances (braces and aligner) will benefit from EMS Airflow treatments too.

Vineela can perform treatments including the filling of adult and child teeth, extracting child teeth, and placing of Halls crowns on child teeth. 

Due to the GDC limitations on dental therapists, we ask that any patient experiencing severe dental pain and in need of prescription antibiotic or pain killers, or likely to need an immediate extraction of an adult tooth, or needing the repair of laboratory appliances (crowns, bridges, dentures) to only book with a GDC registered dentist.