The community dental service provides dental care to people with special care needs, including:
- Adults and children with learning disabilities
- Adults and children who are housebound
- Adults and children with physical (including sensory) disabilities
- Adults and children with complex medical histories
- Adults and children with severe mental health problems
- Adults and children with severe dental phobia (Subject to a referral from a healthcare professional)
- Adults and children with behavioural problems
- Adults and children with drug or alcohol problems
- Adults and children with HIV, AIDS, hepatitis C
- Adults and children who are homeless or temporarily housed
- Adults and children under the care of social services or children with complex social problems
We try to ensure that there is no
special care patient that we cannot reach. Our team includes a number of dental
specialists including orthodontics and restorative services. We provide
various sedation methods for very nervous or frightened patients and for
special care patients, such as those with severe learning disabilities, who may
otherwise be unable to cooperate with dental treatment. We provide
all routine NHS dental treatment, such as check-ups, fillings, x-rays,
extractions, crowns, bridges and dentures. NHS dental charges and exemptions
apply. We also provide home visits for housebound patients, unable to come in
to see the dentist.
How to get an appointment
Patients can be
referred by a health or social care professional/advocate but they can also
refer themselves directly to our service for dental care For more information
on our clinics, NHS charges and exemptions, and services or to make a
confidential referral over the phone please contact our patient pathway manager on 020 7683 4433 or 020 7683 4434. Referrals can also be sent by
fax or post, please find the details on the referral form. The opening times are 9am to 5pm.
We also can
organise the dental mobile to visit special care organisations. To arrange a
service visit or other support from our outreach team please contact our outreach manager on 020 8121 4289.
Special care dental practices
We currently have three
special care practices in Tower Hamlets:
Barkantine special care dental practice
121
Westferry Road, Isle of Dogs, London, E14 8JH
Practice phone: 020 7791 8100
Practice fax: 020 7791 8101
Monday to Friday from 8:50am to 12:30pm and
1:30pm to 5:00pm
Steels Lane special care dental practice
384-398 Commercial Road, London,
E1 0LR
Practice phone: 020 7790 9619
Practice fax: 020 7791
3681
Monday to Friday from 8:50am to 12:30pm and 1:30pm to 5:00pm
Spitalfields
Special Care Dental Practice
2nd Floor, 9-11 Brick Lane, London
E1 6PU
Practice phone: 020 7247 8558
Practice fax: 020
7247 2037
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 8:50am to 12:30pm and 1:30pm
to 5:00pm.
Referral forms
Further information
For further information pleasecontact special care
dental referrals at St Leonard’s Primary Care Centre, 3rd Floor, ‘B’
Block, Nuttall Street, London N1 5LZ. Telephone
020 7683 4433 or fax 020 7683 4209.
