Dental Emergencies
If you have a regular NHS dentist and need urgent treatment, contact your dentist for advice.
If you do not have a regular NHS dentist, you can contact NHS 111. They can give you details of out-of-hours dental services in your area. They will be able to inform you of urgent care services near you that provide emergency dental treatment.
Out-of-hours dental care
If you have a problem outside normal practice hours or you’re in pain, you can first try helping yourself by taking painkillers. If you feel the problem can wait until normal practice hours, you can call NHS 111 for self-care advice.
Emergency dental care
If your problem is more urgent, you can access out-of-hours dental services in your area by calling:
- your dentist, who should have an answerphone message with details of how to access treatment out of hours
- NHS 111
Go to the accident and emergency (A&E) department of your local hospital if you:
- are in severe pain that is not helped by painkillers
- are bleeding a lot and it won’t stop
- trauma of the face, mouth or teeth after a recent accident or injury
NHS out-of-hours or emergency dental care
NHS dental care is available in an emergency if it is clinically necessary, whether or not you have a regular dentist.
Emergency and out-of-hours NHS dental care will cost you £19.70. After this you may have to make another appointment for separate non-urgent treatment, where you will have to pay a second charge in the relevant treatment band.
