Posts Tagged ‘emergency dentistry’
Lengthy trips for patients requiring emergency dental care in North Scotland
Patients living in the north of Scotland are facing lengthy trips if they require urgent dental treatment, it has been revealed. Liberal Democrat member, Jamie Stone brought up the concerns after it was revealed that patients in the far north of the country were facing trips to Inverness for out of hours care. Mr Stone, […]
Emergency dental cases soar in the UK
Recent figures have revealed that the number of patients seeking emergency dental care has soared by 40 percent in the last decade alone. The figures suggest a significant increase in the number of patients visiting hospital accident and emergency departments for dental treatment and officials have attributed the increase to problems with access to emergency […]
Patients queue overnight for free dental clinic
Patients started to queue in the middle of the night for a free dental clinic in Idaho Falls. Patients arrived with blankets and waited for hours outside the Park West dental surgery to ensure they got an appointment at the free clinic operated by dentist, Dr Brett Jacobsen. The event was held as part of […]
Free dental clinic helps hundreds
A one-off free dental clinic has helped hundred of patients in Lansing, Michigan. The eight hour event took place at the CareFree Dental Clinic yesterday; during the course of the event, almost $50,000 dollars worth of free emergency dental treatment was given to patients in need. The emergency clinic was set up to treat patients […]
Three new NHS dental surgeries set to open in Birmingham
Three new NHS dental surgeries are set to open in Birmingham. The announcement comes in light of poor figures relating to access to dental services in the poorest areas of the city, with many people being forced to wait for long periods of time for treatment and others claiming that they cannot register with an […]
Doctors forced to treat dental patients in Australia
A number of doctors in the Queanbeyan area of Australia have revealed that they have been forced to treat dental patients due to a shortage of dentists in the region. Residents in the area, which is located south-east of Canberra, say that it is extremely difficult to get an appointment with a local dentist and […]
Patients told to wait seven years for a dental check-up in Australia
A consumer group has revealed that patients in some parts of Australia are being forced to wait up to seven years for a routine dental check-up. A lobby group said that patients in Queensland are facing an incredibly long wait for routine dental appointments, which could have serious implications for their oral health. The town […]
New Dental Clinic to open in Ohio
A new dental office is to open in Lancaster, Ohio on August the 26th. The new office will be opened by Aspen Dental, one of the fastest growing and largest dental care providers in the United States, and will join their network of over two hundred and fifty locations in around twenty-one states across the […]
New dental practice opens in Leigh
A new NHS dental practice has opened in Leigh. The new surgery will provide be run by Esmail Harunani & Co, who have a number of surgeries across London and the South East. The new practice is located on the second floor of the Leigh Primary Care Centre on London Road and will offer appointments […]
Dental Access Centre closure leaves patients in the dark
Lincoln’s Dental Access Centre is set to close on the 31st May, yet no announcement has been made regarding alternative facilities for emergency dental patients. The Dental Access Centre has been treating emergency patients for ten years; it offers care for those that don’t have an NHS dentist and those than can’t get emergency treatment […]
