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Dental Services

Dental Services

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We provide the following dental services:
  • Adult Special Care Dentistry
  • Paediatric Dentistry
  • Oral Surgery Service
  • Oral Health Promotion and Education
  • Fluoride Varnish Programmes

Dental care is provided from community sites across
  • Camden and Islington
  • Haringey and Enfield
  • Barnet, Brent and Harrow
  • Hounslow, Ealing and Hillingdon

Who can make referrals into the service?
  • We accept referrals from:
    • general dental practitioners
    • other health/social care professionals

We aim to provide a high quality dental care service for patients with the goal of reducing health inequalities and improving the oral health of the local population.


Our Services

Adult Special Care Dentistry

This is dental care for people with disabling conditions who cannot be treated in general (or "high street") dental services.
 
Examples of special care includes those with:
  • severe physical disabilities including bariatric (severely overweight) patients
  • moderate to severe learning disabilities
  • dental phobia
  • complex medical conditions
  • severe mental health problems including dementia
  • long-term drug and alcohol problems
 and also those that are: 
  • housebound such as frail elderly people
  • homeless people
Access to this specialist service is by referral only and inappropriate referrals may be rejected.
 
See below regarding appointments and referrals.

Paediatric Dentistry
 
We specialise in the dental treatment of children who cannot be treated in general (or "high street") dental services.
 
Examples include young children that have: 
  • severe anxiety and not able to cooperate, or who may need a general anaesthetic
  • physical or learning disabilities
  • medical conditions that require special provision
  • 'Looked after' children
Access to this specialist service is by referral only.
 
See below regarding appointments and referrals.

Out of Hours Urgent Dental Care
 
Out of Hours Urgent Dental Care, if you have an emergency outside of normal working hours, please ring NHS 111.

Oral Surgery Service

We provide a community-based oral surgery service in Camden and Islington for patients who have been referred by their own dentist for the removal of impacted teeth, roots and wisdom teeth.

Oral Health Promotion and Education

Whittington Health Dental Services are actively working across all our boroughs to promote good dental health and reduce inequalities. For example we run oral health promotion programmes for: 
  • pre-school nurseries and Children’s Centres
  • care homes for Older People
  • fluoride varnish programmes in schools

How to refer to our Service
 
Click on the link below to access our new referral portal.
 
We accept referrals from general dental practitioners and other health/social care professionals (for example: GPs/doctor, nurse, social worker, school staff, nurses etc).
 
Please follow below green link to register and submit a referral to our service via our Referral Portal – note that we no longer accept referral by email.
 
We have prepared a user guide to assist you with registering and navigating the portal: Referral Portal Guide
 
Referral Portal
 
 
If you have a complaint or concern please contact our Head office on 020 3316 8353 or email dentalreferral.whitthealth@nhs.net

Alternatively, you can contact our Patient advice and liaison service (PALS) team on 020 7288 5551 or whh-tr.pals@nhs.net

General Enquiries

Please phone 020 3316 8353 for further information and advice or see contact emails below.

Appointments

How to make an appointment
 
If you are already a patient of our service, you can contact our head office on 020 3316 8353 to arrange a suitable appointment.
 
If you have been referred to our service, we will contact you to arrange an appointment.

Lead manager

Richard Valle-Jones - Clinical Director
Kate Ferry - Operations Manager
Click on the link below to access our new referral portal.
 
We accept referrals from general dental practitioners and other health/social care professionals (for example: GPs/doctor, nurse, social worker, school staff, nurses etc).
 
Please follow below link to register and submit a referral to our service via our Referral Portal – note that we no longer accept referral by email.
 
We have prepared a user guide to assist you with registering on the portal and navigating the process: Referral Portal Guide
 
 
Last updated20 Mar 2026