Please note this service is not provided by the surgery.
You should contact your dental practice/clinic during usual opening hours if you require urgent dental treatment.
If you need urgent dental treatment outside of your dentist's usual opening hours or if you do not have a dentist, please contact NHS 111 Wales for triage and advice.
Please be aware that the urgent dental clinics operate an appointment only service. Please do not attend any urgent dental clinics without an appointment, as you will not be able to be seen.
Appointment Only
Urgent dental problems are those that cannot wait for routine dental care. They include:
- Dental and soft tissue infections or swelling of the face or mouth which is not spreading across the neck or towards the eye and where you do not feel unwell.
- Mouth ulcers, lumps or sores which have been present for more than 2 weeks.
- Bleeding following dental treatment which cannot be controlled at home.
- A broken adult tooth which causes severe pain that is not made better by painkillers.
- Severe uncontrollable dental and facial pain - constant toothache or pain from the mouth that is not made better by painkillers.
Non-urgent dental conditions include:
- pain that responds to pain-relief measures
- minor dental trauma
- post-extraction bleeding that the patient is able to control using self-care measures
- loose or displaced crowns; bridges or veneers; fractured or loose fitting dentures and other appliances
- fractured posts supporting crowns
- fractured, loose or displaced fillings
- treatments normally associated with routine dental care
- bleeding gums
If your condition is non-urgent you should seek routine care with your own dentist. There may be some non-urgent conditions which can be treated through self-care.
Further information about dental services can be found on this website https://bcuhb.nhs.wales/services/where-do-i-go1/dental/