The Castle Dental Practice

The dental team at The Castle Dental Practice provides general and cosmetic dentistry in Barnard Castle. The practice offers general NHS dental services, independent dental care, cosmetic dentistry, facial aesthetics and ZO skin treatments.

NHS dental care at the practice covers clinically necessary treatment for the mouth, teeth and gums. The source lists examination, diagnosis such as x-rays, scale and polish, prevention advice, fillings, root canal work, extractions, crowns, dentures and bridges as examples of NHS treatment bands.

Cosmetic dentistry services named by the practice include tooth whitening, composite bonding, SureSmile aligners and tooth coloured composite fillings. The practice also lists Advanced Hygiene, teeth straightening and composite bonding among its additional services.

The practice is also listed as an NHS Barnard Castle Urgent Dental Access Centre for patients needing urgent treatment. The urgent problems described include severe toothache, dental abscess infections, broken or knocked-out teeth, bleeding in the mouth after a dental procedure or injury, swelling in the mouth or face, painful fractured, loose or displaced fillings, severe gum bleeding and acute conditions affecting the cheeks or tongue. The centre does not provide routine dental check-ups.

For urgent dental access, the source states that patients can use the centre if they have one of the listed urgent problems, are not currently getting ongoing treatment from an NHS dentist, and cannot get an urgent appointment at a local high street NHS dentist. Out-of-hours urgent dental help is directed through NHS 111.