About us
The University of Bristol Dental Hospital is a Centre of
Excellence providing routine and specialist clinical dental
services for the South West.
Urgent and Emergency Dental Services
To access these services, patients must phone
111. These services are provided to any patient, whether they have
a dentist or not, who requires out of hours dental treatment
outside of dentist opening hours, or is just visiting the area.
Triage will determine the patient's need and an appointment will be
given if appropriate. Referral is not needed by a dentist.
The cost of treatment for all services and
clinics is the same as at any other NHS dental practice. Unless
individuals are exempt from charges, for which proof is normally
required, normal NHS charges apply. Charges will be payable at the
time of treatment and need to be paid in full.
We do not provide a walk-in service.
Please do not queue outside the hospital.
Emergency Dental Service for children (aged 0-16 years)
The Department of Child Dental Health is a Specialist Unit and
only provides emergency care for children with;
- complex dental trauma
- facial swelling associated with dental infection
- uncontrolled bleeding following dental extractions or dental
trauma
This service is provided between the hours of 9am and 4.30pm,
Monday to Friday. Emergencies of this nature outside of these hours
should attend the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children's A&E
department.
All children attending as an emergency will be triaged, and if
not meeting the acceptance criteria above, will be asked to return
to their own dentist or directed to phone 111 for out of hour's
services.
For any other dental problems, children who are registered with
their own dentist should contact their dentist in the first
instance.
If outside of their normal dentists opening hours, they should
phone 111 for information regarding out of hour's dental services
in their area.
If the child is not registered with a dentist, the carer should
phone 111 for advice regarding dentists who are accepting NHS
patients for registration, and for information regarding out of
hour's dental services, and access to the Primary Care Dental
Service.
Changes to the student-led treatment service
Bristol Dental School is moving to 1 Trinity
Quay, Avon Street, Bristol, BS2 0PT in Summer 2023. We are no
longer accepting volunteer patients for student-led restorative
treatment at Bristol Dental Hospital. More information will be
available on how to volunteer for assessment for suitability at the
new site on Bristol Dental School's website in Spring
2023.
