Barts and The London Dental Hospital | Emergency dental services
Emergency dental services
Please note the Emergency dental Service has moved from A&E to the Dental Institute. The entrance to the service will be on Newark Street.
Barts and The London Dental Hospital provides walk-in services for adults and children for emergency cases.
Day-time emergencies
The Dental Emergency Clinic at the Barts and The London hospital aims primarily to provide relief from dental pain and infection. The clinic can see and treat a limited number of emergency patients each day on a walk-in basis. There is no charge for treatment provided. However, we cannot guarantee that everyone turning up at the clinic will be accepted for treatment. Patients with their own dentist must seek care from their own dentist in the first instance.
Location and opening times
The normal opening hours are Monday to Friday (except bank holidays - see details above) 8.30am to 4pm.
The doors to the Dental Hospital open at 8am, the service for adults is based on the 1st floor and for children on the 3rd floor of the Dental Hospital (New Road entrance)
Patients seeking care are assessed and those with severe dental infections (facial swellings threatening airway) or extensive dental trauma are given priority. We do not offer booked appointments, callers making contact by telephone will be told if the list is open or full for the day. Patients not accepted for treatment are given information on how to access NHS dental surgeries.
The daytime Emergency Dental Clinic is part of the Dental Teaching Hospital so patients are seen by undergraduate students under the supervision of qualified staff. Please note that the capacity of the clinic is reduced during university holidays (Aug - Sept)
Lead dental consultant:
Dr Theresa Leung
Evenings, weekend and bank holidays emergencies
On evenings, weekends and public holidays those with urgent dental problems should call the Emergency Dental Service at the times below.
This emergency dental service is for North East London residents only who need urgent dental treatment when their practice is closed. The North East London area is as follows: City of London, London Borough of Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Newham, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Waltham Forest.
Patients can call the Emergency Dental Service on Tel 020 7377 7151 to speak to a dentist for free advice and help finding emergency treatment.
The out of hours opening times are:
- Monday to Friday, 6.30pm-10pm
- Saturday and Sunday, 7.30am-3pm
- Bank holidays, 7.30am-8pm
At all other times, please call NHS Direct on tel 0845 46 47 or visit www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk
NHS fees are payable, subject to certain exemptions, for all work undertaken at evenings, weekends and bank holidays. Proof of exemption needs to be provided.
