Posted: 25.11.2024 | Author: Mr Mark Simpson
The aim of the Dental Access Scheme is to improve access to health service dental care during the working week for unregistered dental patients experiencing an emergency, urgent, or pressing dental condition.
To be eligible to be seen, you must not be registered with a dental practice, or a private scheme, and must be experiencing an emergency, urgent or pressing dental condition.
Emergency and urgent dental conditions include:
Dental swelling (spreading infection)
Trauma to teeth arising from an external force
Uncontrolled bleeding following extraction
Severe dental pain not controlled by over the counter medications…
To access the scheme, you should contact one of the participating practices directly, outline the dental problem you are experiencing, and ask if they have any appointments available under the Scheme. Appointments will only be offered if you meet the above criteria and if the practice has sufficient capacity.
Dental Access Scheme – DOH/HSCNI Strategic Planning and Performance Group (SPPG)