News about Wotton Under Edge
Late Summer Bank Holiday Opening and Dental Emergency Information – August 2024
In England, the Late Summer Bank Holiday is celebrated on the last Monday in August every year. SpaDental hopes you enjoy your long weekend. Here is some handy information, however, just in case you are unlucky and have a dental problem. The NHS advice is to only visit A&E for dental care in ‘serious’ circumstances, such…
Read more »Andrea aces the Walk 100 Miles in May challenge!
With days to spare, has completed her challenge! Huge congratulations to Andrea for taking on the challenge to support Cancer Research UK. Andrea has walked 100 miles in May. Andrea has reached her target of £500. Let’s see if we can exceed it! Sponsor Andrea It’s not too late to donate! There’s still time to…
Read more »Holiday Opening and Dental Emergency Information – March 2024
SpaDental wishes all of our patients a happy and safe holiday season. We hope you won’t have a dental problem as no-one wants to spend a holiday weekend seeing their dentist in a professional capacity. But here is some handy information, just in case. The NHS advice is to only visit A&E for dental care in…
Read more »Understanding NHS dental charges from April 2024
Dentistry is one of the few NHS services where you have to pay a contribution towards the cost of your care. To help understand NHS dental charges each year, the information on this page explains what you may have to pay for your NHS dental treatment. Emergency dental treatment – £26.80 This covers emergency care…
Read more »NHS dental charges 2024-25 up by 4%
The government increases NHS fees by 4% on 1st April, 2024 For five years, the 2015 Spending Review committed to an annual uplift to patient charges of 5%. For two years and three months, since the last increase and the end of the Spending Review, there has not been an increase in charges. It was,…
Read more »Holiday opening and emergency information: 2023 – 2024
Wishing everyone a happy holiday season All the team at SpaDental extends best wishes to you and your family, health and happiness. Please find below the holiday opening times for your SpaDental practice, and additional links to emergency information. We sincerely hope that all our patients, as well as visitors to our area, keep in…
Read more »SpaDental Wotton-under-Edge team alpaca walk
Last weekend, the team from SpaDental Wotton Dental and Implant Clinic had a fantastic day out. They took a walk with Cotswold Alpacas in Cowley, near Cheltenham. Although it was a bit of a rainy day, nothing could dampen their spirits. Tim, Jade, Hayley, Andrea and Melanie thoroughly enjoyed taking the alpacas for a walk….
Read more »NHS dental charges 2023-2024 up by 8.5%
The government increases NHS fees increase by 8.5% on April 24th 2023 For five years, the 2015 Spending Review committed to an annual uplift to patient charges of 5%. For two years and three months, since the last increase and the end of the Spending Review, there has not been an increase in charges. But…
Read more »Understanding NHS dental charges from April 2023
Dentistry is one of the few NHS services where you have to pay a contribution towards the cost of your care. To help understanding NHS dental charges each year, the information on this page explains what you may have to pay for your NHS dental treatment. Emergency dental treatment – £25.80 This covers emergency care…
Read more »Dental implants step by step
Lead the life you want! Eat, talk, laugh and kiss without discomfort or embarrassment. An implant is so close in form and function to a real tooth, consider whether you’re ready to take these five dental implant steps. Our answers to patients’ frequently asked questions about dental implants. Step 1: assessing and preparing the dental…
Read more »Understanding NHS dental charges from December 2020
Dentistry is one of the few NHS services where you have to pay a contribution towards the cost of your care. The information on this page explains what we may have to pay for our NHS dental treatment to help our understanding of NHS dental charges each year, and how fees change. Read more about…
Read more »NHS dental charges 2020-2021 up by 5% from 14th December
From 14th December 2020, NHS fees increase by 5%. The increase comes after a freeze of NHS dental fees because of the coronavirus lockdown and closure of dental practices. “The 5% increase marks the fifth and final year of the Spending Review 2015 commitment to annually uplift dental patient charges by 5% for the duration…
Read more »NHS dental charges 2020-2021 on hold until October
NHS dental fees (patient charges) for 2020-2021 will be adjusted on 1st October 2020 this year. Until then, the NHS dental charges remain at the 2019-2020 rate.* Dental Treatment Band 2020-21 Charge 2019-20 Charge Increase % Band One £22.70 £22.70 nil 0% Band Two £62.10 £62.10 nil 0% Band Three £269.30 £269.30 nil 0%…
Read more »Holiday opening and emergency information: 2019 – 2020
Wishing everyone a happy and safe holiday season Please find below the holiday opening times for your SpaDental practice, and additional links to emergency information. We sincerely hope that all our patients, as well as visitors to our area, keep in good health over the holiday period. We are aware, though, that problems arise and…
Read more »Holiday Dental Emergency Information – May 2019
Have a lovely long weekend. All of us at SpaDental hope you enjoy yourselves and keep your teeth safe from accidents. But in case you are unlucky and need either urgent care or an emergency appointment over the weekend, please read the information below to find out what to do, and how we can help….
Read more »NHS dental charges for 2019-2020 increase by 5%
Dental Treatment Band 2019-20 Charge 2018-19 Charge Increase % Band One £22.70 £21.60 £1.10 5.09% Band Two £62.10 £59.10 £3.00 5.08% Band Three £269.30 £256.50 £12.80 4.99% If you would like further details about treatment under the NHS (National Health Service) please ask your dental team a question or contact the receptionist at your…
Read more »How best to care for dental implants this Christmas
‘Tis the season to have fun with friends and family! Inevitably, this leads to a little more over-indulgence than usual. The increased consumption of alcohol and sweet treats takes its toll on our teeth as much as it does on our waistline. It’s important we remember to care for dental implants everyday, twice a day,…
Read more »Holiday Opening and Dental Emergency Information.
We wish everyone a happy and safe holiday season View the 2019-2020 winter holiday information here. Here are the holiday opening times for your SpaDental practices, and links to emergency information. We sincerely hope that all our patients, as well as visitors to our area, keep in good health over the holiday period. We are…
Read more »5 health benefits of dental implants
Dental implants benefit our health and quality of life more than we may realise. They are definitely the best option in both form and function to replace missing teeth. There are health benefits, as well as aesthetic and practical benefits, that other tooth replacement options simply can’t offer. Dental implant benefit #1 – better nutrition…
Read more »A shout out to everyone! Good dentistry makes our world a better place!
Thank you to everyone who is working to keep us healthy! Our dental teams help to make our world a better place. Good dentistry is one of the huge pluses of our modern age! A life free from dental pain (any pain) is a life worth living! And a great smile helps too! Dentistry, along…
Read more »Happy New Year and Happy Smiles Every Day!
All of us at SpaDental wish you the very best for 2018! We hope that you’ll have lots of happy smiles every day throughout the year! Ten snippets of smile-related trivia to make your lips twitch:) or your eyes lift ^_^ a genuine smile can’t be faked (but it’s worth putting one on anyway –…
Read more »Mouth Cancer Check for changes! Mouth Cancer Awareness Month – with SpaDental
Are you checking for changes? During your regular dental check up, as part of your examination your dentist will do a mouth cancer check, looking at the soft tissues of your mouth for any unusual signs. We need you to be aware of any changes too. Knowing how to perform a mouth cancer check yourself…
Read more »Toothache? Give us a call!
Do you have toothache? It’s Friday morning and that dull toothache has now become real pain. What do you do? Ignore it? That’s impossible! Hope it goes away with the help of a few painkillers? That may only help in the short-term. And you have the whole weekend ahead of you. You need to find…
Read more »Health advice from your dentist? Find out more from SpaDental!
Health advice is good advice In a recent report the Nuffield Trust Director of Research, Professor John Appleby, indicated that dentists are in a good position to provide health advice to patients during their dental check-ups. The report said that discussing diet, alcohol consumption and giving up smoking can all help towards a healthier lifestyle….
Read more »Blue Wednesday is 15th November 2017
We all know about blue Mondays! Those Monday morning blues after the weekend never quite seem to leave you. For mouth cancer patients, their cancer blues will almost never leave them. There will always be a reminder of what they went through. Whether it’s their speech, their ability to eat and drink, or even just…
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