What the service does
How to access the service
Emergency dental treatment (including toothache)
Location of service
Contacts
What the service does
We provide a range of specialist dental services:
- Community dental care
- Special care dentistry
- Oral surgery
- Oral medicine
- Orthodontics
- Paediatric dentistry (for children aged under 13 years)
- Restorative dentistry (including root canal treatment, dentures and implants)
- Dental Student Clinic
The specialist services are provided in:
Please note: patients cannot attend the School of Dentistry without an agreed appointment.
Please do not walk in as you will not be treated.
How to access the service:
To access any of our specialist services, you need to be referred by one of the following:
– dentist
– GP
– hospital-based consultant
– other healthcare professional (in some circumstances)
Emergency dental services
Patients from the Belfast/Northern/Southern/Eastern and South Eastern areas of NI can contact EDCs using the following details only:
Saturdays/Sundays and Bank Holidays
Telephone – 028 2566 3510
Lines Are Open Between
8.00am and 12 noon
Calls will be directed to a dentist for triage and if deemed clinically necessary advice or treatment at an EDC will be provided for the following dental conditions:
• 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.
Please note, as there is high demand for out-of-hours appointments patients may have to travel outside their area for treatment slots. Patients should not attend any site without an arranged appointment.
For further information, please visit Out of Hours Emergency Dental Treatment – DOH/HSCNI Strategic Planning and Performance Group (SPPG) – formerly HSCB
NORMAL GENERAL DENTAL SERVICE CHARGES WILL BE PAYABLE
If the condition is more serious or urgent you may need to attend your local Emergency Department.
Patients who meet these criteria should attend an Emergency Department:
– oral bleeding that the patient or carer is unable to control with self-care measures
– mouth or face swelling that gets worse over a period of a few hours
– mouth or face swelling that affects the ability to swallow or open the mouth
– mouth face or swelling that is affecting your vision
– serious dental trauma – physical injury to the mouth
Contacts
If you have not been referred to the service our reception staff will not be able to help you make an appointment.
If you need a dentist or emergency dental treatment please click here.
School of Dentistry clinics |
Telephone number |
New Patient Office
Use this number if you have been referred but have not been seen yet or if you are unsure of your department |
Reception: 02896159500 |
Oral surgery | Reception: 028 9504 0725 or 028 9615 1204 Secretaries: 028 9615 5915 or 028 9615 5962 |
Day Procedure Unit | Sister’s Office: 028 9615 0160 Recovery: 028 9504 0386 |
Oral medicine | Reception: 028 9615 1204 or 028 9504 0725 Secretaries: 028 9615 5755 or 028 9615 5943 |
Orthodontics | Reception: 028 9615 1211 Secretary: 028 9615 6029 |
Restorative | Reception: 028 9615 1218 Secretary: 028 9615 5954 or 028 9615 5683 |
Prosthetics | Reception: 028 9615 1216 Secretary: 028 9615 5683 |
Periodontics | Reception: 028 9615 1220 |
Conservation | Reception: 028 9615 1218 |
Email for Interpreter or Hearing Impaired
SODAppBooking@belfasttrust.hscni.net
Paediatric (Children’s) Dental Clinic
Reception: 02896156909
Wellbeing and Treatment Centres
- Arches Wellbeing and Treatment Centre Dental Clinic: 028 9504 2315
- Beech Hall Wellbeing and Treatment Centre Dental Clinic: 028 9504 0319
- Bradbury Wellbeing and Treatment Centre Dental Clinic: 028 9504 2318
- Carlisle Wellbeing and Treatment Centre Dental Clinic: 028 9615 1919
- Knockbreda Wellbeing and Treatment Centre Dental Clinic: 028 9504 0490 (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday only)
Location of Services
The School of Dentistry is on the Royal Hospitals site close to the main Royal Victoria Hospital.
If you’re a current patient of the School of Dentistry and wish to contact the clinic or consultant use the numbers in the table above.
The Paediatric Dental Clinic is located in the Children’s Hospital. On the main Royal Victoria Hospital Site .
Treatment Centres