Horn Hill Dental Practice
1 Horn Hill, Millom, Cumbria LA18 5DP
Phone 01229 772319
Fax 01229 777262
helen@hornhilldentalpractice.co.uk
NHS Routine Dental Care
We provide NHS care for patients under 18 years old, as well as adults who are either exempt from charges (e.g. pregnant mothers or patients in receipt of means tested benefits), or who have a valid remission certificate. These restrictions are written into our contract with the NHS, if you would like advice on receiving NHS dental care you can give our reception staff a call.
For Further information please visit NHS Cumbria's web site.
1 Horn Hill, Millom, Cumbria LA18 5DP
Phone 01229 772319
Fax 01229 777262
helen@hornhilldentalpractice.co.uk
NHS Routine Dental Care
We provide NHS care for patients under 18 years old, as well as adults who are either exempt from charges (e.g. pregnant mothers or patients in receipt of means tested benefits), or who have a valid remission certificate. These restrictions are written into our contract with the NHS, if you would like advice on receiving NHS dental care you can give our reception staff a call.
For Further information please visit NHS Cumbria's web site.
Advanced NHS services
Our practice is one of very few general practices in Cumbria who are contracted to provide both inhalational and intravenous sedation for anxious patients as part of our NHS services. Most other general practices will refer patients ho require these more advances services to our colleagues in Special Care Dentistry.
In addition we are one of a small group of practices accredited as part of Cumbria & North Lancashire's innovative Oral Surgery Clinical Network. This is an initiative by the NHS locally to to improve the availability of more advanced procedures which not all practices feel confident to provide. It forms an intermediate stage between general dental practice and our specialist colleagues working in hospital, allowing them to concentrate their expertise on the cases which most need it. We provide a range of oral surgery procedures (such as the extraction of broken down teeth or the removal of wisdom teeth), and because of our interest and extended skill range, we are able to offer these treatments, where appropriate, under sedation.
The Cumbrian & North Lancashire Oral Surgery Network has been highlighted nationally as providing an example of 'Best Practice', by the new NHS Commissioning Board in their Feb 2013 document "Securing excellence in commissioning NHS dental services".
Once we have received your referral, our receptionists will contact you and offer you the first available appointment we have. If you have been referred for treatment under sedation, we will post out our medical form (and ask that you return it promptly), as well as an explanation of the procedure. For sedation patients David will also give you a ring in advance of your appointment to discuss your case, medical history and any questions you might have. Our oral surgery network sessions are time limited so if you have to cancel please give us as much notice as possible so we can offer the appointment to someone else on the waiting list.
As we only have a limited amount of time available, and receive a highly variable number of referral requests, our waiting list is sometimes longer than would be ideal. If you feel the wait is too long, you have several options. You can ask your own dentist to refer you to an alternative network site (which may mean travelling further), but which may be able to offer you a faster appointment. You could discuss your case with NHS Cumbria's Dental Commissioning Team personally or you could ask to be referred privately. Private referrals will NOT be funded by the NHS, but will involve a shorter wait and greater flexibility in appointment times.
You can email David at david@hornhilldentalpractice.co.uk and copies of our patient information sheets on oral surgery are in the oral surgery treatments section here.
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