Special Care Dentistry/ Dentist

The Special Care Dental Service (SCDS) provides treatment to adults and children who require special care dentistry relating to:

• Learning disability
• Autistic spectrum disorders
• Severe physical disability
• Severe and enduring mental illness, eg schizophrenia
• Complex medical history/disabilities
• Patients requiring domiciliary care who fulfil any of the above criteria
• Children on Child Protection Plans
• Travellers’ children and children from homeless families
• Looked after children
• Children who require extractions under general anaesthesia due to very young age or children that require multiple extractions
• Adults and children with a disability who require treatment under general anaesthesia.

NHS dental charges will apply to all patients unless they meet the NHS dental exemption criteria and can supply evidence of this exemption.