Community Dental Network

The Community Dental Network is a combined service providing community dental services for a number of North West areas.

These are:

  • Bolton
  • Bury
  • East Cheshire
  • Halton
  • Heywood
  • Middleton
  • Oldham
  • Rochdale
  • Sandbach
  • St Helens
  • Stockport
  • Tameside & Glossop
  • Trafford
  • Vale Royal area of Cheshire
  • Warrington
  • Western Cheshire & Chester
  • Wigan Borough.

The network ensures community dental services are available to a combined population of over two million people.

The Community Dental network provides specialised dental care on referral to people of all ages, disabilities and special needs which make it impossible for them to access treatment from an NHS family dentist.


Our services include:

  • Paediatric Dentistry (including Looked After Children & Youth Offending)
  • Special Care Dentistry
  • Paediatric General Anaesthetic Services
  • Special Care General Anaesthetic (conservation and exodontias)
  • Inhalation Sedation for patients with anxiety issues
  • Domiciliary services
  • Minor Oral Surgery
  • Dental Student Teaching (Dentists and Therapists)
  • Oral Health Promotion
  • Dental Health Surveys.

How can people access the service?

Access to the service is on a referral basis.

Referrals meeting our service criteria are accepted from Dentists, GP’s, health care and social care professionals.


What to expect from us?

  • High standards of dental care provided by registered friendly and caring dental care professionals
  • Be treated with dignity and respect in a clean and safe environment
  • A thorough examination of your mouth, teeth and gums
  • A clear description and explanation of your treatment and written confirmation including any costs
  • Advice on how to keep your teeth and gums healthy
  • Information about our services, staff, NHS dental charges, and how to make a complaint.

Out of Hours Care

If you have a swelling that is affecting your breathing or swallowing, have suffered trauma or have severe bleeding please contact your local A+E department.

When the practice is closed, and you have an urgent dental problem you feel is unable to wait until the surgery re-opens please call your local contact number:

Halton, St Helens, Warrington, East Cheshire, West Cheshire
0161 476 9651 (available from 8am to 10pm every day, including weekends and Bank Holidays)

Wigan Borough
0333 332 3800 (available between 5pm and 10pm Monday to Friday and between 8am and 10pm each weekend and bank holiday)

Bolton
0333 332 3800 (available between 5pm and 10pm Monday to Friday and between 8am and 10pm each weekend and bank holiday)

Bury, Heywood, Middleton, Oldham and Rochdale
0333 332 3800 (available between 5pm and 10pm Monday to Friday and between 8am and 10pm each weekend and bank holiday)

Stockport, Trafford and Tameside and Glossop
0333 332 3800 (available between 5pm and 10pm Monday to Friday and between 8am and 10pm each weekend and bank holiday)

This service  can help if you are experiencing:

  • severe pain not controlled by regular pain relief taken for 48 hours
  • uncontrolled bleeding
  • large swelling
  • dental trauma

For further advice please contact NHS 111.


Oral Health Promotion Service

The role of Oral Health Improvement teams is to promote important evidence based oral health messages to groups in the community.

View our dedicated page below for Trafford and Warrington for our full information:

Trafford Oral Health Promotion Service page

Warrington Oral Health Promotion Service page


Our community dental clinics and locations

Full address list of the clinics and locations where we provide dental services.


Leaflets

Inhalation Sedation for Adults leaflet

Inhalation Sedation (Happy Air) for children leaflet

Your child’s general anaesthetic leaflet

Information for patients and carers about the use of prescription only flouride toothpaste leaflet

Supervised tooth brushing programme leaflet

Information on Flouride Varnish leaflet

Guide following a dental general anaesthetic leaflet

When toothbrushing is difficult advice for carers of adults with additional needs leaflet

Your x-ray and you leaflet


Case Studies

Hayley’s Story, Dental Services in Oldham

Stephanie’s Story, Dental Services in Trafford

Hannah’s Story, Dental Services in Bolton

Kay’s Story, Dental Services in Rochdale

Bob and Nick’s Story, Dental Services in Bolton


Our videos

Below is a short video so you can see what to expect when you arrive for your treatment under sedation, or happy air as we like to call it:


Referral forms for health professionals

Cheshire and Merseyside Referrals

Our services include:

  • Adults and Paediatric (Children) Special Care
  • Paediatric Exodontia (Children’s extractions)
  • Minor Oral Surgery (removal of difficult teeth e.g. wisdom teeth)
  • Conscious Sedation Service for anxious adults

Adult and Children’s Special Care; which can be short, medium or long term care. Sedation for Adult Patients; short term care only

Extractions for Paediatric patients: short term care only.

Referrals for Paediatric Exodontia, Minor Oral Surgery and Conscious Sedation for anxious adults should be made via Dental Referral Management Service (DRMS). This is an online referral system which can be accessed via www.dental-referrals.org

Referrals for Adults and Paediatric (Children) Special Care should be made on this referral form and posted to the Cheshire and Merseyside area dental clinic site you wish to refer to.

Greater Manchester Referrals

Our services vary by area and include:

  • Adults and Paediatric (Children) Special Care
  • Paediatric Exodontia (Children’s extractions)

Referrals should be made via Dental Referral Management Service (DRMS). This is an online referral system which can be accessed via www.dental-referrals.org.


Dental Epidemiology Survey privacy notice for parents and carers

This notice explains what personal data (information) we hold about you and your child, how we collect, use and may share information about you.

We are required to give you this information under data protection law.

View our Dental Epidemiology Survey privacy notice.