COVID-19 update July 2022

I Like My Smile Dental Group is committed to the safety and wellbeing of its patients and staff. We follow all the recommended advice and policies that relate to social distancing, self isolation and cross infection control.

At the moment we are open to see existing patients who do not show signs of raised temperature for new persistent cough and new patients with urgent and emergency dental problems.

If you do come to the practice please

• Arrive 10 minutes before your appointment time.
• Come on your own or just one carer where possible. Please do not bring children who do not have an appointment.

Urgent care includes treatment for:

• Dental and soft-tissue infections without a systemic effect
• Severe dental and facial pain: that is, pain that cannot be controlled by the patient following self-help advice
• Fractured teeth or tooth with pulpal exposure

Dental emergencies include:

• Trauma including facial/oral laceration and/or dentoalveolar injuries, for example avulsion of a permanent tooth
• Oro-facial swelling that is significant and worsening
• Post-extraction bleeding that the patient is not able to control with local measures
• Dental conditions that have resulted in acute systemic illness or raised temperature as a result of dental infection
• Severe trismus
• Oro-dental conditions that are likely to exacerbate systemic medical conditions such as diabetes (that is lead to acute decompensation of medical conditions such as diabetes)

We will ask you to complete a medical history update and some other documents online before your appointment.

Please complete these carefully and as fully as you are able.

It is often helpful to bring a list of any medication you take so that you don't need to try to remember the names and doses of your medication.

If you have signs or symptoms of COVID or any other acute respiratory disease such as coughs, colds or fever please call us for advice.

For information on how to manage toothache during self-isolation click here.