The inspection, conducted by the Care Quality Commission, a body responsible for the regulation, inspection and review of all adult social care services in the public, private and voluntary sectors in England, lasted 4 hours and evaluated all aspects of Dove’s practice management. It included; cross infection control, equality, diversity, confidentiality and IT.

All of our staff played a big part in preparing for the inspection through ongoing training programmes and we were very proud to receive email confirmation of our compliance.

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Pain is actually a very poor indicator of the state of your teeth. A tooth can have a small amount of recession and be very painful, but conversely, it can go through a high level of decay and can form a chronic abscess with no pain felt. Also, gum disease can lead to the process of bone loss, tooth mobility and subsequent loss without it even hurting too!

So just because its not hurting you does not mean everything’s fine. Preventative care, rather than undergoing expensive restorative treatment, is by far the best option.

Dove Dental Care’s philosophy is to be ‘proactive’, rather than ‘reactive’. In other words, we are preventative based. To ensure that you catch gum disease, decay and other issues early, don’t wait for the pain, book your checkup now

Require a full or part time Dental Associate for mixed private/nhs practice.

Busy city centre practice, Fully cqc compliant and inspected , internal specialists working within the practice.

Fully computerised systems soe dental programme with full digital images

Fully supportive professional staff and full hygienist services with in the practice.

To start as soon as possible.

Please email the practice manager with covering letter and cv and hours required.

We’re one of the very few dental surgeries in the area to provide sedation dentistry. An ideal option for patients of a more nervous disposition or for those who wish to have a substantial amount of treatment done in one visit.

We provide all of the treatments you’d expect from you local family dentists, but also a lot mor ethan you might expect!

We provide preventative care sealants to encourage healthy teeth for life. A really sensible treatment for children around the age of six, the sealant is applied to newly emerging second teeth to provide long standing protection.

If you are looking for smile correction, we offer minimally invasive procedures such as micro composite correction and also the Invisalign or Clearstep tooth straightening systems. We also provide, implants, crowns and bridges.

We even provide facial aesthetic treatments, from line reduction to facial and lip fillers. In fact, when it comes to your face and teeth, there is very little we don’t do here.  For more information, please get in touch!

This month we’d like you to let us know your favourite pieces of music to play at the dentist. We invite you to share this information on our Facebook Page. Towards the end of the month, we’ll compile an iTunes playlist of the best submissions and provide this playlist as a prize to one lucky contributor

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Many parents aren’t even aware that their child’s second teeth are coming through, but as soon as they begin to erupt, around the age of six, if sealed, decay can be significantly halted, steering children in the right direction for maintaining healthy teeth for life.

Fissure’s are the grooves found in the chewing surfaces of the back teeth; areas notorious for collecting food debris. The sealant comprises a ‘runny’ plastic that sets hard, just like paint.

If you think that your child’s second teeth might be erupting and would like to ensure their health is maintained, why not get in touch and book an appointment with our Dental Hygienist?

It’s a condition that can really interrupt sleep patterns of the sufferer and indeed, their partner too.  It causes tiredness during the day which has been accountable for road traffic and other serious accidents. The condition has also been linked to high blood pressure, stroke and diabetes.

So what is Sleep Apnoea?  Sleep Apnoea is a result of muscles and soft tissues in the throat relaxing and collapsing, causing a temporary but total blockage of the airway. However, for snoring and Sleep Apnoea sufferers, there is hope though: Dove Dental Care can assess and fit the sufferer with a removable, precision Mandibular; a plastic device moulded especially for the wearer which gently draws the chin forward, opening up the airways whilst they sleep.

Do you or your partner snore, or perhaps you know someone who snores and feels that their quality of life could be improved? We suggest taking a short survey which will score the sufferer on what is known as the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (click here) . Should the participant score 10 or more on the scale, it is advised to seek advice.

Send your score and details of any problems in a 100% confidentially managed email to the head of Dove dental Care, Mr. Daniel Murphy (click here) and start tackling this very common, yet very treatable problem.