Our specialist facilities

As you would imagine we have a number of specialist tools, at various locations in Gloucestershire. These help with patients who might be physically disabled, suffer from anxiety, or simply are not able to participate at high street dentists.

Specialised dentistry equipment and facilities

You can browse our specialist equipment below – click on each to find out more.

You can also use the interactive map below to see where some of this equipment is housed. Use the filters above the map

Equipment

Services

Bariatric dental chair

It is important that patients feel comfortable and supported whilst receiving their dental treatment. We have bariatric facilities at our clinics in Gloucester, Stroud and Cheltenham.

General anaesthetic

Very young children and patients with special needs may not be able to receive routine dental care such as extractions in the dental surgery in the normal way. It may be necessary for treatment to be performed under General Anaesthesia.

Inhalation sedation

We are able to offer dental treatment with Inhalation Sedation for children and adults who experience dental anxiety. Patients are usually referred to our service by their dentist and must meet our acceptance criteria.

Panoral radiographs – dental X-ray

We provide a panoramic X-ray machine that takes a two dimensional image of the entire mouth. It is quicker to take than a traditional dental x-ray and the image is clearer and can benefit a lot of our patients.

The Wand

The Wand is an injection system which replaces the traditional syringe. Using computerised technology the Wand delivers a supply of anaesthetic in a slow comfortable manner.

Wheelchair recliner

Patients who are unable to transfer to a dental chair and do not use a wheelchair which can be reclined, can be treated in surgery at our clinics in Gloucester, Stroud and Cheltenham.

Our specialist equipment is not nearly as important as our dedicated team of experts. Find out more about what we do by choosing a service below.

Our specialist dental services cover the following areas...

Physical disability

Oral health education

Domiciliary care – ‘home’ visits

Dental anxiety (adult)

Dementia friendly service

Learning disability

Mental health

Socially excluded

Medically compromised

Specialist dentistry for children

Which service is right for you?

Use this simple tool to guide you to more information:

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How would you describe yourself or the patient?*
Please note that we can only talk to current and past patients. To be referred to the specialist Community Dentist service, please talk to your current dentist or healthcare professional. Find out how to find this here.
What age are you (or the patient)?
Do you have a specific medical condition?
Whatever your specialist needs are, for young people and children please see our specialist dentistry for children service
For those patients requiring specialist equipment please ask to referred to our medically compromised service. Find out more about our plus size service and equipment.
We have a specialised service operating for this. Please see dentistry for the Anxiety service
We have specialised staff and equipment to help mental health patients of all kinds. Please see dentistry for the mental health service
Specialist teams, equipment and clinics line under the title of dentistry for the physically disabled service
For those patients with dementia we have a special dementia friendly service
Are you or your patient socially excluded?
For example, homelessness, drug or alcohol dependency or any other way in which regular dental treatment is difficult.
We have a special service and clinics for those who are socially excluded. Find out more about this on our specialist dentistry for the socially excluded page.
Do you require dentistry at a specific location?
Home visits, along with referral requests can be found in our domiciliary service
Care homes. Patients living in care homes who are bed-bound or do not leave the home at all may be eligible for a domiciliary 'home' visit. Fin out more about our Domiciliary service
Schools > Children who attend special schools and find treatment at a regular dental practice difficult may be eligible for treatment with our service. You need our Education service
Have you heard about specific equipment / services?
wand > Both adults and children may benefit from the use of The Wand when having dental treatment. You need our Dental anxiety service for adults, or our Children's specialist dental care.
tipper > Wheelchair users and plus sized patients be more comfortable receiving treatment using a wheelchair recliner. You need our Physical disability service
Bariatric chair > Plus sized patients will be more comfortable receiving treatment in a bariatric dental chair. Read more about this facility: Bariactric Dental Chair
Other > Gloucestershire Community Dental Service are able to treat patients using specialist equipment making treatment more comfortable. You may look at our Medically Compromised service
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How to find us

Gloucestershire Community Dental Service have seven specialist sites across the county. For details and clinic opening times use the searchable map opposite or click 'Find our clinics'.

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