Community & Special Care Dentistry is the main provider of special care dentistry in Sheffield, and also a significant provider of paediatric dentistry. The service provides dental care in community settings for patients who have difficulty getting treatment in their "high street" dental practice. Patients are referred in to our service by a health care professional.
We look after people with severe learning and/or physical disabilities or who have a profound mental illness and patients who are elderly or housebound or have a medical condition which compromises dental care provision. We also undertake dental treatment for homeless patients at the Cathedral.
We also host the City’s oral health promotion team who facilitate oral health improvement programs across Sheffield.
Adults and children who have a dental phobia and who need a special introduction to dentistry to prepare them for treatment by a family dentist may access the service if they are referred by a health or social care worker.
In addition to patient care our service is a major provider of education at both basic and postgraduate level, working alongside the University of Sheffield, the Postgraduate Dental Deanery and the School of Dental Nursing. We deliver outreach clinical teaching of undergraduate dental students and dental care professionals, dental postgraduate training posts at foundation, core trainee and specialist registrar level, and trainee dental nurse posts.
For the majority of patients requiring the specialised care provided, the service is their ‘regular primary care dentist’ and they remain with the service long term rather than being discharged to another provider at the end of an episode of care. However, for some patients, they will be seen for a shorter period of time, and then referred back to their General Dental Practice.
Community & Special Care Dentistry works in conjunction with Charles Clifford Dental Hospital as we are both part of the same Trust. We work under different rules as we offer the Primary Care Service and they offer the Secondary Care, however both services work together in a complementary format.
Please click on individual clinic links to find out about the range of services our clinics can provide. You will need a referral from a healthcare professional to access these services.
Limbrick Dental Clinic – NHS Choices
Limbrick Health Centre
Limbrick Road
Sheffield
S6 2PE
Telephone: 0114 3078740
Manor Dental Clinic – NHS Choices
Ridgeway Road
Sheffield
S12 2ST
Telephone: 0114 3078402
Wheata Place Dental Clinic – NHS Choices
Wordsworth Avenue
Sheffield
S65 9JH
Telephone: 0114 3078360
General Access Clinics
We have two general access clinics in Sheffield. These clinics offer routine treatments for any member of the public. Please note they do both operate a waiting list:
Teaching & Special Care Clinics
As a service we are privileged to be a leader in the training of dental students. This enables dental student to gain valuable experience and allows us to offer more appointments to our patients. Student Dentists/Hygiene Therapists provide treatment for patients as part of their training. Treatment is provided to those patients who are considered suitable to be seen under supervision of one of our Dental Tutors. Patients are treated by students at two of our sites; these sites also operate a waiting list system. You can contact the clinic on the telephone numbers below to find out if the clinic is accepting patients onto their student waiting list.
Firth Park Dental Clinic – NHS Choices
Dental Charges
Please note all our charges are NHS charges and you will be asked to pay for each course of treatment, this will fall into one of the three bands which are set prices. You will be informed of the cost at the beginning of any treatment provided that you are not exempt from charges.
If you are unsure if you have to pay for your dental treatment or are eligible for help with all or part of your NHS treatment please follow the link below.
The above clinics also provide special care dental treatment.
http://www.nhs.uk/nhsengland/healthcosts/pages/dentalcosts.aspx
Emergency Out of Hours Treatment
We do not offer emergency out of hours treatment.
In the event of our patients requiring emergency out of hour’s treatment or advice please contact the emergency dental service on 111.This is the NHS dental helpline.
http://www.nhs.uk/nhsengland/aboutnhsservices/dentists/pages/dental-%20emergency-and-out-of-hours-care.aspx
Dental Anxiety Management Service
Anxiety management helps patients to understand their fears about dental treatment. It will help you look at how your fear started, how it affects you and how you can be less anxious in the future.
We have a strict referral criteria which must be met before acceptance into the service & only referrals made by either GDP,GP or Specialised Services will be accepted
