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NHS dentistry
NHS dental care in Scotland. Examinations are free for everyone, and treatment charges are set by the Scottish Government, not by us.
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In short
NHS dentistry in short
NHS examinations are free for everyone in Scotland, at any age or income.
Treatment charges are set by the Scottish Government, not by us.
You pay 80% of the cost of each item, capped at £384 for one course.
Some people pay nothing at all. We check that before you are charged.
Visits
Depends on what you need
How long it takes
An examination takes twenty to thirty minutes
Anaesthetic
Only where the treatment itself needs it
How long it lasts
Your place here does not expire
Can it be undone
Nothing on this page commits you to treatment
On the NHS
This is the NHS route
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What it is
NHS dentistry is dental care that the Scottish Government pays for, either in full or in part. It covers the treatment you need to keep your mouth healthy and out of pain.
Scotland runs its own NHS dental system. It does not work the way England or Wales does. The charges here are set by the Scottish Government. They are the same at every NHS practice in Scotland, so no practice can charge you more or less than another one.
We are a mixed practice. That means we offer NHS and private treatment side by side, under one roof. The same dentists do both, in the same surgeries, to the same standard.
What changes between the two is what is covered and which materials the NHS pays for. It is not the quality of the dentistry. Most of the people we look after have their routine care on the NHS.
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Is this right for me?
NHS dental care in Scotland is open to everyone. There is no income test and no age limit. You do not have to be in pain or unwell to register.
To get NHS care you need a practice to take you on. With us that means:
Call us and ask whether we have NHS places
Give us your name, date of birth, address and a contact number
Tell us if you have an exemption, so we record it from the start
Sign a registration form at your first visit
We have to be straight with you about availability. Whether we can take on new NHS patients depends on how many people each dentist already looks after. That changes through the year. Sometimes we can register you the same week. Sometimes we cannot.
So we will not promise you an NHS place on a web page. Please call and ask instead. We will tell you the honest position that day rather than leave you guessing.
If we cannot take you on, we will say so and suggest where to try next. NHS Fife holds information on which practices nearby are taking NHS patients.
If you are already registered with another NHS dentist and you are happy there, staying put is a sensible choice. There is no gain in moving for its own sake.
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What happens, step by step
Registering is quick. If we have a place, we take your details on the phone and book you in. You sign the form when you arrive. Bring proof of any exemption you hold.
Your first appointment is an examination. It usually takes twenty to thirty minutes. At that visit we will:
Ask about your health, your medicines and anything that is worrying you
Check your teeth, your gums and the soft tissues of your mouth
Take X-rays if we need to see between or below the teeth
Write down what we find and talk it through with you
You then get a treatment plan. It lists what needs doing, in what order, and what each part will cost you. We tell you which parts are NHS and which are not before anything starts.
Everything on that plan counts as one course of treatment. A course can be a single visit, or it can run over several. Simple work is often done the same day. A crown or a denture takes a few weeks, because a laboratory has to make it.
When the course is finished, we agree when you should come back. That might be three months, or it might be two years. It depends on how healthy your mouth is and what your risks are. That review examination is free as well.
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What it costs
NHS dental charges in Scotland are set by the Scottish Government. We do not set them and we cannot change them. They are the same at every NHS practice in Scotland. The figures below have applied since 1 November 2025.
Your examination is free. Every NHS dental examination in Scotland is free for everyone, whatever your age or income. That includes the review examinations you have later on.
If you do pay for treatment, you pay 80% of the cost of each item of treatment you have. There is a cap of £384 for one course of treatment. You will not be charged more than that for a single course, however much work it involves.
Around 40% of patients in Scotland pay nothing at all. You pay nothing if:
You are under 26
You are pregnant, or you gave birth in the last 12 months
You hold a certificated exemption on income or benefits grounds
Below are examples of what a paying patient is charged. The examination itself is free. Where a check-up appears here, the charge covers the preventive care given at that visit.
Check-up and preventive advice: £17.32
Two small X-rays: £12.16
Small white filling: £23.36
Simple extraction: £31.80
Root canal treatment: £104.68 to £169.20
Single crown: £164.52 to £204.76
Complete dentures: £379.60
A course of gum disease treatment: £35.52 to £142.08
Where a figure is a range, the amount of work decides where you land in it. A root canal on a front tooth costs less than one on a back tooth with three roots. We work your figure out and tell you before we start.
Private treatment is priced separately and we publish the whole list. A private crown starts at £595 and a private root canal starts at £225. If something you want is not available on the NHS, we will show you both figures so you can compare them properly.
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What could go wrong
NHS dentistry does a great deal, but it does not do everything. It is better to know where the edges are before you register than to find out halfway through a plan.
Not everything is covered. The NHS pays for treatment you need to stay healthy and out of pain. It does not pay for treatment that is only about appearance. Teeth whitening, veneers to change how a tooth looks, and cosmetic bonding are private.
Material choice can be narrower. On back teeth the NHS may provide a metal filling or a metal-backed crown rather than a tooth-coloured one. The tooth is properly restored either way. What you notice is how it looks, not how it works.
Waiting can be longer. Routine NHS appointments are often booked further ahead than private ones. If you are in pain, say so when you call, because urgent problems are dealt with sooner.
An NHS place is not always there. Availability changes through the year and we cannot hold one open for you. Call and ask rather than assuming either way.
The £384 cap is per course, not per year. If you finish one course and need another one later, the charge starts again from zero.
A plan can change once we start. Decay can turn out to be deeper than the X-ray showed. If the plan changes, the charge can change with it. We stop and tell you before we do extra work.
Some treatment has to be referred. A few things are done in a hospital or by another service rather than here. That is normal, but it adds waiting time.
None of this is about the standard of care. The same dentists treat NHS and private patients here, and they work to the same standard for both. What differs is what is covered and which materials are paid for.
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Who does this here
Principal dentist
Registered name
Tien-Yu Chang
GDC number
296929
Qualification
Grado en Odontología, University CEU San Pablo, 2021
Qualified in
Spain
Associate dentist
Registered name
Li Yang Yeh
GDC number
306420
Qualification
Grado en Odontología, University CEU San Pablo, 2021
Qualified in
Spain
Associate dentist
GDC number
329275
Qualification
Grado en Odontología, University CEU San Pablo, 2025
Qualified in
Spain
Associate dentist
Registered name
Chen Liu
GDC number
331071
Qualification
Dr Med Dent, Semmelweis University, 2025
Qualified in
Hungary
Associate dentist
Registered name
Cheng-Tsung Hsu
GDC number
320342
Qualification
Grado en Odontología, CEU Cardenal Herrera University, 2024
Qualified in
Spain
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Useful answers
Questions people ask
01Can I have some treatment on the NHS and some privately?
Yes. Many people have their examinations, fillings and gum care on the NHS, then pay privately for something the NHS does not cover.
We will always tell you what is available to you on the NHS first. You never have to take a private option, and we will not press you towards one.
02Are you taking on NHS patients at the moment?
Please call and ask. Availability depends on how many patients each dentist already has, and it moves through the year. We would rather give you the honest position on the phone than put a claim on a web page that is out of date by next month.
03Is my check-up really free?
Yes. NHS dental examinations in Scotland are free for everyone, at every NHS practice, whatever your age or income. Review examinations are free too.
If you need treatment after the examination, that part may carry a charge. We tell you the figure before you agree to anything.
04What if I cannot afford the treatment I need?
Tell us. Around 40% of patients in Scotland pay nothing, and you may be one of them without knowing it. Everyone under 26 is exempt, as is anyone pregnant or within 12 months of giving birth. There are also certificated exemptions on income and benefits grounds.
If you do still have to pay, say what you can manage. We will deal with the urgent things first and talk the rest through with you.
05Do children pay for NHS dental treatment?
No. Everyone under 26 in Scotland pays nothing for NHS dental treatment, so children and young adults are covered in full.
Bring children early. Around their first birthday is a good start. Those first visits are mostly about getting used to the room and the chair, and they cost nothing.
06What counts as one course of treatment?
A course of treatment is everything on one treatment plan. It runs from the examination through to the last item on the plan. It can be one visit or several.
The £384 cap applies to the whole course, not to each visit. If a new problem turns up months later, that begins a new course.
07Do I need to bring proof that I do not have to pay?
Yes, if your exemption is a certificated one on income or benefits grounds. Bring the certificate or the award letter with you.
If you are under 26, or pregnant, or gave birth in the last 12 months, just tell us and we will record it. NHS exemption claims are checked, so it is worth getting the detail right at the start.
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Next step
If you want NHS care with us, the one thing to do is call and ask whether we have a place. It takes a couple of minutes and you will get a straight answer.
If we can register you, we will book your first examination while you are on the phone. That examination is free, whoever you are.
If we cannot, we will say so plainly and tell you where to try next. Either way you will know where you stand by the end of the call.
Or call us on 01592 348674 if you would rather talk it through first.
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