Key Message:-Usual advice is Visit Your Dentist regularly, at least once per year.
However below is the advice available on NHS GG&C twitter and Facebook page. Please also link below for Oral Health Directorate page for supporting information on attending your dentist during Covid 19.
If you are registered with a dentist and you feel you have an EMERGENCY dental need, in normal working hours, you should contact your dentist on their usual number. They can provide advice, antibiotics or analgesia.
If you are currently a patient attending Glasgow Dental Hospital for specialist dental services and are experiencing dental issues that cannot wait at this time, please contact 0141 211 9730 or 0141 211 9607
Outside normal working hours and at weekends, if feel you have an EMERGENCY dental need, please contact NHS24 on 111.
If you are not registered with a dentist and have an EMERGENCY dental need, you should contact the Emergency Dental Treatment Centre on 0141 232 6323 during working hours and NHS24 on 111 out with normal working hours and at weekends. A walk in service is not available at this time
Art activities
- Smiley mouths. Create a smiley mouth with teeth to display in your window. You can paint, draw, junk model or collage for example
- Key message posters. Create a poster to promote the key oral health message.
Please use #SmileMonth if sharing on your social media pages.
Web links:
· http://www.child-smile.org.uk/parents-and-carers/index.aspx
· https://www.nhsinform.scot/scotlands-service-directory/dental-services