Maintenance Plans
Our aim is to provide high quality care and treatment in a relaxed, comfortable and safe environment. We are committed to continuing education and keeping abreast of advances in modern dentistry. To ensure we maintain the high standards our patients have come to expect, it is becoming increasingly important for us to accurately match the number and the needs of our patients to the resources we have available.
Research shows that preventive dentistry delivered on a regular basis greatly reduces the risk of dental disease and provides a platform for a lifetime of improved oral health. We encourage such an approach and with this in mind we have designed our maintenance plan to reward loyal patients, allowing us to plan your dental care more effectively, to provide the best chance of keeping you dentally fit and to reduce the need for future treatment.
What do our plans include?
We have three membership plans available, starting from £10.10 per month.Children’s and Denture plans are also available, please call in to the practice for advice. Treatment not covered by these plans can be paid for separately.
DPAS – £18.99 per month
This is our regular maintenance plan which will cover you for two hygiene appointments and two examinations each year.
DPAS 4 – £25.50 per month
This is our hygiene maintenance plan which will cover you for four hygiene appointments and two examinations each year.
Student – £10.10 per month
Our student plan covers you for one hygiene appointment and one examination each year.
All of our plans also include the following benefits:
- X-rays when necessary
- Routine oral cancer screening
- Discount on treatments over and above the plan content
- Diet and oral hygiene advice
- Membership card with 24 hour helpline numbers for dental emergencies at home or abroad
- Eligibility to request assistance from the Worldwide Dental Emergency Assistance Scheme
Discounts include:
- Assessment of emergencies and dental pain with any temporary treatment required, carried out at the practice during normal surgery hours
- All treatment planning for your future dental needs
- Production of study models when required
- Printed estimate of costs prior to treatment
- We also have an interest free payment scheme available, ask at reception for further details
- All subsequent remedial work within 12 months of recommended restorative work
For more information, please download our Maintenance Plan Brochure or contact our friendly reception team.
How do you join our plan?
Joining is very simple. New patients are required to have an initial assessment before they can join the plan and existing patients can join at any time. All you have to do is complete a registration form for us and a Direct Debit mandate and authorisation form for DPAS.
In addition to your first monthly payment, an initial registration fee of £10 per person will be payable by you to DPAS and will be included in your first Direct Debit payment. If you choose to leave the plan for any reason you can do so by simply giving us one month’s notice.
Any questions?
If you have any questions about our plan, please contact our reception team who will be happy to provide further information and guidance.
What happens in an emergency?
You will have access to a 24 hour, 365 day worldwide dental emergency helpline, which will endeavour to find an English speaking dentist to assist you.
What does the Emergency Assistance Scheme cover?
Whilst a member of the dental plan, should you suffer a dental trauma, a dental emergency or be diagnosed with oral cancer you will be eligible to make a request for assistance from the Worldwide Dental Emergency Assistance Scheme. The Scheme responds to such requests on a wholly discretionary basis. This means that, whilst the Scheme aims to provide benefits in most cases, the Scheme has no obligation to provide any benefit unless the Scheme Manager (the person appointed to administer the Scheme) first decides (in its sole and absolute discretion) that the Scheme should provide a benefit.
There are some circumstances in which the Scheme is not designed to help (these situations being similar to exclusions under an insurance policy) and these are explained in more detail in the Worldwide Dental Emergency Assistance Scheme Handbook. The Scheme Manager will look at each case individually to assess the request for a benefit. Certain restrictions and limitations may apply in the event that your request for assistance is accepted and it is possible that in some cases the Scheme Manager will decide to provide no benefit.
If your request for assistance is accepted by the Scheme Manager you will be eligible to receive benefit payments from the Scheme in the following situations (up to the limits set by the Scheme and published from time to time):
- The cost of dental treatment by any dentist up to a maximum of £10,000 for any one incident of dental trauma
The cost of:
- Emergency call-outs
- Pain relief or emergency temporary treatment
- A specified amount for each complete 24-hour period of hospitalisation wholly or partly under the care of a consultant who specialises in dental or maxillofacial surgery
- A specified amount if you are diagnosed with oral cancer and this is the primary cancer site
You will also have 24 hour access to a worldwide dental emergency helpline.
Please refer to the Worldwide Dental Emergency Assistance Scheme Handbook for full details.
The Worldwide Dental Emergency Assistance Scheme is operated by Worldwide Assistance Ltd (Company No. 10907861), a company registered in England and Wales.
Registered Office: Cambrian Works, Gobowen Rd, Oswestry, Shropshire SY11 1HS.
THE WORLDWIDE DENTAL EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE SCHEME IS NOT AN INSURANCE PRODUCT AND IS NOT REGULATED BY THE FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY.
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