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Wildworks Dental Rooms
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A calm, softly lit dental treatment room with a reclined patient chair and overhead examination light.

General dentistry, unhurried

Dentistry explained before anything is done to you.

Wildworks is a small practice built around longer appointments, plain language and written costs. You will always know what we found, what it means, and what happens if you decide to wait.

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How we work

One clinician looks after you from the first examination through to the last appointment of a treatment plan — no handing you round the building.

Examinations run for forty minutes so there is time to show you photographs of your own teeth and talk through the options.

Evening clinics
Tuesday and Thursday until 8pm for people who cannot take time off work.
Costs in writing
A printed plan with every item priced before treatment begins.
Step-free rooms
Ground-floor surgery, wide doorways and a quiet waiting area.
Same-day problems
Slots held back each morning for pain, swelling and broken teeth.

What we treat

Four lanes of care, so you can find yourself quickly.

Most people arrive with one of four things in mind. Rather than list every procedure, we have grouped the work the way patients actually describe it — then said plainly what each lane involves.

Lane 01Everyday care

Routine examinations, hygienist visits and the small repairs that stop a problem becoming a big one. This is where roughly three quarters of our appointments sit.

Usually one or two visits a year
  • Forty-minute examination with intra-oral photographs
  • Gum measurements recorded and compared each year
  • Hygienist scaling and home-cleaning coaching
  • White fillings, sealants and worn-edge repairs
Lane 02Restore

Teeth that are broken, heavily filled, missing or uncomfortable to chew on. We always give you a staged plan with a do-nothing option included, so you can see what waiting actually costs.

Planned across two to five visits
  • Crowns, onlays and rebuilding worn back teeth
  • Root canal treatment under local anaesthetic
  • Bridges, dentures and implant-retained options
  • Night guards for grinding and jaw ache
Lane 03Straighten & brighten

Cosmetic work only after the foundations are healthy. If gums are inflamed or a tooth is cracked, we fix that first and tell you why the order matters.

Assessment appointment first, always
  • Clear aligners with printed retention advice
  • Take-home whitening, dentist-dispensed
  • Composite edge bonding and reshaping
  • Honest photographs of likely limits, not simulations
Lane 04Same-day problems

Pain, swelling, a lost filling or a knocked tooth. Ring in the morning and describe what happened; we keep a small number of slots free every weekday for exactly this.

Triaged the same working day
  • Toothache assessment and pain relief
  • Temporary repairs to get you comfortable
  • Advice for a knocked-out adult tooth over the phone
  • Follow-up booked before you leave

Not sure which lane you are in? Describe the problem in the request form and we will tell you what kind of appointment you need — including when the honest answer is that you do not need one yet.

Your first visit

Five steps, and none of them is a surprise.

Nothing is treated at a first appointment unless you are in pain and ask us to. The visit exists to gather information and give you a plan you can take away and think about.

Step one

A conversation

We ask what brought you in, what has gone wrong before, and what you would rather we avoided.

Step two

Full examination

Teeth, gums, bite, jaw joints and soft tissues, with photographs so you can see what we see.

Step three

Images if needed

Small X-rays only where they change a decision. We explain what each one is looking for.

Step four

Findings, plainly

A short summary in ordinary words: what is healthy, what is watched, what needs doing and when.

Step five

A written plan

Costs, visit counts and alternatives on paper. You book when you are ready, not at the chair.

A dentist in gloves preparing instruments on a tray beside a patient chair in a bright surgery.
Every instrument is laid out and named before we start, so nothing appears from behind you.

Comfort & nervous patients

If you have been putting this off, say so on the form.

Avoiding the dentist for years is common and we do not comment on it. What helps is agreeing the rules before you sit down — here is what we offer as standard.

  • A stop signal that works Raise your left hand and we stop immediately, not at a convenient moment. We test it before we begin.
  • A talk-only first appointment You can book a visit where nothing goes in your mouth. Sit up, keep your coat on, ask questions, leave.
  • Numbing done slowly Topical gel first, then anaesthetic delivered gradually, then a proper wait before anything else happens.
  • Quieter appointment times First slot of the morning or the last of the evening, when the practice is calm and there is no waiting room.
  • Sound and sight under your control Headphones, your own music, a blanket, and the overhead light angled away between steps.
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Practical details

The boring information that decides whether you can actually come.

When we are open

Monday
8.30am – 5.30pm
Tuesday
8.30am – 8pm
Wednesday
8.30am – 5.30pm
Thursday
8.30am – 8pm
Friday
8.30am – 4pm
Saturday
One in three, 9am – 1pm
Sunday
Closed

Before you arrive

What to bring
A list of your current medicines, any recent X-rays from another practice, and the name of anything you are allergic to.
How costs work
Examination and hygiene fees are quoted when you book. Anything beyond that is priced in a written plan first, and we can split larger plans into stages.
Plans and insurance
We handle monthly practice plans and provide itemised receipts and treatment codes for insurers who need them.
Access and quiet
Ground-floor surgeries, step-free entrance, wide doorways, and a small waiting area kept deliberately low-noise.

Clinical team

Three clinicians, and you keep the one you start with.

Continuity is the point. Whoever carries out your first examination writes your plan and does the work, so you are not re-explaining yourself every visit.

Dr Rhona Ackley

Principal dentist — restorative

Takes the longer rebuilding cases: worn bites, heavily filled back teeth and root canal work. Writes the practice's plain-language treatment summaries and will happily draw the problem on paper for you.

Dr Tomas Oyelaran

Dentist — alignment & children

Looks after clear aligner cases and most of our under-sixteens. Runs the talk-only first appointments and is the person to ask if you want the limits of cosmetic work described honestly.

Mireille Kastel

Dental hygienist

Handles gum health, staining and the practical side of cleaning between crowded teeth. Expect to leave with two or three specific changes rather than a lecture about flossing.

Questions

Things people ask before they book.

How do I register as a new patient?
Send the request form with a rough idea of when you can come. We reply with an examination time and a short health questionnaire to complete beforehand — that is the whole registration process. There is no waiting list for examinations at the moment.
Can I bring my children to the same appointment?
Yes, and it often works better that way. We can see a child in the same visit as a parent, and young children are welcome to sit in the chair with an adult for the first look. Tell us the ages on the form so we book enough time.
I have not been to a dentist in years. Will I get a lecture?
No. We record what we find and tell you what it means now, not what should have happened earlier. If it helps, book the talk-only appointment first — you keep your coat on, we look at nothing, and you decide afterwards whether to come back for an examination.
How white can whitening actually make my teeth?
Whitening lifts the natural shade of enamel; it does not change crowns, veneers or white fillings, and heavily banded or grey-tinged teeth respond much less. We photograph and shade-match first, then tell you what result is realistic. If the honest answer is "not much", we say so before you pay.
What happens if I miss an appointment?
Let us know as early as you can and we will rebook you without a charge. Longer treatment slots that go unused with no notice carry a fee, which we explain when you book them so it is never a surprise on arrival.
How often do I really need X-rays?
Only when an image would change a decision — typically every one to three years for adults with stable teeth, and less often if your risk is low. We tell you what each X-ray is looking for before taking it, and you can always ask us to wait.
Can I have dental treatment while pregnant?
Routine examinations and hygiene appointments are sensible during pregnancy, and gum inflammation is common then. Non-urgent elective work is usually postponed, and X-rays avoided unless there is an urgent problem. Tell us on the form so we plan the visit properly.
What do I do if something goes wrong out of hours?
Our answering message gives the current out-of-hours arrangement for registered patients. For a knocked-out adult tooth, keep it in milk or saliva, do not scrub it, and get seen urgently — putting it back in the socket quickly gives the best chance.

Request an appointment

Tell us roughly when suits, and what is on your mind.

One short form. We read every request ourselves and reply with a time, a likely appointment length and the fee for that first visit.

Please do not send urgent symptoms through this form. If you are in significant pain or have facial swelling, ring the practice so we can triage you the same day.