The Dental Department provides specialist dental care to people in the Canterbury region. It is also a tertiary referral centre for the West Coast and Nelson and Marlborough regions.
The Hospital Dental Department provides care in the following dental services:
The department also offers a Full Dental Clearance service and a daily Relief of Pain clinic.
If you have dental pain and you receive a WINZ benefit, then you are eligible to attend The Relief of Pain Clinic at the Dental Department.
To book a place at the relief of pain clinic, phone the Dental Department on 03 364 0250, no referral from a doctor or dentist is required.
If you require all, or at least all of your upper or lower teeth, to be removed and you receive a WINZ benefit or are a Community Service Card Holder, you are eligible to be seen at the Full Dental Clearance Clinic at the Dental Department.
Patients referred to the Full Dental Clearance service will be seen for a consultation and x-ray.
To attend this clinic you need to be referred to the Dental Department for this service. Referrals are accepted from your General Practice (GP) or a General Dentist.
Page last updated: 14 May 2020
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