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Kent Dentures Opens New Gillingham Clinic and Lab for 2017

Kent dentures has opened up a new lab and clinic in Gillingham at St Barnabas House, Duncan RD, ME7 4LA.

01634 931007

We run a clinic for patients requiring a new set of dentures as well as repair service. The clinic is located in St Barnabas House on the corner of Duncan Rd, Nelson Rd and Gillingham Rd. The entrance to the clinic and lab is the entrance that faces the traffic junction. We have a sign outside so you can't miss us.

At the clinic we offer both full and partial dentures as well as chrome and flexible dentures. We have links with local dentists to be provide pre-denture treatment if necessary and also prescriptions where needed. We offer a repair service as we have a lab on site. We can offer advice on any dentures problems that you may have and offer free consultations.

If you would like a free consultation then please call 01643 931007

Kent Dentures Gillingham Clinic
St Barnabas House
Duncan Rd
Gillingham
ME7 4LA

A Great Service Enters Its 3rd Year.

Kent Dentures have been providing dentures for over 2 years to patients across Kent. We have had great feed back from this new type of service. "Increasingly people are wanting services which fit around them both in terms of time and location" says James Butt our Clinical Dental Technician. Kent Dentures have provided services to patients from 'East Kent' right though to 'West Kent' and patients have really appreciated the professional but relaxed manner of the staff.

Kent Dentures Works With Oakwood Dental Surgery in Maidstone.

Some of our patients continue to like to visit a dental surgery and so we cater for these patients with a weekly Wednesday clinic at Oakwood Dental Surgery in Maidstone. The clinic has been running weekly since the beginning of 2015 and has generated much interest from other patients who recommend Kent Dentures to their family and friends else where in the county. To book an appointment with KentDentures at Oakwood Dental Surgery call 01622 752821 or visit http://www.oakwooddentalsurgery.co.uk. However if you have mobility/travel issues and which us to visit you at home, then please call us on 01227 469813 to book a free consultation.

2016 Price Guarantee

Kent Dentures is confident that we offer excellent value for money. In fact we are so confident that we will beat any written quote* for the same service that we will give you a denture box if we cannot beat the price. If you are interested in purchasing a Denture Box then please speak to us.

"WE WILL BEAT ANY WRITTEN QUOTE* OR GIVE YOU A FREE DENTURE BOX"

Free Denture Box

80ml storage compartment for soacking
Height 3.7cm x width 9.5cm x length 11.5cm
Internal mirror & mini cleaning brush
One case supplied, dentures not included

*On quotes for new non-NHS dentures on a like for like product and service.

Offer for 2016 Having a back up denture is a great thing to have when waiting to get a denture repaired. Ask our staff today about buy one denture get one half price.

Free Denture Care Service for Care Homes in Kent

Kent Dentures offers a free denture care service to care homes, which includes a number of aspects which will help provide evidence of good care for CQC inspectors. The service includes:

Free training for staff
Free advice and support for staff
Free denture naming service for service users.
Free screening and managers report for the care home
Free mini-presentation on denture care and infection control for service users
Free consultation and written quotation on new dentures and repairs.

FREE TRAINING FOR STAFF

Kent Dentures can come in and provide a mini-training session for staff which can be tailored to suit the homes needs. It doesn’t matter how many staff you have. This could be provided at the beginning of a team meeting/handover or could be provided alongside other training as an add-on.

Mini Training Session (Approx. 10 Minutes)

Why dentures are important
Losing dentures- where are they found?
How to clean dentures
Infection control and how naming reduced infection
Services we offer – how can we make wearing dentures as comfortable as possible.
Questions and Answers

FREE ADVICE AND SUPPORT FOR STAFF

If you or your staff have any issues with dentures and require some advice then you can call us for free advice and support. Our telephone number is 01227 469813 and we can be contacted 9am-5pm Monday to Friday. Outside of this time, you can leave a message and we will return your call as soon as possible.

Providing Evidence for Compliance with the Essential Standards

This service may help to provide evidence for:

Outcome 4(a)
Outcome 5(a)
Regulation 24-1
Regulation 14-1c
Outcome 6 (f)
Outcome 6 (i)
Outcome 8
Regulation 12
Outcome 11(f)
Regulation 23-1
Outcome 14(a)

FREE DENTURE NAMING SERVICE

To avoid getting dentures mixed up when they have been found, it is possible to get dentures named. This service normally costs £20 per denture set, but this would be available free to all the service users in the home as part of the denture service. This would help to reduce oral cross infection risks when service users try the wrong dentures, when looking for theirs.

FREE SCREENING AND MANAGERS REPORT FOR THE CARE HOME

Kent Dentures can provide you a free annual screening program with plan for the service users who are denture wearers within the home. This will provide you with evidence to show that everything is being done to support service users with their denture need. We will offer free written quotations for our home visit service to those who require repairs/religns or can make referral to the NHS community dental service (for those that qualify) for those individuals who require treatment from a dental surgeon. Download a sample report.

FREE MINI-PRESENTATION ON DENTURE CARE AND INFECTION CONTROL FOR SERVICE USERS

We have been providing talks within day services across Kent in association with AgeUk. We can provide a brief 5 minute presentation with tips on denture care and infection control. We have found this to be very helpful and informative to service users who are still responsible for their own denture care.

FREE CONSULTATION AND WRITTEN QUOTATION ON NEW DENTURES AND REPAIRS.

Kent Dentures provides a community home visit service to patients in their own homes (inc care homes). We provide free consultations and free written quotations for patients. Kent Dentures is a private service rather than a NHS service. For many dentures are a band 3 treatment which attract a contribution from the patient which currently is over £200. Private denture services are very common due to the increased quality of product and service which is usually seen as being more cost efficient in the long term. As we are a community based service we have developed a business model that doesn’t require a costly treatment location which allows competitive treatment costs. Consultation and Written Quotation are free and there is obligation for any patient to agree to any services. We support the positive choice of service users.

For more information on this service, please call us on 01227 469813 or email - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Kent Dentures Working Alongside Age UK in Kent

Kent Dentures will be appearing at AgeUK day services near you over the coming months. We will be providing a brief presentation on denture care and will be available to answer some of your questions on dentures. During our presentation we talk about the best way to reduce infection risks through cleaning techniques as well as tips of reducing the chance of breaking your dentures when cleaning them. Some individuals have asked for our free consultation following the presentation, which we have organised at the day centre later on in the week. This has meant that people who find it difficult to get to appointments can still have the option of a high quality service but within a community setting and without the extra travel. Some have opted for us to visit them at their homes instead of using a private meeting room at the day centre, and we have been happy to organise this too.

We have been finding that there are a number of individuals who have not sort professional help for their dentures because they mistakenly believe that the process is too complicated or that it can't fit around their mobility needs. This has meant that some have struggled with poor fitting dentures unnecessarily, which has impacted on their dignity and health. If you know someone who would like to attend one of these presentations, someone who has questions or someone who would like a free consultation, then please speak with your local AgeUK day centre or call us on 01227 469813.

Kent Dentures Sponsors Kent Care Home Association

From July 2014 Kent Dentures is been sponsoring KCHA. Care both in the community and within residential care is at a cross roads at present. Serious discussions are taking place both locally and on a national level as to how we can finance care as a society. This may mean difficult decisions will have to be made, and care homes will want to evidence their place and value within society. We hope that supporting the association over the coming years will help care homes to make this argument out successfully as a group.

Another way we are helping care homes out is by providing a free care home service to them, which includes free training for staff and service users, as well as free denture naming service (to reduce cross infection issues), as well as provide free consultations to service users. The service will help to evidence good care practice within the home by providing evidence for a number of outcomes (as defined by the essential standards that CQC uses to assess care) from infection control to meeting nutritional needs. For more information on our care home service, see the July 2014 Newsletter available from www.KentDentures.co.uk

If you would like us to visit your home to discuss how this may work please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with which home or homes you manage and when would be a suitable time to visit.