ABOUT US
Welcome to the Riverside Dental Practice web site. At Riverside Dental Practice we provide a variety of oral health care services, not only in the field of general dentistry, but also in the fields of facial aesthetics and orthodontics. We offer dental treatments tailored to your needs in a friendly, approachable, affordable and professional way.
Testimonial
Invisalign
Treatments
Before -After
OUR SERVICES
Routine Exams
Thank you for taking the time to visit our dental checkup page.
At Riverside Dental Practice, We will carry out a thorough examination of your teeth and your gums as well as other surrounding tissues. Where necessary, we will take digital X-rays to aid our diagnosis.
Dental Fillings
What is the difference between white & silver fillings?
White fillings bond to the tooth tissue far better than silver fillings and look much more natural and more closely resemble tooth enamel. As white fillings bond to tooth tissue very well, this has some protective effect against further tooth wall fracture. However metallic silver fillings are stronger than resin white composite resin fillings and have a longer average lifespan.
Silver amalgam fillings contain mercury and the use of mercury in silver fillings has raised some controversy over the years within the dental profession. Although the health risks of mercury within fillings, is as yet unproven, some patients prefer not to have any silver fillings in case health risks come to light in future.
White fillings are more technically demanding than silver fillings to do and require more surgery time and hence usually cost more than silver fillings.
Patients can increase the lifespan of their fillings by brushing and flossing daily, reducing the frequency of dietary sugar intake and seeing their dentists regularly so that their fillings can be closely monitored.
Teeth alignment with Invisalign
At Riverside Dental Practice, we use Invisalign to treat a variety of orthodontic concerns including teeth which are crooked, crowded or have gaps. Because it is clear, removable and comfortable, it won’t interfere with your life. Because Invisalign is nearly invisible, it would be difficult to detect that you are wearing Invisalign, so you can smile with confidence during and after your treatment. You can remove Invisalign, so you can eat and drink what you like. In fact, studies have shown that it can be better for your dental hygiene during treatment as well! With no metal or sharp edges, Invisalign is comfortable to wear and does not cause allergies.
What are the advantages of Invisalign treatment?
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Predictable treatment, as Invisalign is planned in advance, we can more accurately predict when your treatment will be finished.
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Cosmetically superior to normal braces due to near invisibility of Invisalign aligners. So, no more embarrassing metal wires.
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No metal allergies due to brackets and wires.
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Greater treatment visibility and easier planning with our treatment software.
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Custom manufacture means a tailored match to your teeth, for reduced irritation and fewer scratches.
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Invisalign is Removable, so you can eat and drink what you want while in treatment.
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Brushing and Flossing your teeth are not a problem.
Dental Fillings
What is the difference between white & silver fillings?
White fillings bond to the tooth tissue far better than silver fillings and look much more natural and more closely resemble tooth enamel. As white fillings bond to tooth tissue very well, this has some protective effect against further tooth wall fracture. However metallic silver fillings are stronger than composite resin fillings and have a longer average lifespan.
Silver amalgam fillings contain mercury and the use of mercury in silver fillings has raised some controversy over the years within the dental profession. Although the health risks of mercury within fillings, is as yet unproven, some patients prefer not to have any silver fillings in case health risks come to light in future.
White fillings are more technically demanding than silver fillings to do and require more surgery time and hence usually cost more than silver fillings.
Patients can increase the lifespan of their fillings by brushing and flossing daily, reducing the frequency of dietary sugar intake and seeing their dentists every 6 months so that their fillings can be closely monitored.
Dental Hygiene
Beautiful clean teeth are key to the way we look and feel about ourselves and how others see us. We all try to look after our teeth: we brush, we floss, we use mouth wash regularly, but sometimes that isn’t enough to remove the toughest plaque deposits .If the teeth are not regularly cleaned and monitored, plaque (collection of bacteria) builds up, leading to an increase in the toxins produced by the bacteria. This leads to inflammation. If not dealt with in time, the plaque will lead to loss of gum attachment to the tooth, and hence a space is created between the surface of the tooth and the gum, which is called a periodontal pocket. This in itself, will lead to more plaque migration down the pocket, which triggers more inflammation, hence causing gradual bone loss, and if left untreated, to tooth loss.
Periodontal (gum) disease, is a condition involving inflammation of the gums, and loss of supporting structures around a tooth.
If left untreated, periodontal disease will lead to tooth loss.
Dentures
Flexible Dentures provide a great level of comfort for wearers due to the fact that they adapt to the shape of the gums. This means that there is no need for metal clasps or dental adhesive to hold them in place.
As the name suggests, the dentures flex into position while providing a number of benefits for people who may have found it difficult to wear traditional dentures as a result of irregularities with the shape of their mouths.
Metal dentures are used to fill in gaps of any missing teeth and are particularly ideal for those people looking for a stronger denture that can replace multiple missing teeth. Manufactured from cobalt chromium or titanium, they are attached to the remaining natural teeth with metal or tooth coloured clasps.
Teeth Whitening
Teeth whitening is a completely safe and harmless procedure as long as it is carried out under the supervision of your dentist.
Sensitivity during or a few days after treatment is the most commonly reported side effect. However, that usually quickly disappears on its own or can be eased using a sensitive toothpaste and fluoride mouthwash.
What is teeth whitening?
Teeth whitening involves bleaching your teeth to make them lighter. Teeth whitening can't make your teeth brilliant white, but it can lighten the existing colour by several shades.
Who can perform teeth whitening?
Teeth whitening is a form of dentistry and should only be performed by a dentist or another regulated dental professional, such as a dental hygienist or dental therapist.
What happens during teeth whitening at the dentist?
The dentist will take an impression of your teeth to make a mouth guard and will instruct you how to use it with a bleaching gel. Then, using your mouth guard at home, you regularly apply the gel for a specified period of time over two weeks.
What causes teeth to go yellow?
The most common causes of tooth discoloration are drinks such as red wine, coffee and tea, food such as curry, and smoking.
Discoloration penetrates the surface of the tooth so brushing alone will never restore your teeth to their original colour.
How long does teeth whitening last?
Depending on your diet, smoking habits, oral hygiene and other factors, teeth whitening lasts an average of a year and a half, after which some patients request a top-up
Anti-wrinkle Treatment
Keeping your face smooth is no easy task. Wrinkles form as our skin gets older and less elastic, and the sun does its fair share of damage too.
Injectable anti ageing treatments are a quick and convenient way to smooth out those lines on the forehead and around the eyes and mouth without any need for surgery.
Following a free no obligation consultation, an individual treatment plan is drawn up, with consideration to the type and quantity of product you required. Therefore cost of treatments is unique to each individual client.
FAQs
What causes wrinkles?
Over exposure to the sun, smoking, city living, squinting at monitors, and, of course, the ageing process all take their toll on your skin.
As you get older, your face starts to develop fine lines and wrinkles as collagen and elastin fibres break down, causing skin to lose its strength and smoothness.
Who should have Anti-wrinkle injections?
They are the treatment of choice for people who have forehead lines, frown lines or wrinkles around their eyes which they wish to reduce.
What will the treatment involve?
The treatment will involve a doctor making a series of small injections into the muscles of your face. The injection process itself will only take several minutes.
Does it hurt?
The procedure is largely pain free, with the exception of mild discomfort which is experienced due to the small needle injection involved. You may notice some soreness in the injection site directly after the treatment, but this should subside quickly.
Are anti-wrinkle injections safe?
Botulinum toxin has been in medical use for more than four decades, and it is administered in such a way that it only affects your muscles and sweat glands – it does not reach any other part of the body. As long as it is administered by a qualified medical professional, the risks are extremely minimal.
How does anti-wrinkle injection work?
It blocks the nerve impulses to the muscles so they relax and can’t contract. This causes lines and wrinkles to soften too.
Are there any after care/side effects?
You’ll need to avoid tilting your head forwards for a few hours and shouldn’t exercise for 24 hours after, but that’s it! You can just take ordinary painkillers to relive any temporary discomfort you might have around the site of the injections.
When will I be able to see the results of the treatment?
As it takes a little while for your muscles to relax completely, results aren’t immediate. You’ll see the difference between around five days to two weeks after your treatment.
How long does it last?
This will differ from person-to-person, but it’s usually between three and four months – that’s why we usually recommend having a top up treatment every four months.
Prices:
Anti wrinkle treatment of forehead
Free consultation
One area: £150
2 areas: £200
3 areas: £280
Before & After
OUR TEAM
Dr. Homa Sebi
Dentist
(1996 Karolinska Institute Sweden)
GDC Number 72469
Sharon Watson
Qualified Dental Nurse
GDC Number 117032
Rosalie Nicholson
Receptionist & Compliance Manager
Charges
Consultation/Checkup £40
New patient checkup £40
1x Digital X-Ray £10
Hygienist from £70
White filling
Small £100
Medium £140
Large From £180
Bridges
Adhesive bridge from £650
Dentures
Acrylic partial denture from £400
Addition to acrylic denture from £100
Upper or lower full acrylic denture from £550
Metal denture (for increased comfort) from £850
Flexi Denture from £550
Crowns
Bonded Crown from £500
Ceramic Crown from £600
Re-cement crown from £50
Extractions
Simple Extraction £85
Difficult Extraction from £100
Wisdom Teeth extraction
From £150
Root canal treatments
Front from £200
Side teeth from £230
Molar Back teeth: Referral to specialist
Tooth whitening (Home kit) £280
Emergency appointment £40
(Including consultation)
Invisalign consultation FREE
NHS dental charges
Band 1 course of treatment – £25.80
This covers examinations, diagnosis (including radiographs), advice on how to prevent future problems, scale and polish if clinically necessary, and preventative care (for example, applications of fluoride varnish or fissure sealant).
Band 2 course of treatment – £70.70
This covers everything listed in Band 1, plus any further treatment, such as fillings, root canal work, or if your dentist needs to take out one or more of your teeth.
Band 3 course of treatment – £306.80
This covers everything listed in Bands 1 and 2 above, plus crowns, dentures, bridges, and other laboratory work.
Urgent dental treatment – £25.80
This band covers emergency care, such as pain relief or a temporary filling, in a primary care dental practice. Find out more about dental emergency and out-of-hours care.
Learn more about NHS dental charges.
PRIVACY POLICY
The General Data Protection Regulations
What is GDPR?
What kind of personal data does this include?
The GDPR is the biggest change to data protection law in over 20 years.
The aim is to give individuals more control over how their personal information is handled. This includes how we handle your data as a patient of our practice!
Remember, as a patient of our practice, your information is also governed by the Care Quality Commission and General Dental Council regulations, not just GDPR.
Below is a summary of how GDPR impacts you.
What kind of personal data does this include?
Personal data includes everything ranging from basic contact details like your name, phone number, email address and home address - rightthrough to more complex and sensitive personal data like scans, x-rays, pictures and information about your oral health and overall health.
The GDPR principles: our commitment
to you and your personal data
Lawfulness, fairness & transparency
We will process your personal data in a way that is fair, transparent and in keeping with the law.
Purpose limitation
We will only process personal data for the purposes for which it was collected - in order to provide you with the best quality care and to operate our dental practice.
Storage limitation
We will not keep your personal data for any longer than necessary for us to provide our care to you, and we will delete any data that we no longer need to keep.
Data minimisation
We will only collect the personal data that we need in order for us to provide our care to you and operate our dental practice.
Accuracy
We will ensure that the personal data we hold on you is accurate and up to date - and update it promptly when you inform us of any changes.
Integrity & confidentiality
We will ensure that we have the necessary measures in place to protect your personal data and make sure it’s kept secure.
Accountability
We will be accountable for your personal data and make sure that any third parties we share your data
with in order to provide you with our care are held to the same standard.
What rights will I have under
GDPR as a patient?
As a patient you have a number of rights concerning your personal data. GDPR is strengthening these rights, as well
as introducing new ones.
The right to be informed
You have a right to know how your personal data is processed, how long we keep it for and who your data is shared with in a clear and transparent privacy notice.
The right of access
You will have the right to access any personal
information we hold about you at the practice, free of charge. You can ask for this by completing a “subject access request” and we will respond within one month.
The right to rectification
You have the right to have your personal information corrected in a timely fashion if you believe it’s inaccurate or incomplete.
The right to erasure
Also known as the “right to be forgotten”, you have the right to ask for your personal data to be deleted when we no longer need your personal data.
The right to restrict
In certain circumstances, you have the right to restrict or limit the extent to which we process your personal data.
The right to data portability
You have the right to request a copy of your personal information in a structured, commonly-used, machine-readable format and ask for it to be sent to another dental practice.
The right to object
You have the right to object to us processing your personal information for certain things, including direct marketing.
Any Questions?
If you have any questions about how we handle your data, please ask for a copy of our privacy policy or speak to a member of staff.
You can also visit the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) website on https://ico.org.uk for more information about GDPR.
CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
Please read Care Quality Commission report 2022 about Riverside Dental Practice in this PDF document here
PATIENT INFORMATION
Access Statement & Business Continuity Policy
The Riverside Dental Practice is committed to equality and diversity in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 and the Disability Discrimination Act 2005. We are situated on the ground floor and therefore can accommodate wheelchair access for dental appointments. However the toilet facilities and waiting room area are down a short flight of stairs and there is no lift on site.
For visually impaired patients, we offer the opportunity to have an escorted tour of the public areas of the practice to help to familiarise them with the layout of the building.
Please contact us on 020 8788 3341 for further assistance, and do let us know at the time of booking your appointment so we make any necessary arrangements to accommodate you.
If for any reason we are unable to provide the service to patients we will, where possible provide patients with details of an alternative local treatment facility
Patient Complaints Procedure
It is our aim to always have satisfied patients, to meet your expectations of care and service and to resolve any complaints as efficiently, effectively and politely as possible. We take complaints very seriously, we investigate them in a full and fair way and take great care to protect your confidentiality. We learn from complaints to improve our care and service. We will never discriminate against patients who have made a complaint.
If you are not entirely satisfied with any aspect of our care or service please let us know as soon as possible to allow us to address your concerns promptly.
Mrs Sebi is the Complaints Manager and will be your personal contact to assist you with any complaints. If your verbal complaint is not resolved to your satisfaction within 24 hours or if you complain in writing, the Complaints Manager will acknowledge it in writing within 3 working days and will aim to provide a full response in writing within 10 days.
If the Complaints Manager is unavailable, we will take brief details about the complaint and will arrange for a meeting when the person is next available. We will keep comprehensive and confidential records of your complaint, which will be stored securely and only be accessible only by those who need to know about your complaint.
If the complaint investigation takes longer than anticipated the Complaints Manager will keep you informed of the reason for the delay, the progress of the investigation and the proposed date it will be completed.
When the investigation has been completed, you will be informed of its out come in writing and invited to a meeting to discuss the results and any practical solutions that we can offer to you. These solutions could include replacing treatment, refunding fees paid, referring you for specialist treatments or other solutions that meet your needs and resolve the complaint.
We regularly analyse patient complaints to learn from them and to improve our services.
If you are still unhappy about your NHS complaint, you can contact
▪ In England = the Parliamentary Health Ombudsman (England): by calling 0345 015 4033 or visiting www.ombudsman.org.uk
CONTACT US
Our Address
Opening Hours
Monday 9:00AM - 5:30PM
Tuesday 9:00AM - 5:30PM
Wednesday 9:00AM - 5:30PM
Thursday 9:00AM - 7:00PM
Friday 9:00AM - 5:30PM
NHS PATIENTS HOURS
MONDAY & THURSDAY
9:00AM - 4:00PM
TUESDAY & FRIDAY
9:00AM - 1:30PM