Registering with a dental practice
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Register with a dentist for NHS services in the NHS Highland area.
How to register
Find Your Nearest dental practice in the NHS Highland area. Contact the practice of your choice directly to arrange an appointment, or to be put on a waiting list to register. You may not be offered a registration appointment immediately.
All dental practices listed here have contracted with the Health Board to provide NHS dentistry. However, patients should note that a dentist is not obliged to accept all patients for NHS dental treatment.
If you have limited mobility you may wish to ensure that the practice will be accessible for you.
If you are unregistered and experiencing dental pain, or have any other queries, contact the dental helpline in your area.
Practices currently registering new patients
Dental practices currently registering new patients in the Highland HSCP and Argyll and Bute HSCP areas for NHS services. If a parent or guardian is a patient of a practice, often (but not always) the practice will be able to register their child as an NHS patient.
Highland
- Dingwall - Inchvannie House Dental Practice has a waiting list for new patients
- Fort William - M&S Dental Care are accepting new child patients
- Glencoe - Glencoe Dental Centre are accepting new child patients
- Invergordon - Easter Ross Dental Care are accepting new patients
- Inverness - Croy Dental are accepting new patients
- Inverness - Kingsmills Dental Practice (Inverness) are accepting new patients aged under 16
- Inverness - Let's Smile Dental Care (Bank Street) are accepting new patients
- Kingussie - Kingussie Dental Practice are accepting new patients aged under 21
- Kyle of Lochalsh - Ros an Iar Dental Practice will be opening during the summer of 2025 and has a waiting list for new patients
Argyll and Bute
- Bowmore, Isle of Islay - Islay and Jura Dental Practice are accepting new patients
- Lochgilphead - Union Street Dental are accepting new patients
- Oban - Oban Dental and Implant Centre has a waiting list for new patients
- Rothesay, Isle of Bute - Bute Dental Surgery are accepting new patients
These lists are correct at the time of publishing and are updated regularly, but could be subject to change at short notice due to demand.
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Getting help with a dental problem
Are you worried about persistent mouth, tooth or gum problems?
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Dental helpline and emergency dental treatment
Contact phone numbers for the dental helpline and out-of-hours emergency dental services.
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Deregistered NHS dental patients
Frequently asked questions for deregistered NHS dental patients.
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More information about dental care and treatment
More useful guidance from the NHS, Mygov.scot and dental organisations.