Check-ups and everyday dentistry · The Dental Barn, Balsall Common
A private check‑up, at the NHS price.
A new-patient examination at The Dental Barn is £27.90, the same figure as an NHS Band 1 charge. Small white fillings from £76.60, crowns from £332.10, a hygiene visit £70: private dentistry in a converted barn, with the plan and its price in writing before anything starts.
Run by the team behind Designer Smiles in Solihull, rated 4.9 from 132 Google reviews.
In short
What the check-up is.
Your dentist listens to what has brought you in, then examines your teeth, gums, bite and the soft tissues of your mouth and face, takes the x-rays that are needed, and shows you what they find on the screen. You leave with a written plan and its price, or with nothing to do until the next check-up, which is the commonest outcome.
What the fee covers
Included in the examination, and priced separately.
The examination fee is the examination. Everything else in the fee guide is priced on its own and told to you first, so the figure you are quoted is the figure you pay.
The examination includes
- The examination itself: teeth, gums, bite, and the soft tissues of the mouth and face.
- The conversation: what was found, what it means and what the options are, in plain words, on the screen.
- The written plan with its price, before anything is booked. Nothing starts until you agree to it.
- A second opinion on treatment proposed elsewhere, if that is why you have come. Bring the plan or the x-rays if you have them.
Priced separately, when needed
- X-rays: a small x-ray £9.50, the large OPG £65, a CBCT scan £125.
- Cleaning: a hygiene visit £70, or a scale and polish with the dentist £76.60.
- White fillings from £76.60 for a small one to £250 for a large one.
- Children: an examination with x-rays £15, fissure sealants £35 a tooth, fluoride £27.90.
- The routine examination after your first, £27.90.
How it runs
Five steps, and nothing starts without your yes.
- 1
Book
Online at any hour, by phone on 01676 611000, or on WhatsApp. There is no NHS list to join; you book as you would a hairdresser.
- 2
The examination
Teeth, gums, bite and the soft tissues of the mouth, with x-rays or a scan if they are needed and priced first.
- 3
What was found
Shown to you on the screen and explained in plain words, with the options and what each would mean.
- 4
The plan, in writing
Each item with its price from the fee guide. You take it away and decide; nothing is booked on the day unless you want it to be.
- 5
Treatment, or the next check-up
Your dentist sets the interval to your own mouth, anywhere from three months to two years. Most adults with healthy mouths come once a year.
What it is like
A new practice, built to take the dread out of it.
The Dental Barn is a new practice in a converted barn at Fernhill Court, between Balsall Common and Berkswell, run by the team behind Designer Smiles in Solihull. It was set up on one idea: private dentistry, with its time, its materials and its technology, priced from the NHS bands, so that the check-up most people put off costs £27.90 rather than a reason to wait another year.
The dentist tells you what is about to happen before it happens, and you can stop at any point. If it has been years since your last visit, that is common and nobody here is interested in telling you off. For anyone who needs it for longer treatment, sedation is available at £350 a session from Dr Amelia Reed, who has provided sedation in hospital oral surgery for over a decade.
Hygiene visits
Clean teeth and settled gums, priced too.
A hygiene visit is £70: plaque and tartar removed above and below the gum line, gum disease treated, and the way to keep your gums healthy at home shown rather than told. You can book one without seeing a dentist first at £85, stained teeth can have Airflow stain removal at £105, and a child’s hygiene visit is £35.
What it costs
Priced from the NHS bands.
The NHS has three band charges for a course of treatment. The Barn sets its examination, its small white filling and its crown at those three figures, and prices everything else in the fee guide in the open. What you get for them is private: the time, white fillings as standard, porcelain made to a scan, and a hygienist when you want one rather than when a band allows it. If you are entitled to free NHS treatment, an NHS practice will cost you less than we do, and we would rather say so.
NHS figures are England’s band charges as nhs.uk publishes them; ours are from The Dental Barn fee guide, September 2026.
Membership plans
Routine care by the month, set side by side.
The plans spread the examinations and hygiene visits across the year, include an out-of-hours emergency consultation, and take 10% off treatment. Or pay as you go; the fourth column is what the same visits cost one at a time.
| Silver | Gold | Platinum | Pay as you go | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Examinations a year | 1 | 2 | 2 | £27.90 each |
| Hygiene visits a year | 1 | 2 | 4 | £70 each |
| Out-of-hours emergency consultation | Included | Included | Included | £150 |
| Discount on treatment | 10% | 10% | 10% | None |
| A month | £10.62 | £18.75 | £30.41 | — |
An administration fee is collected with the first payment and exclusions apply to the discount; the fees page sets both out in full.
Who you will see
Four dentists, one fee guide.
Dr Aadam Binamin, GDC 265535 · Dr Amelia Reed · Dr Sarah Lynn · Dr William Tarn-ChapmanCheck-ups are with Dr Aadam Binamin, the practice’s principal dentist, Dr Amelia Reed, whose background is oral surgery and sedation alongside the maxillofacial teams at the Queen Elizabeth and Solihull hospitals, Dr Sarah Lynn, fifteen years in dentistry with a special interest in composite bonding and Invisalign, or Dr William Tarn-Chapman, who came to dentistry from a pharmacology degree. The same fee guide applies whoever you see.
Meet the teamQuestions
Asked before people book.
How much is a check-up at The Dental Barn?
£27.90 for a new patient, the same figure as an NHS Band 1 charge, and £27.90 for each routine examination after that. X-rays are priced separately, from £9.50 for a small one, and only taken when they are needed.
Are you an NHS dentist?
No. The Dental Barn is a private practice. Our check-up, small white filling and crown prices are set at the NHS band charges (£27.90, £76.60 and £332.10), which is where the phrase NHS-level prices comes from. If you are entitled to free NHS dental treatment, an NHS practice will cost you less than we do.
Are you taking new patients?
Yes. We are a private practice, so there is no NHS list to wait for: book online, call 01676 611000, or message us on WhatsApp, and the first visit is the new-patient examination.
How often should I have a check-up?
As often as your own mouth needs, which your dentist sets at each visit: anywhere from three months for someone with active gum disease or decay to two years for a healthy adult who looks after their teeth. Most adults come once a year.
What happens if I need treatment?
You are shown what was found, told the options, and given a written plan with each item’s price from the fee guide. Nothing is booked until you agree. A small white filling is £76.60, a crown from £332.10, and both are the NHS band figures.
Do you see children?
Yes. A child’s examination with x-rays is £15, a child’s hygiene visit £35, and fissure sealants, which protect the biting surfaces of new back teeth, are £35 a tooth.
I am frightened of the dentist. Will that be a problem?
No. The dentist tells you what is about to happen before it happens, and you can stop at any point. For longer or surgical treatment, sedation is available at £350 a session; Dr Amelia Reed has provided sedation in hospital oral surgery for over a decade.
Can I book a hygienist without seeing a dentist?
Yes. A direct-access hygiene visit is £85; a hygiene visit alongside your check-ups is £70. If the hygienist sees something a dentist should look at, they say so.
Can I spread the cost?
Our membership plans start at £10.62 a month for an examination and a hygiene visit a year, with an out-of-hours emergency consultation included and 10% off treatment. The three plans are set side by side above and in full on the fees page.
Can I get a second opinion?
Yes, and people do. Book a new-patient examination and bring the plan or the x-rays you were given; your dentist examines you afresh and tells you what they would do and what it would cost here.
Where exactly are you?
The Barn, 4 Fernhill Court, Balsall Street East, Balsall Common, CV7 7FR: between Balsall Common and Berkswell, a few minutes from Knowle, Kenilworth and Meriden. Open in Google Maps.
Read before you decide
The question people ask first, answered.
The check-up you have been putting off.
£27.90 for a new-patient examination, the plan in writing, and nothing started until you say so.
Fernhill Court, 4 Balsall Street East, Balsall Common CV7 7FR · [email protected]
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Fernhill Court
4 Balsall Street East
Balsall Common
CV7 7FR
