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Emergency dentist · The Dental Barn, Balsall Common

In pain today? Seen today.

Call 01676 611000 as early in the day as you can. An emergency appointment at The Dental Barn is £27.90 in practice hours, the same figure as the NHS urgent charge, and £150 outside them. It covers the examination and the immediate relief; anything that follows is priced from the fee guide and told to you first.

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In short

What counts as an emergency.

Toothache that keeps you awake or stops you eating. A broken, chipped or knocked-out tooth. A lost filling or a crown that has come off. A swelling in the gum or the face. Bleeding that will not settle after a tooth has been taken out. A broken denture you cannot do without. If it hurts or it has broken, ring; nobody will ask you to justify it.

What happens

What we do the same day, and when to go elsewhere.

The emergency appointment is for getting you out of pain and making the tooth safe. The permanent repair is usually a second visit, planned and priced once the pain has gone.

The same day, here

Toothache from the nerve settled by dressing or removing it, the first stage of a root canal (£76.60).
A lost filling replaced or dressed; a crown that has come off cleaned and recemented, or a temporary fitted.
An abscess drained, and antibiotics prescribed only when they are the right treatment, which for tooth pain is less often than people expect (£30).
A tooth that cannot be saved taken out, from £76.60, with sedation available for anyone who needs it.
A knocked-out adult tooth put back, if you come at once and keep it moist on the way.
A broken denture repaired, from £76.60.

Go to A&E or call 999 instead

A swelling of the face that is closing an eye, or making it hard to breathe or swallow.
Bleeding that will not stop after twenty minutes of firm pressure on a clean, folded cloth.
A blow to the face where the jaw may be broken, or where you were knocked out.
Outside our hours, NHS 111 can direct you to an NHS urgent dental service, or our out-of-hours consultation is £150 and included for members of our plans.

How it runs

Relief first, the repair planned.

1
Call early
The earlier in the day you ring, the sooner the slot. Tell the receptionist what has happened and how much it hurts; you will not be asked to justify it.
2
The examination
The tooth and the area around it examined, with an x-ray of the tooth if it is needed, so the cause is known before anything is done.
3
Out of pain
The tooth numbed, the abscess drained, the nerve dressed, the filling or crown made safe. That is what the emergency fee covers.
4
The plan, priced
What the tooth needs to last, root canal, filling, crown or extraction, with the fee guide’s price for each, in writing, for you to decide on when the pain has gone.
5
The repair
Booked for another day, usually within the fortnight, with sedation available for anyone who dreads it.

A dentist with a patient in the surgery at The Dental Barn

What it is like

Numb first, then everything else.

Arriving in pain is the worst way to meet a dentist, and the team knows it. The first job is to make the tooth stop hurting: local anaesthetic, the abscess drained or the nerve dressed, and only then a conversation about what comes next. You are not talked into treatment while you are in pain; you are given the plan to take away.

You do not need to be a patient of the practice already. Dr William Tarn-Chapman’s early career was in a busy NHS practice in central Birmingham, where emergency care was daily work, and Dr Amelia Reed’s background is hospital oral surgery and sedation, so the harder extractions and the frightened are both in experienced hands.

What it costs

The visit, then the tooth.

The emergency fee is for the visit: the examination and getting you comfortable. Whatever the tooth then needs is priced from the fee guide and told to you before it is done, so there is no surprise on the way out. In practice hours the fee is the NHS urgent figure; outside them it is £150, and members of our plans have that included.

Call 01676 611000 The full fee guide

Emergency appointment, in practice hoursExamination and immediate relief; the NHS urgent charge is £27.90£27.90

Emergency appointment, out of hoursIncluded for members of the plans£150

Nerve dressed or removedThe first stage of a root canal£76.60

Antibiotic prescriptionOnly when it is the right treatment£30

Tooth taken outSimple; surgical from £250£76.60from

Root canal, to save the toothFront tooth to molar£350 to £550

White fillingSmall; the NHS Band 2 figure£76.60

CrownPorcelain, made to a scan£332.10from

Denture repairSimple; complex £150£76.60

From The Dental Barn fee guide, September 2026. Payment is on the day.

Where to go

Us, NHS 111, or A&E, set side by side.

Three doors, for three different situations. Here is which is which, so you do not sit in the wrong waiting room.

	For	What happens	Cost	Then
The Dental Barn	Toothache, a broken tooth, a lost filling or crown, a swelling in the gum, a broken denture	Seen the same day in practice hours; out of pain, the tooth made safe	£27.90 in hours, £150 out of hours; treatment from the fee guide	The repair planned and priced, with us
NHS 111	The same problems, when you want NHS urgent care or it is outside our hours	111 assesses you and finds an urgent NHS dental slot where one exists	The NHS urgent charge, £27.90, unless you are exempt	Follow-up with your own dentist
A&E or 999	Facial swelling affecting breathing, swallowing or an eye; bleeding that will not stop; a possible broken jaw	Hospital care; they do not treat toothache	Free	Dental treatment afterwards, here or elsewhere

A dental abscess is treated at the tooth, by a dentist; antibiotics alone rarely settle it for long. If you are in doubt which door, ring us and ask.

Who you will see

Whoever is free first.

Dr William Tarn-Chapman · Dr Amelia Reed · Dr Aadam Binamin, GDC 265535 · Dr Sarah Lynn

Emergencies go to whichever of the four dentists can see you soonest. Dr William Tarn-Chapman began in a busy NHS practice in central Birmingham where emergency care was daily work; Dr Amelia Reed spent twelve years in oral surgery and sedation alongside the maxillofacial teams at the Queen Elizabeth and Solihull hospitals, so difficult extractions and frightened patients are familiar ground. All are on the General Dental Council register.

Meet the team

Questions

Asked on the phone.

How much is an emergency dentist appointment?

£27.90 in practice hours at The Dental Barn, the same figure as the NHS urgent charge, and £150 outside them. That covers the examination and getting you out of pain. Any treatment the tooth then needs is priced from the fee guide and agreed with you first.

Can you see me today?

In practice hours, that is what the emergency appointment is for. Call 01676 611000 as early in the day as you can; the earlier you ring, the sooner the slot.

I am not a patient of yours. Can I still come?

Yes. You do not need to be registered anywhere to be seen; ring and come in. If you would like to stay afterwards, the new-patient examination is £27.90.

What if it is the evening or the weekend?

Our out-of-hours emergency consultation is £150, and members of our plans have it included. NHS 111 can also direct you to an NHS urgent dental service. For a facial swelling that affects your breathing or swallowing, or bleeding that will not stop, go to A&E.

My tooth has been knocked out. What do I do?

If it is an adult tooth, pick it up by the crown, not the root, rinse it briefly in milk or water if it is dirty, and either put it straight back in the socket and bite gently on a cloth, or keep it in a cup of milk. Then come at once; the sooner it is back, the better its chances. A child’s baby tooth is not put back.

Will you take the tooth out?

Only if it cannot be saved, and you will be told why. Most toothache is settled by treating the nerve, and a root canal (£350 to £550) keeps the tooth. Where extraction is the right answer, it starts from £76.60, with sedation available.

Do I need antibiotics?

Less often than people expect. Toothache and most abscesses are treated at the tooth, by draining or dressing it; antibiotics on their own rarely settle the problem for long. Where they are needed, for a spreading infection, they are prescribed on the day.

How much is it to fix a broken tooth?

It depends what has broken. A chipped corner can often be rebuilt with composite bonding at £400; a lost filling is replaced from £76.60; a tooth that has broken badly needs a crown, from £332.10. The emergency visit makes it safe and comfortable; the repair is priced for you to decide on.

My child has toothache or has hurt a tooth. Can you see them?

Yes, the same day in practice hours. A child’s examination is £15, and for a knocked-out baby tooth the advice is to keep the tooth and come in rather than put it back.

Where are you, and how do I pay?

The Barn, 4 Fernhill Court, Balsall Street East, Balsall Common, CV7 7FR, between Balsall Common and Berkswell. Payment is on the day; the plan for any further treatment comes with its prices in writing. Open in Google Maps.

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In pain? Ring.

01676 611000

Seen the same day in practice hours, £27.90 for the visit, out of pain before anything else is discussed.