Locala Dental Care

We are a unique service that provides specialist led NHS dental care and treatment for children and adult special care patients living in Calderdale and Kirklees

Adults who have:

• moderate/severe and profound multiple learning disabilities
• moderate/severe physical and/or communication impairment
• moderate/severe chronic mental health conditions including dementia
• complex medical conditions

People who:

• require bariatric facilities (body mass index over 40)
• have a BMI between 30 and 40 (there should be an additional health need, with the additional health need being the primary reason for referral)

We also provide specialist led paediatric dental services for children with:

• moderate/severe and profound multiple learning disabilities
• moderate/severe physical and/or communication impairment
• moderate or severe behavioural problems
• severe dental anxiety or dental phobias
• other additional needs such as substance misuse;
• clefts, abnormalities of dental development or dental trauma of increased complexity;
• other complex dental conditions

And also:

• children in need and child protection plans, with additional or complex needs;
• looked after children with additional or complex needs or complex social problems

Health, education or social care professionals can make a referral online (opens new page).

You can find dental practices (opens new page) that are taking on patients in your area.  Enter your home post code to find your nearest dental practice, along with their contact details so you can get in touch with them to find out if they are taking on new patients.

If after contacting several dental surgeries you still cannot find a dentist accepting NHS patients, call NHS England's Customer Contact Centre on 0300 3330 9750.