Emergency dentist in Leeds: NHS 111, urgent appointments and out of hours
If you have toothache, a swelling or a broken tooth in Leeds, this guide sets out what nhs.uk says to do, who to contact out of hours, what an urgent NHS appointment costs, and which practices listed on Dental Leeds say they offer emergency or weekend appointments, with the hours each publishes. It is not medical advice: for what counts as an emergency, read nhs.uk’s own page, linked under Sources.
What nhs.uk says to do
nhs.uk’s advice is that if you need emergency or urgent dental care you can get advice from NHS 111 or contact a dentist and ask for an appointment. You can call 111 or get help from 111 online. On dental problems, nhs.uk says 111 online can help with finding a dentist, or an emergency dentist if there is availability in your area.
You can contact any NHS dentist and ask for an appointment if you have symptoms, nhs.uk says; you don’t have to be a patient there already. Whether a practice can see you that day is up to the practice: each listing below links to the practice’s own website and phone number.
What counts as urgent, and when to go to A&E
nhs.uk lists the problems for which you should get an urgent or emergency dental appointment. In outline, they are a knocked-out tooth or an injury to your teeth; severe pain in your teeth or mouth that stops you sleeping or carrying on as usual and isn’t helped by painkillers; pain that painkillers help but which doesn’t go away; a swelling, lump or red or white patch in your mouth that is getting bigger or not going away; a mouth ulcer that has lasted 2 weeks or more; bleeding or severe pain after a tooth was recently taken out; and a broken or loose filling, denture, crown, bridge or veneer. The exact wording is on nhs.uk, which this guide doesn’t replace.
nhs.uk says to go to A&E or call 999 for a serious injury to your face or jaw, heavy bleeding from your mouth that won’t stop, severe swelling of your mouth, lips, throat or neck that makes it hard to breathe or affects your vision, or an injury to your head or face that has caused unconsciousness, vomiting or double vision.
nhs.uk also says a pharmacist can advise on painkillers and on some common problems with teeth and mouths. Dental Leeds doesn’t give medical advice and can’t say what is wrong with your tooth.
What an urgent appointment costs
nhs.uk says most adults need to pay for NHS dental appointments. The charge for urgent NHS dental treatment in England is £27.90 as nhs.uk lists it, the same as a Band 1 course of treatment. It is free for those who can get free NHS dental treatment: under-18s, under-19s in full-time education, people who are pregnant or had a baby in the last 12 months, and people on certain benefits or with an HC2 certificate; the full list is on nhs.uk and in our NHS guide.
A private emergency appointment is priced by the practice. Where a practice publishes its emergency fee on its own website, it is on the practice’s site, not here: the price on a listing is the lowest the practice publishes, usually a check-up.
Urgent dental care clinics in Leeds
Practices listed on Dental Leeds whose main work is urgent appointments, in their own words. Opening hours, including any 24-hour service, are on each listing.
5 practices
- In its own words: Dental practice in Chapel Allerton, Leeds, registered with the CQC.
- In its own words: Dental practice in Beeston, Leeds, registered with the CQC.
- In its own words: Private emergency dental clinic on Town Street in Horsforth, with same-day and out-of-hours appointments around the clock.
- In its own words: Private emergency and general dentist at Moor View in Woodhouse, seeing patients 24 hours a day, with free parking.
- In its own words: Emergency dental clinic on the Whitehall Estate in Armley, open 24 hours every day, with free on-site parking.
Practices offering emergency appointments, by area
Every practice whose own website says it offers emergency appointments, with the time each says it closes, day by day. Ring first: these are the practice’s published opening hours, not a promise of a same-day slot.
46 practices in 23 areas
City Centre2
- Opening hours: Closes Mon-Tue 17:00, Wed 13:00, Thu 19:00, Fri 15:00; closed Sat-Sun
- Opening hours: Hours not published
Headingley1
- Opening hours: Open 24 hours every day
Chapel Allerton2
- Opening hours: Closes Mon-Thu 17:00, Fri 16:00; closed Sat-Sun
- Opening hours: Closes Mon 17:00, Tue 19:00, Wed-Fri 21:00, Sat 17:00; closed Sun
Roundhay3
- Opening hours: Closes Mon-Fri 17:00, Sat 15:00
- Opening hours: Hours not published
- Opening hours: Closes Mon-Fri 17:00, Sat 15:00
Moortown5
- Opening hours: Hours not published
- Opening hours: Closes Mon-Thu 17:30, Fri 17:00
- Opening hours: Closes Mon-Thu 17:00, Fri 16:00
- Opening hours: Hours not published
- Opening hours: Closes Mon-Thu 17:15, Fri 13:45
Adel2
- Opening hours: Closes Mon 17:00, Tue-Wed 18:30, Thu 16:00, Fri 17:00
- Opening hours: Closes Mon-Thu 17:30, Fri 14:30
Horsforth4
- Opening hours: Closes Mon 18:00, Tue-Thu 17:30, Fri 16:00
- Opening hours: Closes Mon 17:00, Tue 19:30, Wed-Thu 17:00, Fri 14:30
- Opening hours: Closes Mon-Thu 19:00, Fri 17:30; closed Sat-Sun
- Opening hours: Open 24 hours every day
Burley1
- Opening hours: Closes 22:00 every day
Armley2
- Opening hours: Hours not published
- Opening hours: Open 24 hours every day
Bramley2
- Opening hours: Closes Mon-Thu 18:00, Fri 17:00, Sat 12:00; closed Sun
- Opening hours: Closes Mon 17:00, Tue 19:00, Wed 17:00, Thu 19:00, Fri 14:00
Beeston1
- Opening hours: Closes Mon-Thu 17:00, Fri 16:00
Hunslet1
- Opening hours: Closes Mon 19:00, Tue-Wed 17:30, Thu 19:00, Fri 16:30
Burmantofts2
- Opening hours: Closes Mon-Fri 17:30
- Opening hours: Closes Mon-Fri 17:00; closed Sun
Crossgates3
- Opening hours: Closes Mon-Tue 18:00, Wed-Thu 17:00, Fri 15:00; closed Sat-Sun
- Opening hours: Closes Mon 19:30, Tue-Wed 20:00, Thu 18:00, Fri 17:30, Sat 14:00; closed Sun
- Opening hours: Closes Mon 17:00, Tue 18:00, Thu 17:00, Fri 12:30; closed Wed
Seacroft1
- Opening hours: Hours not published
Pudsey2
- Opening hours: Closes Mon 16:30, Tue 17:00, Wed-Thu 19:00, Fri 12:30
- Opening hours: Closes Mon 17:00, Tue 18:00, Wed 17:30, Thu-Fri 17:00; closed Sat-Sun
Morley1
- Opening hours: Closes Mon 18:00, Tue 17:30, Wed 17:00, Thu 17:30, Fri 16:00
Garforth2
- Opening hours: Closes Mon 17:00, Tue-Wed 19:30, Thu 17:00, Fri 16:00, Sat 14:00; closed Sun
- Opening hours: Closes Mon-Wed 18:00, Thu 19:00, Fri 18:00, Sat 13:00
Guiseley2
- Opening hours: Closes Mon-Thu 18:00, Fri 13:30
- Opening hours: Closes Mon 17:30, Tue 19:00, Wed-Thu 17:30, Fri 16:00
Yeadon2
- Opening hours: Closes Mon-Thu 18:00, Fri 16:00; closed Sat-Sun
- Opening hours: Closes Mon 19:00, Tue-Fri 17:30; closed Sat-Sun
Otley2
- Opening hours: Closes Mon-Fri 17:00
- Opening hours: Closes Mon 19:00, Tue-Fri 17:30; closed Sat-Sun
Wetherby2
- Opening hours: Closes Mon-Tue 17:00, Wed-Fri 16:30
- Opening hours: Closes Mon-Fri 17:30
Drighlington1
- Opening hours: Closes Mon-Thu 18:00, Fri 17:00
Weekend appointments
Practices whose websites say they offer appointments at the weekend, with the hours each publishes. Some open on Saturday mornings only, so check the day you need.
28 practices in 17 areas
City Centre2
- Opening hours: Closes Mon-Fri 20:00, Sat 18:00
- Opening hours: Closes 18:30 every day
Headingley1
- Opening hours: Open 24 hours every day
Chapel Allerton2
- Opening hours: Closes Mon 17:30, Tue 19:00, Wed 17:30, Thu 19:00, Fri 17:30, Sat 14:00; closed Sun
- Opening hours: Closes Mon 17:00, Tue 19:00, Wed-Fri 21:00, Sat 17:00; closed Sun
Roundhay3
- Opening hours: Closes Mon-Fri 17:00, Sat 15:00
- Opening hours: Hours not published
- Opening hours: Closes Mon-Fri 17:00, Sat 15:00
Moortown2
- Opening hours: Hours not published
- Opening hours: Closes Mon-Thu 17:30, Fri 17:00
Horsforth3
- Opening hours: Closes Mon 18:00, Tue-Thu 17:30, Fri 16:00
- Opening hours: Closes Mon-Tue 17:00, Wed 18:00, Thu-Fri 17:00
- Opening hours: Open 24 hours every day
Burley1
- Opening hours: Closes 22:00 every day
Armley1
- Opening hours: Open 24 hours every day
Bramley2
- Opening hours: Closes Mon-Thu 18:00, Fri 17:00, Sat 12:00; closed Sun
- Opening hours: Closes Mon 17:00, Tue 19:00, Wed 17:00, Thu 19:00, Fri 14:00
Burmantofts1
- Opening hours: Closes Mon-Fri 17:00; closed Sun
Crossgates2
- Opening hours: Closes Mon 19:30, Tue-Wed 20:00, Thu 18:00, Fri 17:30, Sat 14:00; closed Sun
- Opening hours: Closes Mon 17:00, Tue 18:00, Thu 17:00, Fri 12:30; closed Wed
Morley2
- Opening hours: Closes Mon-Thu 19:00, Fri 18:00, Sat 13:00
- Opening hours: Closes Mon-Tue 18:00, Wed 20:00, Thu 18:00, Fri 17:00, Sat 13:00; closed Sun
Rothwell1
- Opening hours: Closes Mon-Tue 18:00, Wed 13:00, Thu-Fri 17:30
Garforth2
- Opening hours: Closes Mon 17:00, Tue-Wed 19:30, Thu 17:00, Fri 16:00, Sat 14:00; closed Sun
- Opening hours: Closes Mon-Wed 18:00, Thu 19:00, Fri 18:00, Sat 13:00
Guiseley1
- Opening hours: Closes Mon-Fri 17:00, Sat 15:00
Wetherby1
- Opening hours: Closes Mon-Wed 18:00, Thu 19:30, Fri 18:00, Sat 13:30
Drighlington1
- Opening hours: Closes Mon-Thu 18:00, Fri 17:00
This guide is general information about finding and paying for dental care in England, from nhs.uk, the Care Quality Commission and the General Dental Council, and from what each practice publishes. It is not dental or medical advice and does not diagnose anything: for a dental problem, contact a dentist or NHS 111, and for what counts as an emergency read nhs.uk.