New Patient Consultation

Your first visit is a normally a one-hour appointment. It enables you to meet my team, experience the environment of the practice and allows time and privacy for you to tell me exactly what you expect. I will then make some detailed initial observations and give you a broad idea of what your treatment may entail.

The first visit will normally cover the following:

• Consultation and discussing your medical and dental history which I will have gone over in detail in the 48 hours before your appointment

• Examination of your face, head and neck for signs or symptoms of anything abnormal (e.g. symmetry, lumps, musculature and jaw function, skin lesions, lymph glands)

• Examination of the tissues inside of your mouth for signs of symptoms of anything abnormal (including a check for various conditions that may affect the tissues of your mouth including mouth cancer).

• A dental charting all your current teeth and existing dental work

• A periodontal (gum) charting to diagnose any disease where appropriate

• X-rays (if indicated)*.

• Clinical photographs including full face - these will be normally taken routinely but will only be used based on your level of consent to their usage as indicated on your New Patient Medical History and Questionnaire online form.

I may also take impressions of your teeth for study with your consent if indicated, especially if multiple teeth are missing or you have a disrupted bite. These do incur a fee in addition to the consultation appointment but may be required for completeness of initial records in preparation for future planning.

* I do appreciate that some patients will bring existing x-rays with them but I will still normally need to take up-to-date standard views using digital x-ray equipment if I have any doubts about the diagnostic quality or relevance of older x-rays to your current condition. This is a medico-legal requirement and I do appreciate your co-operation when this is required.