Ashford and St Peters Hospitals NHS Trust

Services Provided

Comprehensive range of service for disease of the mouth, teeth, jaws together with salivary gland problems and oral and facial cancer including:

·          General oral surgery

·          Day case surgery at St. Peter’s and Ashford

·          Inpatient surgery at SPH (tertiary units at Royal Surrey and St George's)
Full maxillofacial out-patient services

·          Orthodontic treatment for complex cases, IOTN 4 and 5 and multidisciplinary cases

·          Orthognathic clinics for treatment of facial deformity

·          Restorative clinics

·          Joint dentoalveolar clinics

·          Joint day case gold chain lists with maxillofacial surgery

·          Teaching department with 3 SpRs and 1 FTTA senior trainee

·          24 hour on call 3 tier cover provided through the on-call SHO at Ashford

Consultant

Specialist Interest

Clinic Location / Frequency

Mr Malcom Bailey

·          Salivary gland disease

·          Orofacial cancer

·          Trauma

·          All oral surgical problems

·          SPH: Mon AM, Wed AM

·          ASH: Thu PM

Karen Clarke

·          Orthognathic surgery

·          Adult orthodontics

·          Multidisciplinary orthodontic treatment

·          ASH: Mon AM/PM

·          ASH: Wed AM/PM

Claire Hepworth

·          Orthognathic surgery

·          Functional appliances

·          Multidisciplinary treatment

·          ASH: Thu AM/PM

·          ASH: Fri AM/PM

Helen Witherow

·          Skin cancers

·          Trauma and orthognatic procedures

·          Acquired or congenital head and neck deformity

·          SPH: Tue PM

·          ASH: Wed PM

Contact Details

Location

The Oral clinic and Orthodontics unit are on the first floor of the Outpatients block at Ashford.

The Outpatients clinics are on Level 3 of the departmental block at St. Peter’s Hospital.

Patient Leaflets

 
See the documents below.

News Articles

Weblinks

The following websites related to this specialty may be helpful:

·          BBC Health: Kids Health - Teeth

·          BBC Health: Tooth decay

·          NHS Direct: Wisdom Tooth Removal

·          NHS Direct: Gum Disease

·          NHS Direct: Dental abscess

·          British Dental Health Foundation