Check-ups and hygiene
A thorough, unhurried exam and a proper clean, with the X-ray on the screen beside you and a plain-English answer to what changed since last time.
- From
- £45
- Time in the chair
- 20–30 min
- Visits
- Every 6 months
Check-up £45 · hygiene visit £72 · both included on the Northlight Plan
Who you will see
- Dr Iona CraddockPrincipal dentist · aligners and cosmetic
- Dr Femi AdeyemiDentist · crowns and implants
- Dr Marta SokółDentist · nervous patients and sedation
What the treatment involves
A check-up at Northlight is twenty minutes with a dentist who is not in a hurry. We ask what has changed, look at every tooth and the gums around it, check your jaw and the soft tissue of your mouth, and take X-rays only when they are due — usually every two years.
Everything we see goes on the screen beside the chair. If there is something to watch, you will see it and hear what it means in plain words. If there is something to treat, it goes on a written, itemised quote that you take home. You never find out the price of a filling after it has been done.
The hygiene visit is separate and done by Rosalind or Theo, our hygienists. They remove the hard deposits a toothbrush cannot reach, polish, and show you — once, briefly — the one spot you keep missing. Gums that bleed are common and nothing to be embarrassed about; we see them every day and they usually settle within a few weeks.
Both check-ups and two hygiene visits a year are included on the Northlight Plan for £19.50 a month.
Included in the price
- A full exam of teeth, gums, jaw and soft tissue
- Digital X-rays when they are due, shown on the screen as we look
- A scale and polish that takes as long as it needs
- A written note of anything to watch, with prices
“I had not seen a dentist in nine years and was genuinely scared. Nobody asked why. I left with a plan, a price and a date, and I laughed in the lift.”
From first visit to finished
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Ask and look
Five minutes of what has changed for you, then a full look around, tooth by tooth.
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Clean
The hygienist removes the hard deposits your brush cannot, then polishes. Numbing gel on request.
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Explain
You see the X-ray and the photographs. We point at what we are looking at and say what it means.
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Plan
Anything that needs doing goes on a written quote. Nothing starts without your yes.
Check-ups and hygiene: prices
| New patient exam, photographs and written plan | £59 |
|---|---|
| Check-up | £45 |
| Hygiene visit (scale, polish, advice) | £72 |
| Deep clean, per quadrant | from £130 |
| Digital X-rays, pair | £30 |
Common questions
How often should I have a check-up?
Most adults every six months. If your gums are healthy and nothing has changed in two years we may suggest nine or twelve months, and we will say so rather than book you in out of habit.
Does a hygiene visit hurt?
It can feel scratchy where gums are inflamed. Tell us and we use a numbing gel or a local anaesthetic; there is no extra charge for either.
Other treatments
Teeth whitening
Enamel-safe whitening at home or in the chair, with the shade goal agreed together before you start and an honest word about what your teeth can reach.
from £249 2 weeks or 90 min
Clear aligners
Straighten your teeth with clear, removable aligners, planned from a 3D scan and priced whole on day one — refinements and your first retainers included.
from £1,900 4–14 months
White fillings
Tooth-coloured fillings matched to the shade of the tooth, bonded and polished flat, so you cannot feel the edge with your tongue.
from £145 40 min
Crowns
A scanned, not moulded, ceramic crown for a tooth that is cracked, heavily filled or root-treated — two visits, a temporary in between.
from £695 2 visits
Ready to book your check-up?
Pick a free slot online and we confirm by text within the hour. Nothing is paid online.