East Sussex out of hours dental helpline

If you need urgent dental advice or treatment during normal practice hours, please contact your own dentist if you have one. Accessing urgent dental care with your usual dentist is the best way to support with any ongoing care needs.

If you do not have a regular dentist or your dentist cannot see you, then you can visit the website or call:

Urgent dental care in Sussex

Sussex Dental Helpline: 0300 123 1663

Monday to Friday: 8am to 4pm

The Sussex Dental Helpline can book patients at any NHS dental practice with availability in Sussex.

You can also contact them by email for more information:

kcht.dentalhelpdesk@nhs.net

You can also get help from NHS 111 by calling 111 from any phone or going to 111.nhs.uk.

You can also search for a daytime dentist through:

NHS Find a dentist

Changes over the holiday period

Christmas Eve helpline open – 1.30pm to 4.30pm

Christmas Day helpline closed

New Years Eve helpline open – 1.30 to 4.30pm

East Sussex out of hours dental helpline

There is also an East Sussex Out of Hours Dental Helpline. You can access the central helpline through calling either:

01323 449170 or 01424 850792

Opens 6.30pm and 10.30pm on weekday evenings and between 9am and 5.30pm on weekends and Bank Holidays

The helpline can provide advice, self-help, signposting and following triage around clinical urgency booking of limited appointments.

All appointments must be made through the triage helpline prior to attendance as access is controlled. Please note any call of an abusive nature will not be tolerated and will be terminated.

Urgent treatment options may be limited, and some treatment may be of a temporary nature to manage an acute problem. Therefore, further dental care may be required from a daytime dentist.

When NHS patient charges apply, payment may be taken remotely at the appointment booking stage. Most credit and debit cards are accepted. Patients who are exempt from dental charges will need to bring proof of exemption with them.

Helpline users are asked to respect staff as they are trying to help.