General and Preventive Dentistry

GENERAL-AND-PREVENTIVE-DENTISTRY

We provide a comprehensive range of services:-

  • Regular examinations and second opinions
  • Intra-oral and panoramic radiography
  • Hygienist services
  • Amalgam and gold restorations
  • Tooth coloured fillings, inlays, veneers, crowns and bridges
  • Periodontal (gum) treatment
  • Root canal treatment
  • Extractions
  • Removable partial and full dentures
  • Sports gum shields
  • Wisdom tooth removal
  • Dental implants
  • Sedation
  • Home visits

Preventive dental care is central to the way we practice. Good oral hygiene, reducing sugars in the diet  and regular professional preventive care can save a lifetime of needing to repair and replace natural teeth.

Preventive Dental Care includes:-

  • Advice on the best oral hygiene techniques and products appropriate for you as an individual
  • Professional preventative care by our dental hygenists
  • Prescription of high concentration fluoride toothpastes, mouthrinses and remineralising products
  • Minimally invasive adhesive restorations to preserve enamel and dentine
  • Screening for oral cancer and referral to smoking cessation clinics
  • Sealing the biting surfaces of permanent teeth to prevent cavities
  • Applying fluoride varnishes to strengthen enamel and reduce tooth decay
  • Splints to reduce toothwear
  • Custom fit gum shields for contact sports
  • Early treatment following dental injuries

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Our Dentists

Dr Steven Schofield

Steven Schofield has practised in Clitheroe since qualification as a dentist in 1984 and became a partner in 1986. He has a special interest in cosmetic dentistry and occlusion and gained a postgraduate qualification in this subject at UCLan in 2007. Stev

Dr Ralph Pickup

Dr Pickup qualified in 1997 and worked in hospital and general practice in Newcastle before joining the practice in 2002. He became a partner in 2006. His areas of special interests are endodontics (root canal  treatment) and conscious sedation to manage

Dr Julie Taylor

Julie Taylor has retired from the practice after 22 years. She will be greatly missed by all of her friends and colleagues here in Clitheroe. We would like to thank her for her long service and dedication to her patients and profession. Our current denti

Dr Alison Whittaker

Dr Whittaker has now left the practice, following her marriage and move to Qatar. We would like to thank Alison for the dedicated care of her patients over the last fifteen years. She will be greatly missed by all of her friends and colleagues here in Cli

Dr Anca Jarmany

Anca Jarmany practiced in and around the Scarborough area for ten years, before recently relocating to the Ribble Valley to be near her family. She has also supervised newly qualified dentists and is experienced in cosmetic dentistry and facial aesthetic

Dr Rebecca Nutter

Rebecca Nutter qualified in Newcastle in 2014 and completed her postgraduate training in County Durham. She joined the practice in 2016. Rebecca provides a full range of general dental care services at the practice as well as orthodontic treatment using t

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