Public Dental Service

Our Public Dental Service provides access to routine and specialist NHS dental care across Fife. This may include patients who cannot obtain treatment from a general dental practice, may have additional needs or require specialised services.

If you have an urgent dental problem, please contact your family dentist. If you do not have a dentist, please contact NHS Fife’s Dental Advice Line on 01592 226555.

It is extremely important to seek advice for dental pain promptly to avoid worsening of the pain and to allow us to try and deal with any pain within normal working hours.

If you have a dental emergency out-with normal hours (Monday – Friday 8.30am-5pm), or at the weekend, please contact NHS24 on 111.

Our Public Dental Service also offers services for anxious patients; including sedation and general anaesthetics. We also assist patients who are restricted to their homes or are hospitalised. We work in partnership with both the General Dental and Hospital Dental Services.

Role of the Public Dental Service (PDS)

The role of the Public Dental Service (PDS) falls into six main categories:

Referrals

Patients are referred to the PDS from family Dental Practices for treatment that requires expertise, equipment, accommodation or services not readily available or economical in traditional High Street Practices.

This includes referrals for Paediatric, Surgical Specialist, Anxious Adult and Bariatric services.

In addition the PDS has fully accessible premises supplemented with specialised equipment to assist those with additional needs.

Special Care

The PDS provides access to dental care for patients with special care needs and/or where learning difficulties, mental health or physical disability may preclude treatment within General Dental Services. We can provide domiciliary care where appropriate to housebound patients.

Older People

The PDS provides Older People's dental services to care homes throughout Fife and in our accessible clinics if further treatment is required. There is a focus on the Caring for Smiles national programme and this is enhanced by a fluoride varnish programme for the dentate elderly in supported care.

Routine Dental Care

The PDS ensures that routine general dental care is available in areas of Fife where there may be an insufficient number of family dentists to meet the needs of the local population.

Emergency Dental Services

The PDS plays a crucial role in the management of Fife Emergency Dental Service. This includes the provision of a weekday Dental Advice Line, facilitating access to urgent dental care for unregistered patients.

The PDS works in partnership with NHS24, Primary Care and local dental practices/practitioners to provide access at the weekends to emergency dental care for registered and unregistered patients.

How to contact us

Referral to the Public Dental Service is usually made by your Dentist or another Health Professional. If you need to be referred, speak to your family dentist in the first instance.

If you do not have a family dentist please contact NHS Fife Dental Advice Line on 01592 226555 or by email at: fife.dentaladviceline@nhs.scot

National Programmes

Fife’s PDS manages and delivers national programmes, including:

National Epidemiology
Oral Health Promotion
Childsmile
Dental Outreach

To find a Public Dental Service Clinic near you click on the box below

Public Dental Service Clinics

To find a Family Dental Practice near you see below

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A.S. Rosewell Dental Clinic

2 Ballingry Road ,
Lochore ,
KY5 8ET ,
Phone number : 01592 860 452

Infinityblu Dental Care (Auchtermuchty Practice)

23 Backdykes ,
Auchtermuchty ,
KY14 7AB ,
Phone number : 01337 828 360

Banbeath Dental Practice

1 Banbeath Court ,
Banbeath ,
Leven ,
KY8 5GY ,
Phone number : 01333 423 775

Bayview Dental Surgery

242 Wellesley Road ,
Methil ,
KY8 3BW ,
Phone number : 01333 426 274

Bonnygate Dental Surgery

98 Bonnygate ,
Cupar ,
KY15 4LB ,
Phone number : 01334 653 315

Breeze Family Dental Care (Cardenden)

154 Station Road ,
Cardenen ,
KY5 0BL ,
Phone number : 01592 721 979

Breeze Family Dental Care (Cowdenbeath)

1 Foulford Street ,
Cowdenbeath ,
KY4 9NB ,
Phone number : 01383 511 242

Breeze Family Dental Care (Kirkcaldy)

25 Links Street ,
Kirkcaldy ,
KY1 1QE ,
Phone number : 01592 260 330

Buckhaven Dental Practice

2 Brown Street ,
Buckhaven ,
KY8 1JW ,
Phone number : 01592 712 454

Bupa Dental Care (Glenrothes)

11 Culzean Place ,
Glenrothes ,
KY7 4RX ,
Phone number : 01592 630 303

Bupa Dental Care (Leslie)

308 High Street ,
Leslie ,
KY6 3AZ ,
Phone number : 01592 742 391

Bupa Dental Care (St Andrews)

Largo Road ,
St Andrews ,
KY16 8AR ,
Phone number : 01334 473 237

Canmore Dental Practice (Dunfermline)

8 Abbey Park Place ,
Dunfermline ,
KY12 7NU ,
Phone number : 01383 624 343

Charlotte Dental

1 Charlotte Street ,
Kirkcaldy ,
KY1 1RN ,
Phone number : 01592 640 036

Chong Kwan Dental Care (Maygate, Dunfermline)

32 Maygate ,
Dunfermline ,
KY12 7NH ,
Phone number : 01383 724 234

Dentistry @ Century House

Century House ,
45 East Port ,
Dunfermline ,
KY12 7JA ,
Phone number : 01383 727 771

Comely Park Dental Practice

15 Comely Park ,
Dunfermline ,
KY12 7HU ,
Phone number : 01383 725 510

Dalgety Bay Dental Practice

7 Moray Way North ,
Dalgety Bay ,
KY11 9NH ,
Phone number : 01383 823 372

Dental Plus

26 Union Street ,
Newport On Tay ,
DD6 8BG ,
Phone number : 01382 543 218

Dentistry@No. 3

3 Comely Park ,
Dunfermline ,
KY12 7HU ,
Phone number : 01383 807 977

East Neuk Dental Practice

9 East Shore ,
Anstruther ,
KY10 3AB ,
Phone number : 01333 311 033

East Wing Surgery

32 Maygate ,
Dunfermline ,
KY12 7NH ,
Phone number : 01383 733 047

Family Dental Health

68 Bank Street ,
Lochgelly ,
KY5 9QN ,
Phone number : 01592 780 326

Gentle Dental Care (Dunfermline)

32 Canmore Street ,
Dunfermline ,
KY12 7NT ,
Phone number : 01383 724 115

Hayes Dental Surgery

38 Canmore Street ,
Dunfermline ,
KY12 7NT ,
Phone number : 01383 723 822

Helen Macdonald Dental Surgery

100 Sommerville Street ,
Burntisland ,
KY3 9DH ,
Phone number : 01592 873 622

Heritage Dental Surgery

Unit 5C, Heritage House ,
Glenrothes ,
KY7 5SE ,
Phone number : 01592 752 514

High Valleyfield Dental Clinic

Chapel Street ,
High Valleyfield ,
KY12 8SJ ,
Phone number : 01383 882 195

Kelty Dental Practice

74-76 Main Street ,
Kelty ,
KY4 0AE ,
Phone number : 01383 831 886

Kincardine Dental Practice

10 High Street ,
Kincardine ,
FK10 4RJ ,
Phone number : 01259 730 972

Kinghorn Dental Practice

100 High Street ,
Kinghorn ,
KY3 9UE ,
Phone number : 01592 891 152

Kirkland Dental Practice

240 Methilbrae ,
Methil ,
KY8 2EY ,
Phone number : 01333 428 134

Leslie Meadows Dental Care

Anderson Drive ,
Leslie ,
KY6 3LG ,
Phone number : 01592 620 304

Levenmouth Dental Spa

Parkhill Terrace ,
Commercial Road ,
Leven ,
KY8 4LA ,
Phone number : 01333 423 535

Linburn Dental Practice

124 Nith Street ,
Dunfermline ,
KY11 4LT ,
Phone number : 01383 721 440

Lorne House Dental Practice

Lorne House ,
62 East Port ,
Dunfermline ,
KY12 7JB ,
Phone number : 01383 722 444

Eden Dental Care

34 Crossgate ,
Cupar ,
KY15 5HH ,
Phone number : 01334 654 618

Nanodent Dental Practice

2 Huntsmans Court ,
Glenrothes ,
KY7 6SX ,
Phone number : 01592 744 673

New Row Dental Practice

16 New Row ,
Dunfermline ,
KY12 7EF ,
Phone number : 01383 620 326

Newburgh Dental Practice

53-55 High Street ,
Newburgh ,
KY14 6AH ,
Phone number : 01337 840 300

NHS Fife Emergency Dental Service

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Phone number : 01592 226 555

North Street Dental Practice

4 North Street ,
Glenrothes ,
KY7 5NA ,
Phone number : 01592 752 171

Oakley Dental Clinic

Oakley Health Centre ,
Wardlaw Way ,
Oakley ,
KY12 9QH ,
Phone number : 01383 852 175

Park Avenue Dental Practice

16A Park Avenue ,
Dunfermline ,
KY12 7HX ,
Phone number : 01383 739 955

Park Road Dental Practice

5 Park Road ,
Kirkcaldy ,
KY1 3EL ,
Phone number : 01592 651 557

Pickering Dental Care

111 High Street ,
Inverkeithing ,
KY11 1NW ,
Phone number : 01383 416 785

ProDental Cupar

12 Crossgate ,
Cupar ,
KY15 5HH ,
Phone number : 01334 653 121

Redburn Dental

1-7 Redburn Wynd ,
Kirkcaldy ,
KY1 1HZ ,
Phone number : 01592 260 537

Regent Dental Practice

7 Bay Centre ,
Regent Way ,
Dalgety Bay ,
KY11 9YD ,
Phone number : 01383 821 011

Rosyth Dental Care

103 Queensferry Road ,
Rosyth ,
KY11 2PS ,
Phone number : 01383 223 500

Saltire Dental Care

15 Jubilee House ,
Glenrothes ,
KY6 2AH ,
Phone number : 01592 771 317

Smile Dental Clinic St Andrews

106 South Street ,
St Andrews ,
KY16 9QD ,
Phone number : 01334 209 972

St Andrews Dental Care

2 Lockhart Place ,
St Andrews ,
KY16 9XB ,
Phone number : 01334 473 363

Templehall Dental Practice

Beauly Place ,
Kirkcaldy ,
KY2 6EX ,
Phone number : 01592 642 260

The Cupar Dentist

7 Castle Street ,
Cupar ,
KY15 4AU ,
Phone number : 01334 655 752

The Linden Tree Dental Lounge

3 George Square ,
Castle Brae ,
Dunfermline ,
KY11 8QF ,
Phone number : 01383 221 777

Viceroy Street Dental Practice

4 Viceroy Street ,
Kirkcaldy ,
KY2 5HT ,
Phone number : 01592 640 266

Canmore Dental Practice (Lochgelly)

126 Main Street ,
Lochgelly ,
KY5 9AA ,
Phone number : 01592 783 678

Chong Kwan Dental Care (High Street, Dunfermline)

6A High Street ,
Dunfermline ,
KY12 7AR ,
Phone number : 01383 728 109

Chong Kwan Dental Care (Rosyth)

122 Queensferry Road ,
Rosyth ,
KY11 2QZ ,
Phone number : 01383 419 328

Gentle Dental Care (St Andrews)

85 South Street ,
St Andrews ,
KY16 9QW ,
Phone number : 01334 475 433

Abbey Orthodontics

18 St Margaret Street ,
Dunfermline ,
KY12 7PE

M-Brace Orthodontics (Glenrothes)

3 Heritage House ,
Glenrothes ,
KY7 5SE

Scottish Orthodontics (Dunfermline)

10 Viewfield Terrace ,
Dunfermline ,
KY12 7JH

Balbirnie Oral Care

Balbirnie Road ,
Woodside ,
Glenrothes ,
KY7 5ED

Scottish Orthodontics (Kirkcaldy)

47 Whytescauseway ,
Kirkcaldy ,
KY1 1XD

St Andrews Orthodontics

Eden House ,
35 Largo Road ,
St Andrews ,
KY16 8NJ

Links

NHS Inform
Child Smile
Caring for Smiles
Scottish Government - Oral health improvement plan

Last Updated: 26 April 2022