Joining Ferry Smile Studios

The appointment opens with a conversation: why you've come, whatever concerns you have and how you'd like your teeth to look. Your dentist then examines your gums, teeth and bite, along with the soft tissues inside your mouth, taking X-rays where needed. Before you go, you'll have your options written down with a fee against each, and you don't have to decide anything there and then. A new patient examination with X-rays costs £70.

Dental examinations are available at Ferry Smile Studios, 196 Brook Street, Broughty Ferry DD5 2AH, right in the heart of the Ferry. New patients start with an examination including X-rays, at £70, with one of our dentists; routine examinations after that cost £70, and both are included if you join a dental plan. Children and adults are registered and treated on the NHS, with every dentist at the practice, and private care is there if you'd rather. Book online or ring 01382 477350.

Of course. A free consultation can be nothing more than a conversation: no treatment, and nobody expecting you to have any. If walking through the door still feels too much, start with a message on WhatsApp telling us what frightens you, so the team is prepared before you come. Once you feel ready for treatment, we go at whatever speed suits you, agree a hand signal to pause, and can talk about IV sedation for longer appointments. The options are laid out on our nervous patients page.

Use the request a call back form on our website, or send us a WhatsApp, and we'll explain how to register your child and arrange their first dental examination; where NHS care is available, that examination is free. If you'd like to register yourself at the same time, just say so.

Yes. Under data protection law you're entitled to copies of your own records, and that includes X-rays and scans. Ask the practice to email them either to you or directly to us. Recent X-rays may spare you having more taken, although we might still need fresh ones if they're out of date or don't cover the relevant area. And if you can't obtain them, we'll just take whatever is needed.

Children and adults are registered and treated on the NHS, with every dentist at the practice, and private care is there if you'd rather. To ask about NHS care, request a call back and say you're enquiring about an NHS place. In Scotland NHS dental treatment is free for everyone under 26, and where NHS care is available here it falls under NHS Tayside. Our NHS dentistry page sets out what's covered.