General Dental Practitioners are required to provide Registered Patients with an out-of-hours telephone number where patients can speak to a dentist within a reasonable period. This information is normally available on the answering machine of your dentist. Should the dentist decide treatment is required then this should be provided within a reasonable period, normally within 24 hours. Non-registered patients have no contractual rights to the above provision from individual general dental practitioners and may therefore have to contact a number of practices before they find a dentist willing to provide the necessary care.

Area	Contact details
Greater Belfast Area	Relief of Dental Pain Service
Northern Health and Social Care Trust area	Relief of Dental Pain
Southern Health and Social Care Trust area	Dental Pain Service
Western Health and Social Care Trust area	Phone your dentist and details of local Out-of-Hours arrangements will be available on the answering machine.