Visiting the Children’s Dental Clinic at Leeds General Infirmary
Our patient Zach introduces the Children’s Dental Clinic at Leeds General Infirmary and explains what happens at an appointment.
Visiting the Children’s Dental Clinic at Leeds General Infirmary
Hi, my name’s Zach and today I’ve got a dental appointment at the Leeds Dental Institute. Let me show you what it’s like, follow me!
You walk down the corridor until you see a sign saying “Children’s Dentistry.”
You tell the receptionist your name and then wait to be called. You might have to sit in the waiting room for a short time. You can bring something to play with or ask one of the nurses for something to do while you wait. There is also a TV screen on the wall, or you can check out the notice boards. The nurse comes to collect you to take you to see the dentist. They might need to weigh you and see how tall you are. The children’s department has lots of chairs as they see lots of children at the same time, it can sometimes be a bit noisy.
Hi Zach, do you want to come on in! You’re welcome to take your coat off and take a seat in our comfortable chair.
Thank you
Hello! So Zach, my name is Shimal, I’ll be your dentist today. Who’ve you brought with you?
My mum.
Nice to meet you!
The dentist may need to ask you and your grown-up some questions before they look in your mouth. The dentist lies the chair back. You can put some sunglasses on because the light that shines on your teeth is bright so the dentist can see everything. The dentist might use a little blower to dry your teeth so they can see them clearly. The dentist looking after you might ask another dentist to come and check your teeth too.
You may need some X-rays. They are taken in the X-ray department down the corridor. You have to bite on a bit of plastic and then special camera takes a cool picture which shows the inside of your teeth. Sometimes the dentist use a different camera. You need to stand still for about 10 seconds while the camera moves around your head. The camera makes a noise like this: “beeep” while the camera is going around. When you’re finished the dentist talks to you about your teeth and what they need to do next time. You can ask questions if you want. If it is a bit too noisy on the clinic you can bring some headphones or ear defenders, or you can ask the receptionist if one of the side rooms is free. There are only two side rooms so it may not be possible. If you would really like to be seen in a side room instead of the open clinic you can ask to be seen at Chapel Allerton Hospital. I like choosing a sticker on the way out. Then we can make our next appointment, and now it’s time to go home, bye!
Visiting the Children’s Dental Clinic at Chapel Allerton Hospital
Our patient Tasha introduces the Children’s Dental Clinic at Leeds General Infirmary and explains what happens at an appointment.
Visiting the Children’s Dental Clinic at Chapel Allerton Hospital
Hi guys my name is Tasha and today I’m going to show you what it’s like to have a dental appointment at Chapel Allerton Hospital, come on! [Music]
We can go up the stairs or the lifts, so I’m going to choose the stairs, come on! [Music]
The dental clinic is at the end of the corridor.
You can tell the receptionist your name and then wait to be called. You might have to sit in the waiting room for a short time. You can bring something to play with or ask for one of the nurses for something to do while you are waiting to see the dentist.
The nurse comes to collect you to take you to see the dentist. Before you go into the dentist room the nurse measures how tall you are and how much you weigh.
Hi Tasha! Come and have a seat in my chair! My name’s Catherine. I’m one of the dentists here. And who have you brought with you today?
My mum.
Oh lovely! So, you know what’s going to happen today? We’re going to ask some questions about your teeth and then we’ll have a look at your teeth and maybe take some X-ray pictures as well, okay?
The dentist may need to ask your grown-up some questions before they look in your mouth. The dentist lies the chair back. You can put sunglasses on because the light that shines on your teeth is bright, so then the dentist can see everything. The dentist might use a little blower to dry your teeth so they can see them clearly. The dentist looking after you may ask another dentist to come in and check our teeth too. When you are lying back on the chair, you can look at the fish and other things on the ceiling!
You may need some X-rays. They are taken in this little room down the corridor. You may have to bite a bit of plastic and the special camera takes a cool picture which shows the inside of your teeth. Sometimes the dentist uses a different camera to take a picture of your teeth. You need to stand still for about 10 seconds while the camera moves around your head. The camera makes a noise like this: beeep! When you’re finished the dentist talks to you about your teeth and what they need to do next time. You can ask questions if you want! You can choose a sticker on the way out, then you can make your next appointment and go home! I like coming here because it’s nice and quiet.
What to expect at your child’s dental appointment with our undergraduate dental students
When being treated by a student in the paediatric dental department at the Leeds Dental Institute, you can anticipate a comprehensive and supervised care tailored to your child’s specific needs. Our student practitioners work under the guidance of experienced professionals, ensuring that your child receives high-quality, individualised care. Our short video explains more about the process.
What to expect at your child’s dental appointment with our undergraduate dental students
here’s a quick video of what to expect when you come to the student clinic at
the Leeds dental Institute. I’ll hand over to Sophie to tell you more.
hi welcome to the Leeds Dental Institute my name is Sophie and sometimes I get treated by students. I really enjoy coming here appointment times are not that flexible but do tend to be the same time on the same day. mine are on Friday mornings there are no appointments on University holidays.
just want to make yourself comfortable Sophie in that Dental chair there um Dad just around there at the corner there and Alex in that yellow chair. so my name’s yra I’m a final year Dental student and I’ll be looking after you today and I’ve got kayin here she’s also a final year Dental student and she’ll be helping me out today. okay so I’m just going to quickly grab some gloves and masks and kayin will put a bib on for you is that all right. what we’re going to do is we’re just going to have a look inside your mouth is that
okay?
treatment takes longer than at a normal dentist I like this as it means I feel more
relaxed treatment is provided by Dental students who are supervised by their
teacher, a qualified dentist.
William are you okay to come and check patient? of course yeah thank
okay hello there Sophie how are you today? my name’s Lucy I’m one of the clinical tutors here. is it okay if I have a look as well? I’ll just put some
gloves on and take a look.
I’ve been coming to the student clinic now for a couple of months and my teeth are improving I’m even brushing them without my parents nagging me now.
at our student clinic we provide thorough and Comprehensive Dental Care. we will teach your child how to brush their teeth effectively and to prevent dental
decay. we have access to interpreters so please let us know if you need one. a
couple of important points should you need specialist treatment or treatment
with sedation or anesthetic we are able to make onward referrals as required. should your child not be brought to appointment we may also have to discharge you we are unable to provide long-term dental care so at a point at the end of treatment you will discharge your child.
we are very happy to answer any question questions that you have when we meet you and we look forward to seeing you soon.
Ward 49 – the Children’s Day Care Unit
This short video features Alison Mason, who will welcome you to Ward L49 which is the Children’s Day Care Unit.
Ward 49 – the Children’s Day Care Unit
Hello I’m Alison and welcome to ward 49. We are a children’s day case surgery ward with 26 beds. Which we use in the morning and then change patients for the afternoon.
We also have a medical bay for the ward. We have a parent’s room for the parents to get drinks when they want to.
We also have a play room for the children where I look after all the toys. Make sure they are all ok for the children. I also work on the ward as a play leader, so preparing children for an surgical operations and what happens when they go down to the anaesthetic room.
I also provide distraction therapy on the ward. For when children are having cannulas put in the medical bay.
Most of the bed have their own tv. if they haven’t got a tv we can bring DVD players, x box, iPad, drawing, book and loom bands.
Everyone is really nice they will look after you and give you everything you need. Give you advice.
People don’t stay over on this ward so if there were any children that needed to stay for any reason they would just get transferred to another ward.
The children here there are usually facilities for them to have two adults, two parents, grandparents with them.
They need to wash their hands when they come into the ward. You will see lots of different hand cleansers. If they go off the ward they will need to rewash them.
We wash our hands between every patient
Patients change so the morning patients will leave. Some have already gone from this morning. Some might be here into the afternoon depending on the type of operations.
If they are having their tonsils out they will need to stay for 6 hours after. So they could be here all day. Some of the children will come back from surgery, be here a couple of hours then go. On the afternoon we get more patients.
There is a senior sister, sister, nursing team, healthcare assistant, ward clerks and play leaders. They will be on a rota. The nurses look after the bay, so that nurse will be with you and the healthcare assistant will be with you.
So every nurse has a bay and look after that patient within that bay.