Dental check-up in Southwark
Dental check-up in Southwark costs £47–£81 per appointment privately — the middle half of what 15 Southwark practices publish themselves. Southwark has 65 CQC-registered practices in total.
| Option | Cost (per appointment) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Private — lower | £47 | 25th percentile of published prices |
| Private — typical | £55 | Median across 15 Southwark practices |
| Private — upper | £81 | 75th percentile |
| NHS | £27.90 | Band 1, set nationally |
Southwark figure. The middle half of prices 15 Southwark practices publish themselves, read August 2026; “from” prices and narrower variants excluded. Across London the middle half is £35–£65 from 954 practices. Method.
- The Southwark median is £60 — 20% above the pooled median across the 24 boroughs with published dental check-up data on this site (£50, n=529).
- That makes Southwark the 4th most expensive of those 24 boroughs for this treatment.
- The middle half of prices runs £48–£84 (a £36 range), a wide spread: the borough has distinct budget and premium tiers. The full range is £35–£100.
- 14 of the 65 CQC-registered practices in Southwark publish a price for this treatment (22%); the figures describe those 14, not the whole borough.
- All figures are per appointment, taken from each practice's own fee guide, so they can be compared like for like.
| Neighbouring borough | Median | vs Southwark | Middle half | Practices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tower Hamlets | £50 | £10 less | £39–£65 | 16 |
| Bromley | £40 | £20 less | £38–£55 | 29 |
| Croydon | £40 | £20 less | £35–£52 | 19 |
| Lambeth | £52 | £8 less | £46–£72 | 16 |
The lowest neighbouring median is Bromley at £40 — £20 below Southwark, from 29 published prices. Both are published prices, not quotes; a practice sets its own fee whichever borough it sits in.
Why does the same practice name appear twice?
1 name recurs (The Dental Practice / The Dental Surgery). The CQC registers each location separately, and some practices hold two registrations at one address. Each row links to its own CQC registration and each row is counted in the figures above; if the pair is one practice, read it as a single price point.
Every statement above is computed from the 14 published prices in the table below; it changes when the data changes.
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14 Southwark practices publish this fee. Each figure is the practice's own published price, read August 2026; narrower variants (“from” prices, child or temporary work) are excluded. Sorted lowest first.
A low figure is a real published fee, not a quote — complexity can change the price. Always confirm. How we verify
What you are paying for
A check-up is an examination, a soft-tissue check for anything abnormal, and an assessment of gum health. Radiographs are often included for a new patient and charged separately afterwards. Ask which, because a £45 check-up with £30 of X-rays is not cheaper than a £75 one that includes them.
How often you actually need one
NICE guideline CG19 does not recommend six-monthly check-ups for everyone. It recommends an interval set individually between 3 and 24 months, based on your risk of dental disease, and its 2018 surveillance review found no evidence that a 24-month interval harmed low-risk adults. If you are recalled every six months by default, it is reasonable to ask what your risk assessment was — over ten years the difference is substantial.
The NHS alternative
An NHS check-up is a Band 1 charge of £27.90, which covers the examination, any X-rays and a scale and polish if you clinically need one. That price is set nationally and does not change with the postcode. The barrier is availability, not cost.
A routine scale and polish every six months does not keep gums healthier than having one when your dentist judges it necessary.
The Cochrane review found that scheduled scale and polish did not reduce the early signs of gum disease more than treatment given as needed. It does remove more calculus — six-monthly more than twelve-monthly, on high-certainty evidence — but the clinical importance of that difference is uncertain. Patients did report their teeth felt cleaner. If a practice sells you a fixed cleaning schedule, this is the evidence to ask them about.
- Lamont T, Worthington HV, Clarkson JE, Beirne PV. Routine scale and polish for periodontal health in adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2018, Issue 12. CD004625.pub5. cochranelibrary.com · Cochrane terms — cited, not reproduced
Prices on this page are ours, read from practices' own fee guides. The finding above is independent peer-reviewed research, cited so you can check it. All sources and licences.
Every practice below is on the CQC register. Contact them directly — we take no enquiries and no practice pays to appear here.
- MP Dental Practice SE16 4RT
- Dulwich Wood Dental Practice SE19 1PW
- Surrey Docks Dental Practice SE16 6AE
- Smile@SE22 SE22 9ET
- Borough Dental Care SE1 1JH
- Amelia Street Dental Clinic SE17 3BZ
- East Dulwich Dental Care SE22 0RR
- South Bank Dental Care SE16 4RT
- Banning Dental Group - Blackfriars SE1 8EH
- Londent Oral Care SE1 2LH
- Martdent SE1 5AA
- The Dental Practice SE5 0TJ
- Canada Water Dental Health SE16 7AJ
- Dentist by the Green SE5 8RS
- Macedent Clinic SE17 2DQ
- Waterloo Dental Surgery SE1 8XH
- Tower Bridge Dental Surgery SE1 4TL
- Dentistry @ The Old Bank SE21 7BL
- KC Dentprojects Ltd SE17 2AL
- Colegrove Dental Surgery SE15 6ND
- Dulwich Dental Centre SE22 8EQ
- Oralon Dental SE1 2JE
- Maxident - Linden Grove SE15 3LF
- Camberwell Dental Care SE5 8QU
Showing 24 of 65. See every practice in Southwark →
Private prices move with the postcode, and the borough boundary is often a short bus ride.
Prices are compiled from the fee guides practices publish themselves and always need confirming with the practice before treatment. DentistFees is not a dental practice and does not give clinical advice. See our sources.