1. About This Service
DentistFinder ("the Service") is a free dental practice directory for England, operated by DentistFinder Ltd. The Service provides information about dental practices including their location, contact details, services, and whether they are accepting new patients.
2. Information Only — Not Medical Advice
DentistFinder is an information service only. We do not provide dental or medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. The information on this website should not be used as a substitute for professional dental advice. Always consult a qualified dental professional for dental health concerns.
If you have a dental emergency, call NHS 111 or visit your nearest A&E department.
3. Accuracy of Information
We make reasonable efforts to keep our data accurate and up to date by sourcing from official NHS and CQC datasets. However:
- We cannot guarantee that all information is correct at any given time.
- Practice acceptance status can change at short notice.
- We recommend contacting a practice directly to confirm details before visiting.
- Community-contributed data (votes and reviews) represents individual experiences and opinions.
4. User Contributions
When submitting reviews or votes, you agree to:
- Provide honest and accurate information based on genuine experience.
- Not include personal health information about yourself or others.
- Not include defamatory, abusive, discriminatory, or illegal content.
- Not impersonate another person or misrepresent your identity.
- Not submit fake or incentivised reviews.
We reserve the right to remove, edit, or refuse to publish any user contribution at our sole discretion. All reviews are moderated before publication.
By submitting a review, you grant DentistFinder a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual licence to display your review on our website and in connection with our service.
5. Intellectual Property
The DentistFinder website, design, and original content are owned by DentistFinder Ltd. Practice data is sourced from publicly available datasets published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
You may not scrape, copy, or redistribute data from this website for commercial purposes without our written permission.
6. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law:
- DentistFinder is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind.
- We are not liable for any loss or damage arising from your use of this service.
- We are not liable for any actions taken based on information found on this website.
- We are not responsible for the quality of care provided by any dental practice listed on this site.
7. Third-Party Links
Our website may contain links to external websites (e.g. practice websites, NHS services). We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of these external sites.
8. Dental Practices
If you are a dental practice and believe your listing contains inaccurate information, please contact us and we will investigate and correct it promptly. Practices may also claim their listing to manage their information directly.
9. Acceptable Use
You agree not to:
- Use automated systems to scrape or collect data from this website.
- Attempt to gain unauthorised access to our systems.
- Interfere with the proper functioning of the website.
- Use the service for any unlawful purpose.
10. Changes to These Terms
We may update these terms from time to time. Continued use of the service after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.
11. Governing Law
These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales. Any disputes shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
12. Contact
For questions about these terms, please contact us at [email protected].