Phase 1 Last month we communicated our 3  phased plan on how we intended to re-open the practice.  Initially we were able to see patients for emergency and urgent care as part of the first phase of resumption of dental . Some of you who have visited the practice would have noticed the big changes…

SDG are currently only able to offer face to face service for patients who are in need of emergency care – this will continue to be the case throughout Phase 1 and as soon as we are able to move to Phase 2 we will be in touch with all our patients.

We are opening! We hope this newsletter finds you and your family in good health. You may have heard that dental practices can open for routine care from Monday 8th June. Our practice will be opening on that day but we just wanted to be clear that this may not be business as usual. The…

  Stay safe… We hope you and your family are all well and staying safe during this difficult time. As you know by now, all routine dental visits have been cancelled and our practice is open for emergency telephone consultations only. Whilst we appreciate this may be frustrating, the health & welfare of our patients…

A Message from Emmanuel Lazanakis, Principal and Owner of Sussex Dental Group As you are no doubt aware the concern regarding Coronavirus (COVID-19) has heightened over recent days. In light of the advice and guidance filtering down to us we have taken the decision to reduce our provision to an emergency-only service. This is to…

Dentists encounter dental infections on a daily basis. These include gum infections, dental abscess and infections involving the gums around wisdom teeth. Infection is also a minor complication following the extraction of teeth. In these situations we are often asked by our patients to prescribe a course of antibiotics. It is estimated that, worldwide, dentists…

Sussex Dental Group is the new name for the practices previously known as Portslade Dental Centre, Old Village Dental Centre and Broadfield Dental Centre. The practices have all been run by Dr Emmanuel Lazanakis for many years so we decided to bring everything together under the SDG name. Don’t worry, we haven’t been taken over…

Susie has been a Dental Nurse with Sussex Dental Group since September 2016 and currently works at the West Hove and Portslade Village centres. Here she tells us about her typical day…