Private Dentist near Adlington

Adlington sits closer to us than almost anywhere: straight down Street Lane and into Bollington, five or six minutes door to door. Bollington Dental Practice has been the independent, family-run practice for this stretch of Cheshire since 1977, and plenty of Adlington families have been with us across two or three generations. If yours is not one of them yet, joining is simple: book a first examination online whenever suits you.

Why Adlington comes to Bollington

• Five or six minutes away, with free parking right next to the practice
• 5.0 on Google from more than 160 verified patient reviews
• Independent since 1977, so your treatment plan reflects your teeth, not a target
• Open pricing: every fee is published on our fees page
• Daily emergency slots where possible, at standard prices

The care we provide

Day to day, that means examinations (£89 for new patients including any X-rays), hygiene visits at £60 or £89 with Airflow stain removal for £20 more, white fillings from £125, and a dental plan from £15.95 a month that keeps routine care predictable.

When you want more than maintenance, we whiten with the Philips Zoom system (teeth whitening, £375 complete), straighten with ClearCorrect clear aligners from £2,499, and replace missing teeth with dentures from £625, bridges, or dental implants placed and restored in-house, consultation £180 including 3D imaging and single implants from £3,000. Root canal treatment starts from £305 and crowns from £600, with the exact figure agreed before anything begins.

For toothache, breakages or swellings, call 01625 574609 early and we will do our best to see you the same day: details on our emergency page.

What patients say

“Really great experience with Paula and her assistant today. Amazing service and looked after from start to finish. Thank you ladies.” Robert Cremor, five-star Google review

“I had returned to see Nicola for a clean and polish. I am always anxious around visits to the dentist. Nicola offered gentle reassurance and explained everything. On top of being very professional she was kind and empathetic.” Angela Lake, five-star Google review

“Warm, friendly staff who put you at ease from the start. Professional, efficient treatment and excellent care throughout.” Jake, five-star Google review

All of our reviews are on the testimonials page.

Clear fees, agreed in advance

Being five or six minutes up Street Lane means Adlington patients can pop in easily, but nobody should need to visit just to find out what something costs. That is why every single fee is listed on the fees page, available to read at your kitchen table before you ever sit in our chair. There are no rates hidden behind a phone call and no pricing that depends on who asks.

Once you have been examined, anything we recommend is set out in a written plan showing the precise cost of each item. You take that plan away, think it over, and only when you say yes does anything happen. Treatment never starts on a vague estimate.

Many Adlington patients choose our dental plan at £15.95 a month, which bundles the year’s routine care into one small payment: an annual examination with mouth cancer screening, two hygiene visits a year, routine X-rays, 15% off most treatments, and worldwide dental emergency cover for when a crown gives up halfway through a holiday. It is worth knowing that hygiene appointments require an examination with us within the last year, so new patients begin with the examination and the hygiene visits follow on from there.

What your first appointment looks like

A first visit from Adlington barely interrupts the day: down Street Lane, into our free car park beside the building, and you are through the door within ten minutes of leaving home. We begin by going through your medical history together, since medicines, health conditions and previous dental experiences all matter to how we plan your care.

The examination that follows is thorough rather than quick. Every tooth and restoration is checked, X-rays are taken where they are genuinely needed, your gums are assessed properly, and we screen your mouth for early signs of mouth cancer as a matter of routine, not as an optional extra. It is a complete picture of your mouth, often the first one a new patient has had in years.

Afterwards your dentist sits down with you and explains what they found, in plain English. If anything needs doing, you receive a written treatment plan with the exact price beside each item, and nothing whatsoever goes ahead until you have agreed to it. All of this, including the X-rays, is covered by the £89 new patient examination fee. You will be back past Adlington Hall before the school run.

Two small tips make the visit smoother still. Bring a note of any medication you are taking, since it genuinely affects clinical decisions, and jot down any questions beforehand, because patients always remember the important one in the car park. If you would like a particular dentist, say so when booking and reception will do their best to match you.

The practice behind the name

Bollington Dental Practice opened in 1977 under David King, was built up over the years by Heather Belfield, and today is led by principal dentist Dr Ellie Burrows, the third custodian of an independent, family-run tradition that has never been sold to a corporate chain. Patients along the A523 corridor have been coming here across generations, and some Adlington families can name all three eras from memory.

The current team is five dentists, two hygienists and a dental therapist, all GDC-registered, which is a bigger clinical bench than most village practices can offer and means very little ever needs referring elsewhere. Many of the team live locally themselves, so the faces you see in the surgery are often the same ones you see around Bollington and the villages.

Local roots run beyond dentistry. We are proud sponsors of Macclesfield FC, of the children’s teams at Bollington United FC and of Bollington Cricket Club, because a practice that has served one valley for close to fifty years should support the things that make the valley worth living in. Adlington sits well inside that patch, and always has.

If dental visits make you anxious

Dental fear is common, rational to the person feeling it, and nothing to apologise for. What anxious patients need most is time, so we give it to them: longer, unhurried appointments where the first job is a conversation, not a procedure. Before your dentist does anything at all, they tell you what it is, why it helps, and what it will feel like, and they wait for your nod before starting.

Control stays with you throughout. A raised hand stops everything, immediately and without any fuss, as many times as you need. There is no tutting, no sighing at the clock, and no pressure to achieve more in a visit than you are ready for. Plenty of patients begin with just an examination and build up from there at their own speed, and each successful visit makes the next one noticeably lighter. The chair, the sounds and the faces all become familiar, and familiarity is the quiet enemy of fear.

Read through our Google reviews and you will notice a theme: person after person describing themselves as a former dental phobic who now attends without dread. Those five-star accounts from once-anxious patients are the reviews we are proudest of. Being six minutes from Adlington helps too, because a short familiar drive is a much smaller mountain than a trek to a strange town.

Children and family appointments

We look after every age here, from a baby’s very first tooth to the oldest patient on our books, and wherever possible we aim to offer NHS care for children free of charge. For Adlington families that makes us a genuinely local option for the whole household, no A523 queue into Macclesfield required.

Little ones get a gentle introduction. Early visits are kept short and friendly, usually just a chat, a look and a go in the magic moving chair, so that the dentist becomes a familiar figure long before any treatment is ever needed. There is a full guide to a child’s first visit on the site, which is worth five minutes before you bring yours along.

Because dragging children to separate appointments on separate days is nobody’s idea of fun, we arrange back-to-back family bookings: parents and children seen one after another in a single visit. One trip down Street Lane, everyone checked, everyone home again quickly. We also coach children on brushing while they are with us, and give parents straight answers about juice, snacking and fluoride, because prevention at seven is far kinder than fillings at seventeen. Teenagers get looked after in their own right as well, from wisdom-tooth grumbles to honest conversations about how they are really brushing.

Returning after a long gap, or moving practice

If years have slipped past since your last dental examination, walking into a practice can feel like handing in overdue homework. It should not, and here it does not. Nobody will ask you to account for the gap. We see the state of the teeth, not the story behind them, and the appointment looks forward, never backward.

You would be surprised how often the news is better than feared, and where there is real damage, modern dentistry has answers for almost all of it. Our honest guide to what can be done for neglected teeth covers the realistic options, from small repairs to complete rebuilds, and is written for exactly the person who has been putting this off.

Moving to us from another practice takes almost no effort on your part. Records transfer is simple: tell us where you were registered, sign your consent, and we handle the request for your notes and X-rays. There is no interrogation about why you are leaving and no awkwardness with your old practice. Book the £89 new patient examination, come down the lane, and consider it done.

What most returners value afterwards is the reset itself: a clear, current picture of their mouth, priorities ranked honestly, and a relationship with a practice close enough to Adlington that keeping up with check-ups stops being a battle. The hardest appointment is always the first one, and it is far gentler than the version people rehearse in their heads.

Once you are on our books, staying on track takes no effort at all, because reminders are sent by text or email when your next appointment is coming up. For busy Adlington households juggling work, school and everything in between, that nudge is often the difference between dental care that happens and dental care that drifts. All we ask is that you keep your contact details current with reception; a changed mobile number or email address is the one thing that can break the chain. Tell us which you prefer when you join and we will use it. It is a small system, but it is a large part of why so many of our patients arrive on time, year after year, without ever having to think about it.

Want the full picture on prices? Our treatment cost checker shows every published fee, what each includes, and what plan members save, and builds you an estimate in under a minute.

Frequently asked questions

Are you taking on new patients from Adlington?

Yes, new private patients are welcome, and the fastest way in is to book your £89 new patient examination online with Dr Ellie Burrows. We cannot take on new NHS adults at present; your honest NHS options are explained here.

How quickly can I be seen?

Routine appointments are usually available within days rather than weeks, and we keep emergency slots each day where possible. For anything urgent, call as early in the day as you can.

Can my whole family register?

Yes, we look after all ages, and seeing a family together in back-to-back appointments is often the easiest way to do it. Ask reception on 01625 574609.

Where are you exactly?

19 Bollington Road, Bollington, Macclesfield SK10 5EJ. From Adlington, follow Street Lane east into Bollington and we are on the main road, free parking adjacent. Five or six minutes by car, or a pleasant ride along the Middlewood Way.

Book from Adlington today

Book your first examination online, call 01625 574609, or email reception@bollingtondental.co.uk. We also serve Poynton, Prestbury, Bollington and the wider SK10 area.