The recent figures show that nearly 10% of all dental treatment is an urgent appointment. But what happens to patients when their dentist isn't available to deliver advice? There is a large gap in patients accessing dental care out of hours, and the Tooth Fairy app helps fill this important void.
Knowing firsthand of the difficulties patients experience, our aim is to increase access and reinvent the way patients access dental care.
We developed our application with patients at the center of our aims. The Tooth Fairy app has been evaluated on patients at an NHS Hospital in London.
As a dentist led organization, our core aim is to improve patients experience of dentistry. We allow dentists to use our software to manage their own patients, as well as speak to new patients.
Raison d'être
19+ million
Dental appointments missed due to Covid-19. British Dental Association.

27%
Oral Cancers are detected early
of patients reported they
would use the Tooth Fairy
App to access dental
advice
of patients reported our
app would reduce their
need to go to A&E for
dental advice
4.2
Average rating by patients of
Tooth Fairy App
Autumn 2018, ADC/Oral Surgery Department. 115 patients participated.
91%
89%
Validated

Why?
10%

It's reported that 10% of all dental appointments are an urgent appointment
NHS Statistics (2016/17)
Attendances to A&E due to dental problems are costing the NHS £18 million a year
British Dental Association
£18m

1/3rd
Reportedly 1/3 of all Paracetamol overdose submission to A&E were for dental pain
BBC News

54%
Over half of patients do not know how to access dental care out of hours
British Dental Journal

600,000 patients are
seeing a GP for dental problems annually
The Guardian
BD
600,000

3 In 10
