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Dental hygiene

Our dedicated new hygiene suite opened its doors in April 2022 offering a modern and relaxed environment for all your hygiene needs. 

Our passionate hygiene team at the Hest Bank Hygiene Suite have extensive experience in maintaining the oral health of patients throughout Hest Bank, Morecambe and Lancaster and beyond. This can range from simple scaling and polish, to routine maintenance or more complex gum treatments.

We can help you design a bespoke oral hygiene plan to prevent recurring problems like staining, bad breath, gum disease, plaque build-up and more.

For patients undergoing dental implant treatment, our hygienists also help maintain your dental health from the beginning of implant treatment to the fitting of the final crowns and bridges.

We recommend all Hest Bank Dental Care patients have regular hygiene treatments at least once to twice a year alongside your routine dental health reviews.



Benefits of our hygienist care include:

  • Professional clean and tartar removal Plaque is a sticky bacterial coating that consistently forms on your teeth. If it is not brushed away properly, including difficult to reach areas like between the teeth, the plaque hardens to form tartar/calculus which cannot be removed so easily at home. Persistent plaque and calculus can lead to periodontal disease, causing bleeding gums, tooth mobility and eventually tooth loss. Your dental hygienist will perform an intensive clean on all accessible surfaces of the teeth to ensure any plaque and tartar build up is fully removed. If you have a lot of tooth decay, your hygienist may apply a fluoride gel to help protect the teeth from further attack.
  • Stain removal Drinking tea, coffee, red wine or fizzy drinks will gradually stain your teeth over time. Your hygienist will be able to clean these stains away using natural products like baking soda for a whiter smile. Our hygienists also use the innovative AirFlow system which uses air, sodium bicarbonate and water together to clean stains from your teeth.
  • Fresh breath A clean mouth means fresher breath!
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  • Prevention of gum disease Early signs of gum disease include bleeding gums when brushing. Your hygienist will test for this and if they spot symptoms. With regular appointments, they will be able to help deal with this before the disease has the chance to progress. They may use anti bacteria gel and solutions to apply under the gum line to kill any bacteria causing gum disease. It is important to pay attention to these symptoms as if left untreated, gum disease can lead to the movement or even the loss of teeth.
  • Oral hygiene plan We will work with your individual needs to create a tailor made plan for optimum maintenance of your oral hygiene. This includes recommending the right products, different types of brushes and showing you the most effective ways to use them.
  • Dietary advice and smoking cessation The food we eat can affect our teeth, this could be through staining or acid erosion. If your diet has had a detrimental effect on your teeth, our hygienists can advise on changing your eating habits to prevent further harm. Smoking is also a big factor in causing periodontal disease, bone loss, oral cancer, reducing healing after dental work and staining of teeth. Your dental hygienist can also offer smoking cessation advise if required.
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Why choose us?

Multi Award Winning

Multi Award
Winning

Air Purifier - Virus Killer

Air Purifier
- Virus Killer

Invisalign Provider

Invisalign
Provider

State Of The Art Facilities

State Of The
Art Facilities

Leading Dental Care

Leading
Dental Care

Meet the team

Genevieve Beranek-Stanley

Dental Hygienist

GDC NO. 193014

Rebecca Riding

Dental Hygienist

GDC NO. 246639

Emma Lucas

Dental Therapist

GDC NO. 125383

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People are talking about us

The biggest compliment we receive is when our patients refer their friends and family to Hest Bank Dental Care. In fact, we have built much of our practice on these valued, trusted recommendations over the years. Read our reviews to hear why our patients are recommending us…

Patient reviews

2271 Reviews

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Sheila Stevenson

Rebecca was thorough and gentle taking great care to avoid pain. I would highly recommend her. Rebecca and all the team are friendly and helpful.

11th July 2025

The staff are professional but friendly. The environment is clean and welcoming. The Reception Staff are great too.

10th July 2025

Always kind, puts you at ease and very thorough, excellent place to go

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Avril Garside

Pinar is a very skilled dentist. She inspires confidence and I trust her advice. Everyone at Hest Bank exudes friendliness and for nervous patients I could not fault it. I feel so comfortable with my visits there only wish I’d found the place sooner

9th July 2025

Utterly professional. Have complete confidence in the treatments I have received since registering with the practice.

9th July 2025

Respectful, pleasant , friendly calm atmosphere

8th July 2025

Very professional and well run practice

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Andrea Forrest

Brilliant dental practice. All the staff including Reception staff, dental assistants, hygienists and Dentists are the best at Hest.

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David Dale

The team at Hest Bank Dental Care (Stuart,Emma, Jake, Gen,Toni,Lola- to name just a handful whose names I can remember

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Anne McK

I recently had the Airflow stain removal treatment and was so impressed with the whole experience. From the moment I walked in I was greeted by the friendly receptionist, Lola, who guided me through a short form as I am not registered at this dentist but this was no issue at all. Emma, who carried out this treatment was fantastic. She clearly explained each step and regularly checked I was comfortable. Leah was also so reassuring and helpful. I felt well looked after throughout. The results were even better than I expected. My teeth look and feel great. I’ve already had compliments and I feel much more confident with my smile. Thank you so much Emma, Leah and Lola!

6th July 2025

I had toothache that required looking at, I was told by the clinician that extraction was the only safe option as the tooth had split. I was given the option of taking time to think about immediate treatment or to book an appointment later. I opted for immediate treatment which was performed painlessly in less that an hour. I was advised as to what after care was available should a problem occur following the extraction. I'm happy to say no further pain or bleeding occurred. I was advised which follow up treatments are available to conceal the gap left in my 'smile' area. I plan to have follow up treatment.

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Dale Ch

On Thursday 3rd July 2025 I attended my regular Dental Practice at HestBank, Lancaster for a root filling and an extraction. Wik, my dental assistant at the time was very professional, obviously happy in her work and looked after me, constantly asking if I was ok, whilst assisting my dentist Stuart in his dental work. 5* service from Wik and Stuart, thank you. The whole Practice deserves a 5* rating for a friendly and professional approach to their work

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Mark Whiteman

Always friendly and welcoming. Very clean and efficient service with care and empathy. Highly recommended.

5th July 2025

All staff were pleasant and helpful and the clinicians put me at my ease, explained everything thoroughly and easily understood.

5th July 2025

On Thursday 3rd July 2025 I attended my regular Dental Practice at HestBank, Lancaster for a root filling and an extraction. My dentist Stuart was, as always, very professional, willing to explain the procedures in detail and answer all of my questions in a way that I could understand. His dental assistant Wik was also very professional, obviously happy in her work and looked after me, constantly asking if I was ok, whilst assisting Stuart in his dental workThe whole practice is very friendly, immaculately clean and somewhere I would not hesitate to recommend - a great team. I travel from Leeds, West Yorkshire every time I need to visit the dentist, so it must be good to justify that journey over the M62 each time!Dale Charnock, Leeds, West Yorkshire

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Tony Pickard

Been a patient of Hest Bank Dental for many years. Great team of staff, always friendly and approachable. Practice run very professional and always kept clean. My dentist Mike has always done a great job looking after my teeth, although tbf not really had a great deal to do on them over the years. I also see Emma the hygienist who is so friendly and does a wonderful job cleaning up my teeth, yes I alway get told off for not getting in between my teeth properly

5th July 2025

Rebecca, is deffinately the best member of staff to do a manual clean. Efficient,attentive and Must say the best hygienist ever.So glad she is back after maternity leave.

4th July 2025

Excellent dentist, fully explained the procedure before and during the workVery happy with the work done

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Colin Brown

Finely & competent dental care from a very friendly & engaging dental & hygienist team.

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Martyn Fawcett

Brilliant service.

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