Dentists in Tower Hamlets

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  • 54 Practices
  • 100% CQC registered
  • 4.3 ★ Avg Google rating (52 rated)
  • 38 Verified for hygienist services

All 54 dental practices in Tower Hamlets

We list 54 dental practices in Tower Hamlets. 22 of them hold an NHS contract, but only 2 say they are taking new adult NHS patients. Tower Hamlets has some of the lowest NHS dental access in London.

The borough covers Whitechapel, Stepney, Bethnal Green, Bow, Mile End, Poplar, Wapping, Limehouse, the Isle of Dogs and Canary Wharf. About 310,000 people lived here at the 2021 Census. The Royal London Dental Hospital is in Whitechapel.

Where the practices are

Canary Wharf, Poplar and the Isle of Dogs (E14) have the most practices, with 23. Whitechapel and Stepney (E1) have 15, Bethnal Green (E2) has 9, and Bow (E3) has 4. Wapping (E1W) has 3.

E14 has many practices but few NHS places. 6 of its 23 practices hold an NHS contract, and none says it is taking new adults. In E1, 7 of the 15 practices hold an NHS contract, and in Bethnal Green, 6 of the 9 do.

NHS dentists in Tower Hamlets

Of the 22 NHS practices, 2 say they take new adult patients and 9 say they take new children. The 2 taking adults are in E1 and E2. This comes from each practice’s page on nhs.uk, which we read every week. It was last read on 5 October 2026. Practices do not always keep that page up to date, so it is still worth phoning NHS practices near you.

In 2025/26, 29.1% of adults in Tower Hamlets saw an NHS dentist in the previous 24 months. That is fewer than 1 in 3 adults. The London figure is 36.9% and the England figure is 40.4% (NHSBSA). Only Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea had a lower figure, not counting the City of London. See how every borough compares on our NHS dental access in London page.

There are no catchment areas for NHS dentists. You can ask any practice, in any borough, to take you on. In Redbridge, 10 NHS practices say they take new adults. NHS dentists in Tower Hamlets lists the NHS practices here with their latest status, and our NHS dentists in London guide explains the charges.

Free treatment from dental students at the Royal London

At the Royal London Dental Hospital in Whitechapel, Queen Mary University of London students treat patients aged 16 and over for free. A qualified dentist checks each stage. You refer yourself with an online form on the Barts Health website. The list has closed in the past when too many people applied, so check before you apply. It does not treat emergencies. Our guide to fixing your teeth without much money has the details.

What private treatment costs in Tower Hamlets

For each practice, we take the lowest price it publishes for a treatment. The table shows the middle value (the median) of those prices in Tower Hamlets, next to the same figure for all of London. The last column shows how many Tower Hamlets practices publish a price.

TreatmentTower HamletsLondonPractices
Hygienist appointment£80£7523
Teeth whitening£350£37531
Root canal treatment£350£45014
Crown£490£69526
Veneers or bonding (per tooth)£325£32524
Dentures£495£60021
Single implant£1,950£2,1009
Invisalign£2,000£2,50024

Most treatment costs less here than the London median. Crowns are £490 against £695, dentures are £495 against £600, and Invisalign is £2,000 against £2,500. Prices vary a lot between practices. The lowest Invisalign price runs from £1,495 at one practice to £4,000 at another. Ask 2 or 3 practices what their quote includes before you agree to expensive work.

Prices are from practice websites, checked in 2026. Confirm the cost with the practice before treatment.

Google reviews

52 of the 54 practices have a Google rating. The average is 4.31 out of 5, above the East London average of 4.24. 5 practices have a rating of 4.9 or higher from at least 50 reviews. The number of reviews matters as much as the score: a 5.0 from 400 people tells you more than a 5.0 from 12. Every practice page shows both.

Saturday and urgent appointments

43 practices in Tower Hamlets publish their opening hours, and 20 of those open on Saturday. If you need a dentist today, see emergency dentists in Tower Hamlets. When practices are closed, call NHS 111 for the urgent dental service.

Tower Hamlets is part of our East London area. You can also compare teeth whitening in Tower Hamlets, Invisalign in Tower Hamlets and dental implants in Tower Hamlets.

Written and reviewed by the Dentist-London.com editorial team. Last reviewed 6 October 2026. Prices are medians (middle values) of the starting prices practices publish. They are a guide, not quotes. Ask the practice for its current price.

Treatments in Tower Hamlets

"Verified" means the practice's own website names the treatment. Our software read each website to check this. We did not guess it from directory categories.

Looking specifically for NHS care? See NHS dentists in Tower Hamlets. That page lists the NHS practices here and shows whether each one says it is taking new NHS patients.

Dentists in Tower Hamlets: frequently asked questions

How many dentists are there in Tower Hamlets?

Dentist-London.com lists 54 dental practices in Tower Hamlets. All of them are registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

How are dentists in Tower Hamlets rated by patients?

52 of the 54 practices in Tower Hamlets have Google ratings, averaging 4.3 out of 5. Ratings are collected by Google, not by Dentist-London.com.

Are dental practices in Tower Hamlets checked by the CQC?

Yes. Every practice listed here is registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The CQC inspects dental practices to check that they meet the regulations. It does not give ratings to dental practices.

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