A dental symptom checker is a short online questionnaire that helps you understand what might be causing your dental problem. Ours asks a few simple questions about your symptoms, lets you add a photo if it helps, and gives you instant homecare advice. A dentist at Harmoni Dental then reviews your answers and sends you a personalised video message explaining what is likely going on and what to do next.
Dental Symptom Checker
Instant Advice, Then a Video Reply From a Real Dentist
Not sure whether that ache can wait? Answer a few quick questions, add a photo if it helps, and get homecare advice straight away — followed by a personalised video message from one of our Kingston dentists. Free, and no appointment needed.
Dental Symptom Checker
Instant Advice, Then a Video Reply From a Real Dentist
Not sure whether that ache can wait? Answer a few quick questions, add a photo if it helps, and get homecare advice straight away — followed by a personalised video message from one of our Kingston dentists. Free, and no appointment needed.
Check Your Symptoms Now
Takes about two minutes. Free, confidential, and there is no obligation to book anything.
Check your symptomsIn severe pain right now? Call 020 3878 7465 for a same-day emergency appointment.
Do not use the symptom checker for these - get help immediately
- • Facial swelling that is spreading towards your eye, or affecting your breathing or swallowing
- • Bleeding from the mouth that will not stop
- • A dental injury following a serious accident, or a knocked-out adult tooth
- • Severe pain with a high temperature and feeling generally unwell
Call 999 or go to A&E for breathing difficulty, uncontrolled bleeding or a serious injury. Otherwise call us on 020 3878 7465 — see our emergency dentist page.
How the Symptom Checker Works
Most online symptom checkers leave you with a list of possibilities and no idea what to do next. Ours ends with a real dentist talking to you directly about your particular problem.
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Answer a few questions
A handful of quick questions about what you are feeling, where it hurts and how long it has been going on. It takes two to three minutes.
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Add a photo if it helps
For anything visible, a quick selfie of the area lets our dentist see exactly what you are describing. Entirely optional.
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Get instant homecare advice
Practical guidance you can act on straight away, including how to ease the discomfort and how urgently you should be seen.
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Receive a personal video reply
One of our dentists reviews your answers and records a short video message just for you, usually within one working day.
What Can I Check?
These are the problems people bring to us most often. Whatever is bothering you, start here and the checker will guide you through the right questions.
Toothache
Aching, throbbing or sharp pain in a tooth
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Pain with hot, cold or sweet things
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A tooth has cracked, chipped or broken
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Gums bleed when brushing or flossing
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A swollen gum, face or jaw
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Something has come out or fallen off
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A sore patch that will not settle
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Pain or swelling at the back of the mouth
Check thisA Dentist Replies — Not an Algorithm
Searching your symptoms online tends to produce either mild reassurance or something frightening, with no way to tell which applies to you. That is not much help at eleven o'clock at night with a throbbing tooth.
Our checker gives you sensible homecare advice immediately, so you have something practical to do straight away. Then a dentist at our Norbiton practice looks at your answers and your photo, and records a short video message explaining what is likely going on, what to keep an eye on, and whether you need to be seen.
It is led by Dr Andrew Bain and our clinical team, with nearly thirty years of dental experience behind the advice you receive.
- Completely free No charge, and you do not need to be registered with us.
- No appointment needed Use it at any hour, from your phone or laptop.
- Answers in about two minutes Homecare advice appears as soon as you finish.
- A personal video reply Usually within one working day, recorded for you.
- Confidential Seen only by our clinical team.
Symptom Checker Questions
It is completely free, and you do not need to be a registered patient at Harmoni Dental to use it. There is no obligation to book an appointment afterwards.
Answering the questions takes about two to three minutes. Your homecare advice appears immediately. Your personalised video reply from one of our dentists usually follows within one working day.
A photo is optional, but it helps a great deal for visible problems such as a chipped tooth, swollen or bleeding gums, a lost filling or a mouth ulcer. Seeing the area lets our dentist give you far more specific advice in your video reply. You can skip this step at any point.
No. An online symptom checker cannot give you a diagnosis. Diagnosing dental problems reliably needs a clinical examination and often x-rays, because many conditions look similar from the outside. Our checker is designed to help you understand your symptoms, manage them safely at home, and work out how urgently you need to be seen.
Do not wait for an online reply. Call us on 020 3878 7465 for a same-day emergency appointment. If you have facial swelling that is spreading towards your eye or affecting your breathing or swallowing, bleeding that will not stop, or an injury following a serious accident, go to A&E or call 999 immediately.
Yes. Your answers and any photo you upload are treated as confidential health information and are only seen by the clinical team at Harmoni Dental. See our privacy policy for full details of how we handle your data.
Not at all. Many people simply want reassurance or advice on managing a problem at home. If your dentist thinks you should be seen, they will say so in your video reply and explain why, but the decision is always yours.
Important: this is guidance, not a diagnosis
The symptom checker and the video reply that follows are intended to help you understand your symptoms and decide what to do next. They are not a diagnosis. Dental conditions frequently look alike, and telling them apart reliably requires a clinical examination and usually x-rays.
Never delay seeking urgent care because of advice given here. If your symptoms worsen at any point, contact us on 020 3878 7465, call NHS 111, or attend A&E. Harmoni Dental is a private practice in Norbiton, Kingston upon Thames.
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