Supplier guide for dental practices in the United Kingdom
The question this page answers Which systems and suppliers are available to dental practices in the United Kingdom, and what should your practice check before choosing?
Dental Supplier Guide compares the systems and suppliers a dental practice runs on. The UK edition covers these categories:
- Practice management software: patient records, treatment plans, the appointment book and NHS claims.
- Online booking: online appointment booking and links to your practice software.
- AI receptionists and phone systems: AI call answering for dental practices.
- Patient communication: text messages, reminders, recalls and patient messaging.
- Accounting and payments: accounting software, card payments and patient finance.
- Dental suppliers: distributors of consumables, materials, instruments and equipment.
- Clear aligners: manufacturer, system and UK seller kept apart, with provider requirements.
- Implant systems: manufacturer, system and UK seller kept apart.
- Dental laboratories: laboratories in the UK and abroad, with production country and delivery to the UK.
- Equipment, servicing and finance: servicing, finance and leasing for practice equipment.
- Dental chairs: manufacturer, model and UK seller kept apart, with installation and servicing.
- Intraoral scanners: manufacturer, model and UK seller kept apart, with licence, file export and servicing.
- Setting up a practice: the order of system choices for a new practice, registrations with official sources, and IT support.
Each category has its own page. Suppliers are compared on the same criteria, and every fact has a source and a date. If a fact is missing, the page shows it as missing.
How the lists are ordered
By default, suppliers are listed by the number of published facts, most first, and alphabetically on a tie. Every supplier is counted on the same fields. The count says nothing about quality: there are no scores, no ratings and no ranking, and you can switch to alphabetical order. No supplier pays for a place in the comparisons.
The UK edition lists companies only, and there are no pages per nation or region. When a supplier serves only part of the UK, or a practice software handles NHS claims only for some nations, the value says so.
How to use the guide
- Replacing a system or adding one? Go straight to the category.
- Want to know how suppliers are found and assessed? See criteria and method.
- Found an error? See correct a fact.
The guide is run by Dental Markedsføring, which sells its own services to dental clinics. How relationships with suppliers are disclosed is on the about page.
Categories in the guide
The number is the listings the page compares. The date shows when a statement in the category was last checked.
- Setting up a practice
Which systems and suppliers does a new, acquired or refurbished private or mixed NHS and private dental practice in the UK need to choose, in what order, and which registrations, contracts and approvals have to be in place before the first patient?
5 listings · last checked
- Practice management software
Which practice management software fits a private or mixed NHS and private dental practice in the UK, and what should your practice find out before it asks for a quote?
10 listings · last checked
- Dental chairs
Which dental chairs and treatment units can a private or mixed NHS and private dental practice in the UK buy, and what should your practice check about instrument delivery, integrated imaging, waterline hygiene, MHRA registration, installation and service before it asks for a quote?
12 listings · last checked
- Intraoral scanners
Which intraoral scanner fits a private or mixed NHS and private dental practice in the UK, and what should your practice check about price, software licence and subscription, open export, sending scans to the lab, MHRA registration and service before it asks for a quote?
11 listings · last checked
- Implant systems
Which dental implant systems are available to dental practices in the UK, who makes them, who sells them here, and what should your practice check about regulatory status and MHRA registration, connection types, materials, digital workflow and training?
6 listings · last checked
- Equipment, servicing and finance
Who sells, installs and services dental chairs, scanners, X-ray and CBCT, decontamination equipment, compressors and suction for private or mixed NHS and private dental practices in the UK, who offers leasing or equipment finance, and what should your practice check before it asks for a quote?
6 listings · last checked
- Dental laboratories
Which dental laboratories can supply custom-made dental work to a private or mixed NHS and private dental practice in the UK, and what should your practice check about products, digital impressions, turnaround, delivery, MHRA registration and documentation before it sends the first case?
9 listings · last checked
- Dental suppliers
Which dental supplier of consumables, materials, instruments and equipment fits a private or mixed NHS and private dental practice in the UK, and what should your practice check about range, ordering, delivery and service before it opens an account?
6 listings · last checked
- Clear aligners
Which clear aligner systems can a UK dental practice offer its patients, who makes them, who sells and supports them in the UK, what does it take to become a provider, and what do they cost the practice where the price is public?
5 listings · last checked
- Online booking
Which online booking tool fits a private or mixed NHS and private dental practice in the UK, and what should your practice find out before it asks for a quote?
6 listings · last checked
- Patient communication
Which patient communication tool fits a private or mixed NHS and private dental practice in the UK, and what should your practice find out about practice software integration, channels, two-way replies, consent for marketing messages and where data is processed before it asks for a quote?
4 listings · last checked
- AI receptionists and phone systems
Which AI receptionist or phone service can answer calls for a private or mixed NHS and private dental practice in the UK, and what should your practice find out about booking, opening hours, handoff to staff, call recording, where data is processed, contract terms and price before it asks for a quote?
13 listings · last checked
- Accounting and payments
Which accounting software and which payment solution fit a private or mixed NHS and private dental practice in the UK alongside its practice management software, and what should your practice find out before it chooses?
11 listings · last checked