Smile Together

Smile Together at Harleigh Road, Bodmin, Cornwall, is a Community Interest Company (CIC) providing NHS and community dental services across Cornwall from multiple locations, including this Bodmin Dental Centre on Marks Drive. As a CIC, Smile Together is a social enterprise rather than a commercial dental business — its purpose is explicitly to provide accessible dental care to communities in Cornwall, particularly NHS patients and those who face barriers to private dental access. Bodmin is a historic market town in mid-Cornwall — once the county town of Cornwall, now a gateway to Bodmin Moor and an important community hub for the mid-county population.

NHS dental treatment at Smile Together is delivered under the standard NHS dental charge system — Band 1, Band 2, and Band 3 charges cover examinations and X-rays, fillings and extractions, and more complex work including crowns and dentures respectively. As an NHS provider, Smile Together serves patients who hold the right to NHS dental treatment, including those on certain benefits who may qualify for free NHS dental care.

General dental services cover all routine NHS dental needs: comprehensive examinations that assess teeth, gum health, and soft tissue; professional scaling and polishing; composite or amalgam fillings; extractions; and a range of more complex restorative care under the Band 3 charge structure. The clinical team is qualified and committed to delivering quality dental care within the NHS framework.

Smile Together''s CIC status means its income is reinvested in dental services rather than distributed as profit — a genuinely community-oriented model that addresses the significant problem of NHS dental access across Cornwall, where patients on dental registers often wait for available NHS appointments.

Harleigh Road Bodmin is in mid-Cornwall. For Bodmin and mid-Cornwall patients seeking NHS dental care from a community-committed dental provider, Smile Together at the Bodmin Dental Centre is a vital local health resource.