Dental Surgery Refurbishment

Is It Time to Refurbish Your Surgery?

A surgery can gradually become harder to work in as equipment changes, storage fills up and the treatments you provide develop. Cabinetry may no longer suit your workflow, equipment positions can become restrictive and worn flooring, lighting or decoration can make the room feel dated.

Refurbishment gives you the opportunity to review the whole surgery and decide what would make it work better for your team.

That could include improving the layout, increasing usable storage, replacing cabinetry and worktops, updating services or installing new equipment. Existing equipment can also be reviewed to see what could be retained, relocated or replaced.

The right scope depends on the condition of the room, how you use it and what you want to improve. Your project could range from a focused upgrade to a full strip-out and refurbishment.

ScandiSmile Surgery 1 Belmont Voyager Camel

Plan the Room Around How You Work

The layout should support your equipment, treatment needs and daily workflow.

We can review:

Cabinetry and storage
Chair and equipment positions
Plumbing, electrics and dental services
Equipment to retain, relocate or replace

For more detailed planning, explore our dental surgery design and layout service or browse our dental equipment options.

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Swalecliffe dental surgery above chair up

Planning Work Around Your Practice

Refurbishment work often needs to fit around a busy working practice, particularly when you are upgrading one surgery at a time.

Many projects can be planned so the wider practice remains open while work is carried out. The exact approach depends on the number of surgeries involved, how services are connected, access through the building and the type of work required.

Where suitable, individual surgeries can be completed in stages so other treatment rooms remain available. We can also plan around work that is likely to create noise, dust or temporary service interruptions.

These arrangements are discussed before work begins so you can understand how the project will affect appointments, staff access and day-to-day operation. For larger refurbishment programmes, phasing the work can also help you manage several surgery upgrades in a practical sequence.

Dental Surgery Refurbishment Projects

At Alexanders Dental Practice, the work developed from one surgery into a phased refurbishment across several treatment rooms and the plant room. Village Dental Practice focused on making better use of an existing surgery by creating two treatment rooms while the wider practice remained operational.

BDP Dental involved a detailed surgery refurbishment with a new chair, new cabinetry and improved cable management, while existing equipment including the suction pump and X-ray was retained and repositioned. At Eaton Road Dental Practice, the surgery was comprehensively upgraded with changes to the layout, services, flooring, decoration, cabinetry and equipment.

Together, they show how refurbishment can range from a focused single-surgery upgrade to staged work across several rooms, depending on the practice, the existing space and what needs to change.

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