Oral and dental care
- Service
- 13 municipalities
- Public service
When you contact the dental clinic, an oral health care professional assesses your need for care and level of urgency. Based on this assessment, you will receive advice or an appointment for a dental nurse, oral hygienist or dentist.
Dental clinics are open on weekdays.
You will receive an SMS reminder (in Finnish) for your reserved appointment two days in advance.
Cancelling a reserved appo ...
Do the following
SMS service for deaf or hard of hearing clients for making appointments
Deaf or hard of hearing clients can book or cancel appointments via SMS. The SMS appointment service is for non-urgent appointments.
In the text message, enter your full name, date of birth, and a brief explanation of the reason for the appointment. The text message cannot be longer than 160 characters. If there are more characters, the message will not be delivered. You will receive a response on the same day. You can also make an appointment on behalf of your child.
###
Cancelling an appointment with SMS
You can cancel your appointment with a text message during the opening hours of the dental clinic. See contact information at the bottom of the page.
In the message, write
- I am cancelling my dental appointment
- all first names and last name
- date of birth without the final four characters of the personal identity code
- date and time of the appointment.
The text message cannot be longer than 160 characters. If there are more characters, the message will not be delivered.
Your appointment has been cancelled when you receive a confirmation.
Background information
Oral health care services include the promotion of oral health, oral health examinations, and the examination, prevention and treatment of oral diseases. Oral health care operates in cooperation with other health care and social welfare services.