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Looking for a caring and professional dental practice? We’re excited to welcome new patients to our clinic! Whether you’re due for a check-up, need treatment, or are looking to enhance your smile, our friendly team is here to help.
Contact us today to book your first appointment—we look forward to meeting you!

Dental hygiene

Our hygienist team at Rowcroft Dental Centre have extensive experience in maintaining the oral health of patients throughout Stroud, Nailsworth, Stonehouse, Cheltenham, Gloucester and Gloucestershire and beyond. This can range from simple scaling and polish, to routine maintenance or more complex gum treatments.

We can help you design a bespoke oral hygiene plan to prevent recurring problems like staining, bad breath, gum disease, plaque build-up and more.

For patients undergoing dental implant treatment, our hygienists also help maintain your dental health from the beginning of implant treatment to the fitting of the final crowns and bridges.

Benefits of our hygienist care include:

  • Professional clean and tartar removal
    Plaque is a sticky bacterial coating that consistently forms on your teeth. If it is not brushed away properly, including difficult to reach areas like between the teeth, the plaque hardens to form tartar/calculus which cannot be removed so easily at home. Persistent plaque and calculus can lead to periodontal disease, causing bleeding gums, tooth mobility and eventually tooth loss.

    Your dental hygienist will perform an intensive clean on all accessible surfaces of the teeth to ensure any plaque and tartar build up is fully removed. If you have a lot of tooth decay, your hygienist may apply a fluoride gel to help protect the teeth from further attack.
  • Stain removal
    Drinking tea, coffee, red wine or fizzy drinks will gradually stain your teeth over time. Your hygienist will be able to clean these stains away using natural products like baking soda for a whiter smile. Our hygienists also use the innovative AirFlow system which uses air, sodium bicarbonate and water together to clean stains from your teeth.
  • Fresh breath
    A clean mouth means fresher breath!
  • Prevention of gum disease
    Early signs of gum disease include bleeding gums when brushing. Your hygienist will test for this and if they spot symptoms. With regular appointments, they will be able to help deal with this before the disease has the chance to progress. They may use anti bacteria gel and solutions to apply under the gum line to kill any bacteria causing gum disease. It is important to pay attention to these symptoms as if left untreated, gum disease can lead to the movement or even the loss of teeth.
  • Oral hygiene plan
    We will work with your individual needs to create a tailor made plan for optimum maintenance of your oral hygiene. This includes recommending the right products, different types of brushes and showing you the most effective ways to use them.
  • Dietary advice and smoking cessation
    The food we eat can affect our teeth, this could be through staining or acid erosion. If your diet has had a detrimental effect on your teeth, our hygienists can advise on changing your eating habits to prevent further harm. Smoking is also a big factor in causing periodontal disease, bone loss, oral cancer, reducing healing after dental work and staining of teeth. Your dental hygienist can also offer smoking cessation advise if required.

We recommend all Rowcroft Dental Centre patients have regular hygiene treatments at least once to twice a year alongside your routine dental health reviews.

Meet the team

Lisa Rodway

Dental Hygienist

GDC NO. 6481

Rebecca Lonergan

Dental Therapist

GDC NO. 177190

Natalie Francis

Dental Therapist

GDC NO. 258407

Elizabeth Boakes

Diploma in Dental Hygiene

GDC NO. 6131

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The biggest complement we receive is when our patients refer their friends and family to Rowcroft Dental Centre. In fact, we have built much of our practice on these valued, trusted recommendations over the years. Read our reviews to hear why our patients are recommending us…

Patient reviews

531 Reviews

5.0

30th August 2025

Friendly staff and on time

29th August 2025

Very professional. Caring staff. Have a great deal of trust in the Dentist.

28th August 2025

competence

28th August 2025

Very caring treatment

28th August 2025

Excellent service from reception to hygienist & dentist.

27th August 2025

Dr House checked the problem of a filling falling out but indicated that nothing needs doing this time, but more work might be needed in future. Only took a few minutes to check it out. No charge.

27th August 2025

All the staff are very friendly and nothing is to much problem to help you out when needed

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Helly Symonds

Always have the best service, helpful and friendly .

23rd August 2025

Every aspect was first rate.

23rd August 2025

I have been going to Rowcroft dental practice for most of my life, I have always been extremely happy with the treatment I have received. I think the practice is exemplary

23rd August 2025

The reception staff are friendly and helpful.My appointment was on time and the staff were professional and friendly and took time to explain what they were doingBooking my next appointment was slick

22nd August 2025

my hygenist rebecca is great. always get a warm welcome and smile from her. and my dentist lucy is so helpful and very thorough with my check up. she is always happpy and nothing is to much trouible for her.she asks the questions which she should and gives first class advise as does rebbeca. they are both a credit to the team. thank you so much.john please convey my thanks to them.

22nd August 2025

Rebecca is so friendly and we always have a quick catch up . It puts you at ease for your professional treatment .

21st August 2025

Very efficient, professional clinicians

21st August 2025

I've been a patient here for many years and have always had great service at reception. After a major fear of the dentist Dr House was fantastic with me and really helped me over come this. My hygienist Lisa is always friendly and cheerful. I feel I have a good professional and personal relationship with them both after years of care.

20th August 2025

Have been with them for over 20 years and Dr House, Lisa (hygienist) and the rest of the team are amazing I wouldn’t want to go anywhere else

20th August 2025

Staff on reception , Saskia Barnes & Dr House

20th August 2025

Lovely staff professional treatment always a good experience when i go to this practice would highly recommend this practice

20th August 2025

Friendly and professional and Lucy Li explained the situation and possible treatments very clearly

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Dee Williams

Amazing staff friendly and very professional treatment always first class highly recommended this practice

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