Healthcare Facilities
Dental Practices
Healthcare Facilities
Dental Practices
Dental Practices
What makes a Dental Practice
A dental practice is driven by the surgery layout and by decontamination, the two elements that shape almost every other design decision.
Design considerations for Dental Practices
Surgery layout with chair servicing, and compressor and suction plant located and acoustically treated correctly; a decontamination room designed to HTM 01-05, with a clean-to-dirty flow that does not cross back; radiography shielding and the associated regulatory notifications; drainage, amalgam separation and compliant clinical and hazardous waste routes; ventilation appropriate to the procedures carried out, including aerosol-generating work; multi-surgery expansion within an existing footprint, and the plant capacity that requires; and patient-facing reception and privacy alongside clinical compliance.
Regulatory context
HTM 01-05 decontamination standards and radiography shielding notifications.
How Axentia delivers a Dental Practice project
A single additional surgery or a decontamination room upgrade is typically delivered with Axentia as Principal Contractor, under £500,000. A new practice, a conversion of retail or office space, or an expansion to several surgeries with new plant is better run under Construction Management, so the mechanical, drainage and shielding packages can be held and sequenced together.
Case Studies
Examples of Dental Practice projects we've delivered
Dental Practices FAQs
What are the specific requirements of a dental practice?
Dental practices are driven by the surgery layout and by decontamination:
- Surgery layout with chair servicing, and compressor and suction plant located and acoustically treated correctly.
- A decontamination room designed to HTM 01-05, with a clean-to-dirty flow that does not cross back.
- Radiography shielding and the associated regulatory notifications.
- Drainage, amalgam separation and compliant clinical and hazardous waste routes.
- Ventilation appropriate to the procedures carried out, including aerosol-generating work.
- Multi-surgery expansion within an existing footprint, and the plant capacity that requires.
- Patient-facing reception and privacy alongside clinical compliance.
I am looking to build or expand a dental practice. What sort of delivery model is best for me?
A single additional surgery or a decontamination room upgrade is typically delivered with Axentia as Principal Contractor, under £500,000. A new practice, a conversion of retail or office space, or an expansion to several surgeries with new plant is better run under Construction Management, so the mechanical, drainage and shielding packages can be held and sequenced together.
Talk to us about your Dental Practice project
Talk to our team about your facility, budget and timeline — we’ll recommend the right route to delivery.