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A dental emergency
on holiday

A tooth that goes wrong four thousand kilometres from your own dentist, in a country whose health system you do not know, on the third day of a week you paid for. It is a bad evening, and it is a solvable one.

  • 4.8Google reviews
  • 20+Years in practice
  • 24/7Always on call

The short version

  • The clinic is open 24 hours, every day, including public holidays.
  • Dr. Sarhan answers the phone himself, in English or Arabic.
  • You do not need residency, an Emirates ID, or local insurance.
  • Prices are published in advance and do not change at night.
  • You are given a full itemised invoice, which is what a travel insurance claim needs.
  • Tell them your flight time on the call and the appointment is arranged around it.

Where it is, from the hotel districts

The clinic is at 1 Al Seef Street in Barsha Heights, on the ground floor of the 24 Hours Coffee building, between Sheikh Zayed Road and Al Khail Road. Any taxi driver will know Barsha Heights, and TECOM is the same place if that is the name that gets you there faster.

Barsha Heights and TECOM hotelsOn the doorstep
Media City and Internet CityAbout 5 min
Al Barsha and Mall of the EmiratesAbout 10 min
Dubai Marina and JBRAbout 15 min
Downtown and Business BayAbout 20 min
Palm JumeirahAbout 20 min
Deira and Bur DubaiAbout 25 min

Travel insurance, honestly

The clinic works on a reimbursement basis. You pay at the visit and claim it back afterwards, and you are given a full itemised invoice with the treatment listed, which is the document your insurer will ask for. Keep it and photograph it before you fly.

Whether your policy covers emergency dental treatment abroad, and up to what limit, depends entirely on your policy. Most travel policies cover emergency dental pain relief and exclude anything elective or cosmetic. Nobody at the clinic can tell you what yours does, and anyone who claims to is guessing.

If you are flying soon

Say so on the phone, and say how many hours you have. This is one of the most common calls this clinic takes, and it changes what is sensible to do. Cabin pressure is genuinely hard on an exposed nerve or a fresh cavity, and a tooth that is uncomfortable on the ground can be fourteen hours of misery in the air.

In most cases a tooth can be made airworthy in a single short appointment, with the definitive work left for your own dentist at home. That is often the right plan rather than starting something complicated the night before a long flight, and you will be told which applies to you.

Several of the clinic's Google reviews are from people who were treated a few hours before a flight, or who called from a hotel late at night. It is rated 4.8 across 91 reviews.

For hotel concierges

If you are a concierge or a guest relations manager looking for somewhere to send a guest at two in the morning, this is a genuine 24 hour service with the dentist himself on the line, five to twenty minutes from most of the hotel districts in New Dubai. English and Arabic, published prices, itemised invoices for insurance claims, and guests are given a time rather than a waiting room.

The number is +971 58 505 8058, at any hour.

Questions

Do I need an Emirates ID or local insurance?

No. Visitors are treated exactly the same as residents. Bring a passport or any photo identification and a means of payment.

Will my travel insurance cover it?

That depends on your policy, and only your insurer can answer it. What the clinic provides is the full itemised invoice the claim requires. Most travel policies cover emergency dental pain relief and exclude elective and cosmetic work.

Can I be treated before my flight?

Usually yes, and it is a common request. Say your flight time on the call. In most cases the tooth is made airworthy in one short appointment and the definitive work is left for your dentist at home.

Is someone really answering at 4am?

Yes. The number rings Dr. Sarhan's own phone, not a call centre. Hotel guests calling in the small hours are a normal part of the week here.

Which languages are spoken?

English and Arabic.

How do I pay?

At the clinic, at the end of the visit, by card or cash. The prices are published in advance so there is no surprise at the desk.

My child has knocked a tooth out at the pool.

Put it in milk, do not scrub it, and call immediately. Read the knocked-out tooth page now, because the first hour genuinely matters.

It does not have to ruin the trip

Call from the hotel, describe what has happened, and you will be told what to do and when to come. Any hour, in English or Arabic.

Call +971 58 505 8058

Dr. Ahmed Sarhan answers personally, any hour of the night. Appointment by phone, so call before you set off.

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