THREE dental practices in Sale and Altrincham have launched new services, extended opening hours and fully refurbished patient areas.

Oasis Dental Care practices in Sale on Washway Road, Sale Moor on Northenden Road and Altrincham on Stockport Road, have all undergone the changes, providing patients with new facilities and a modern, clean look and feel.

To celebrate the new-look practices, long-standing patient at the Sale practice, Ann West, helped the team there to unveil the enhancements by cutting a ribbon at an event to mark its re-opening.

Based on the views of patients who require access to dental care at a time most convenient for them, each practice has extended its opening hours to include early morning, evening and weekend opening for the first time.

This is aimed at helping those who have previously struggled to access dentistry during the working week.

• Sale: Now open 8am until 7pm Monday to Thursday, 8am until 5pm on Fridays, and on Saturdays from 9am until 4pm.

• Sale Moor: Now open 8am until 7pm Monday to Thursday, 9am until 5pm on Fridays, and 9am until 1pm on Saturdays from August.

• Altrincham: Now open 8am until 8pm Monday to Thursday, 8:30am until 5:30pm on Fridays, and now on Saturdays from 9am until 1pm.

Each of the practices has had updated waiting room areas. The updates are in line with a nationwide roll-out of new services and refurbishments across Oasis Dental Care’s practices.

Practice manager for Oasis Dental Care Sale, Tracy Jacob, said: “We know that people lead busy working lives and many have difficulty finding time to fit in a visit to the dentist in normal weekday hours. Our extended opening hours offer far more flexibility, and weekend opening means people are never left without help, particularly when it comes to emergency dentistry."

New services at the practices will give patients a wider choice of treatments.