Privacy Policy

Effective date: 04-07-2026
Website: https://slendodontics.ie
Business name: SL Endodontics

 

SL Endodontics respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect your information when you visit our website, contact us, or use our services.

By using this website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

1. Who We Are

SL Endodontics is a specialist dental service providing expert endodontic care, including root canal treatment and related procedures.

Contact details:
Email: info@slendodontics.ie
Phone: +353 87 704 1551

Practice locations:
SL Endodontics, Mullingar
Aldi Centre, Green Rd, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, N91 XK40, Ireland

Leeson Dental, Dublin
91 Leeson Street Upper, Dublin 4, D04 N9V2, Ireland

McMahon Dental, Dublin
Dun Muire, 7 Maretimo Gardens W, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, A94 F7H7, Ireland

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how your data is handled, please contact us at info@slendodontics.ie.

2. What Personal Data We Collect

We may collect and process the following types of personal data:

Information you provide directly

This may include:

  • Your name

  • Email address

  • Phone number

  • Any information you submit through our contact form

  • Any information you provide when requesting an appointment, making an enquiry, or submitting a review

Information collected automatically

When you use our website, we may automatically collect certain technical information, such as:

  • IP address

  • Browser type and version

  • Device type

  • Pages visited

  • Time spent on pages

  • Referring website addresses

  • General website usage data through cookies or analytics tools

Special category data

If you submit health-related or treatment-related information through the website, this may be considered special category personal data under data protection law. We only collect and process this information where necessary and lawful to do so.

3. How We Use Your Information

We may use your personal data to:

  • Respond to your enquiries

  • Arrange consultations or appointments

  • Communicate with you about our services

  • Manage patient and referral communications

  • Improve our website and user experience

  • Monitor website performance and security

  • Comply with legal and regulatory obligations

  • Maintain appropriate dental and business records

We will only use your personal data where we have a lawful basis to do so.

4. Lawful Bases for Processing

Under data protection law, we may rely on one or more of the following lawful bases:

  • Consent – where you have clearly agreed to us processing your information

  • Contract – where processing is necessary to provide services you have requested

  • Legal obligation – where we must process your data to comply with legal or regulatory requirements

  • Legitimate interests – where processing is necessary for the legitimate operation, improvement, and protection of our business and website, provided your rights are not overridden

  • Healthcare and medical purposes – where relevant and lawful for handling patient-related information

5. Contact Forms and Enquiries

If you contact us through our website, by email, or by phone, we may keep a record of that correspondence in order to:

  • Respond to your enquiry

  • Provide support or information

  • Maintain business records

  • Follow up where appropriate

Please avoid sending sensitive medical information through general website contact forms unless necessary. Where possible, we encourage sensitive clinical matters to be discussed through appropriate secure channels.

6. Reviews and Testimonials

If you submit a testimonial, review, or feedback, we may use it on our website or social media channels, but only where we have the appropriate permission to do so.

If you would like a published review or testimonial removed, please contact us at info@slendodontics.ie.

7. Cookies

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to improve functionality, analyse traffic, and enhance your browsing experience.

Cookies may include:

  • Essential cookies required for the website to function properly

  • Performance or analytics cookies to help us understand how visitors use the site

  • Functionality cookies to remember preferences

  • Third-party cookies from embedded content or external services

You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality.

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8. Embedded Content and Third-Party Services

Pages on this website may include embedded content or links to third-party services, such as:

  • Instagram

  • LinkedIn

  • Maps or location services

  • Website hosting providers

  • Security, spam filtering, analytics, or form processing tools

Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if you visited those websites directly. These third parties may collect data about you, use cookies, and monitor your interaction with their content, subject to their own privacy policies.

We recommend reviewing the privacy policies of any third-party websites or services you use through our site.

9. How We Share Your Data

We do not sell your personal data.

We may share your information where necessary with:

  • IT and website service providers

  • Hosting providers

  • Practice administration systems

  • Professional advisers

  • Regulatory authorities, insurers, or legal bodies where required

  • Dental professionals or referring clinicians where necessary for treatment or referral purposes and permitted by law

All such sharing is limited to what is necessary and appropriate.

10. Data Retention

We keep personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including to satisfy legal, clinical, regulatory, tax, accounting, or reporting requirements.

The retention period may vary depending on:

  • The type of enquiry or service

  • Whether you become a patient

  • Legal and regulatory obligations

  • Clinical recordkeeping requirements

When data is no longer required, we will securely delete or anonymise it where appropriate.

11. Data Security

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorised access, loss, misuse, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure. While we take reasonable steps to protect your data, we cannot guarantee absolute security.

12. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on applicable law, you may have the right to:

  • Request access to the personal data we hold about you

  • Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data

  • Request erasure of your data in certain circumstances

  • Request restriction of processing

  • Object to certain processing

  • Request transfer of your data where applicable

  • Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent

  • Lodge a complaint with a data protection authority

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@slendodontics.ie.

13. International Data Transfers

Some of our third-party service providers may process data outside Ireland or the European Economic Area. Where this happens, we take reasonable steps to ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place in accordance with applicable data protection law.

14. Children’s Privacy

Our website is not intended to knowingly collect personal data from children without appropriate consent or lawful basis. If you believe a child has provided personal data to us inappropriately, please contact us and we will take appropriate steps.

15. Links to Other Websites

Our website may contain links to external websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or security of those third-party websites. Please review their privacy policies before submitting personal data.

16. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our services, legal requirements, or website functionality. Any updates will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.

17. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or your personal data, please contact:

SL Endodontics
Email: info@slendodontics.ie
Phone: +353 87 704 1551