For all adults and children who hate the dentist’s chair there is a free check-up to be had in a slightly less formidable setting.

Customers can for once mix sweet treats and dental inspection at Barrissimo Café, in St Peter’s Street, St Albans, where Regency Dental Clinic is holding a drop-in clinic.

The open evening will fundraise for Rennie Grove Hospice, which provides care to people in Herts and Beds with life-limiting illnesses.

Visitors will be able to talk about the clinic’s services, while enjoying a glass of champagne, from 6-8pm on April 22.