NHS dentist charges

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After quite some time of not going to a dentist, one of my back teeth seems to have a rather large amount of it missing (no idea where it has gone lol). So I guess I finally have to bite the bullet and go and see a dentist. I believe it won't be possible to just go to one and get the one tooth sorted - I'll have to register and have a checkup, where no doubt he'll find lots of other work that needs doing :(

Basically if I find an NHS dentist how much am I looking at? Is there a cap on NHS dentist fees or could I be looking at a couple of grand here??? I'd be quite happy to have the dodgy tooth pulled out if I save a bit of money.
 
Well when I go it costs me about £15 for a scale,but when I had my first filling last year it costs me about £28.

Not sure if there is a cap on fees,maybe we have a member here who is a dentist who could confirm for you.
 
depending on how much is missing you'll need a filling or crown.
But if the roots are exposed you'll either need a root canal or have it removed.
A root canal would be expensive i would have thought.

But i'm lucky enough to get back into a dentists (my mum got me kicked out of my last one, took years to get a new one), and i'm under 18 so i paid nothing for all the work i had done.
 
Last time I needed a dentist (wisdom tooth was hurting as it came through) the only NHS dentist in Crowborough couldn't see me for 3 months, so I went private. Bit pricey at £100 but they saw me that day, did an x-ray and removed the tooth, way better than any visit to the nhs dentist had ever been so if I ever need it in future I'll be going private again...
 
Capn' $qu!ff said:
Root Canal work depends on how long the procedure takes I had to pay £500+ for mine :(
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Yep same here... at least it was pain free and the crown was done nicely :) Don't regret it, although my bank balance does :D

The last NHS dentist I had was like Steve Martin in Little Shop of Horrors :(
 
I'd imagine that their first thought would be to yank it in which case you'd pay under £45. *edit that would also cover you for the cost of check up a scale and a filling or two.
 
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I go private, my dentist charges £40 for a filing, had root canal work done about eight years ago and that cost £250. Our dentist is a gem but he will be retiring soon.
 
from that charging scale I read it as a max of £198 for a course of treatment, rather than a per treatment thing

Including this:
If, within two months of completing a course of treatment, you require further treatment within the same charge band, or a lower charge band - for example, an additional filling - you do not have to pay anything extra.
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It reads that the most you'll ever have to pay within a 2 month period is £198.
I'm sure not all NHS dentists work like that, definitely not my old one. I've just registered at an actual NHS dental practice, the provisional examination was free as it will fall under the cost for any treatment (first treatment appointment is on the 21st), so sounds like they're following the price plan as you'd expect.
 
$loth said:
I think a filling on the NHS is about £40.
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Don't talk mince. Had an appointment today:-

Scale & Polish, 1 Extraction and a White Filling (The expensive ones!) and a Bottle of Corsodyl Mouthwash set me back £28.

Oh and a set of X-Rays.
 
Windle said:
Don't talk mince. Had an appointment today:-

Scale & Polish, 1 Extraction and a White Filling (The expensive ones!) and a Bottle of Corsodyl Mouthwash set me back £28.

Oh and a set of X-Rays.
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You didnt get charged for the filling then, or they've given you a discount for some reason, everything except the mouthwash should have cost you £45.60
 
Abraham said:
You didnt get charged for the filling then, or they've given you a discount for some reason, everything except the mouthwash should have cost you £45.60
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Correct. Last time i had a white filling it cost me £44.60, but prices have gone up since then...
 
Hmm reading the charge scale, I think she's just booked in 6 months of treatment (3x £45.60) as I was told my treatment would cost about £140 in total. And as they can bill as they like and I'm getting normally 1-2 appointments a month she's just splitting it up?

Doesn't really fuss me, my dental plan covers £500 of work a year so whatever it costs I get back.
 
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I can't believe people get this so wrong.

NHS Dental Prices

No "if you have a really bad root canal that takes a lot of work it's £500" or "Fillings are £28". They are not. The prices are fixed. There is no negotiating a better deal. You pay per course of treatment, it's that simple. Infact, the NHS simplified NHS charges a few years ago because it was too complicated - it really couldn't be any simpler than it is now.

Private treatment is of course totally different and the dentist can pretty much charge whatever he wants.
 
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