Private dentists...Costs?
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I've just recently 'got back onto' the NHS list. Was private a year ago becasue I was struck off or whatever and fillings (white) cost around 80 or 90 quid. I was at the dentist today (NHS) and spent £116 which got my 3 white fillings. I am in a bit of pain now but got knows how you feel mate. I would honestly have to say that the private dentist I went last year was far better than the NHS dentist I seen today due to the overall outcome etc tbh but beggers can't be choosers.
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about 5 years ago i went and saw a private dentist. he told me i needed 3 fillings. which i couldnt afford so didnt have them done.
anyway ive managed to get a nhs dentist who i saw on friday and she said my teeth are fine.
not sure what to believe now.
anyway ive managed to get a nhs dentist who i saw on friday and she said my teeth are fine.
not sure what to believe now.
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Some hospitals with attached dental schools have cover for the evenings. A friends got seen at the King's hospital dental department at 9:30pm when he broke a tooth.
They wont do the full work, but enough to stop the pain and stop it getting infected.
*edit* that was all nhs
They wont do the full work, but enough to stop the pain and stop it getting infected.
*edit* that was all nhs
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The private dentist would want to work on something minor because they can charge for it. The dentist doing NHS wouldn't want to work on something minor because they probably wouldn't get paid enough to make it worth their while.
All depends... I was quoted £10pm for a private dentist and that got me 2 visits with the dentist and 2 with the hygienist. If you didnt go on a payment plan, the costs were pretty high.
For fillings it all depended on the tooth and size of filling, with prices ranging from £40 to £80.
For fillings it all depended on the tooth and size of filling, with prices ranging from £40 to £80.
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Front or back tooth?
Seems incredible cheap, you sure it was a root canal, and not simply a deep filling?
Back tooth, and yes I'm reasonably sure it was a root canal. At least that's what the dentist told me he was doing, he was using the root canal type tools and I was charged for a root canal.
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My dentists costs a lot, a real lot. Although I pay £10 for two checkups, two hygenists visits and 10% (or 20%) off all treatment costs.
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Intersting, well northern ireland still keep the old payper treatment style nhs costings, which england had up until the new dental contract a few years ago.
An NHS root canal on a molar tooth currently costs the patient around £80, then a filling or crown on top. I am somewhat bewildered if they cahrged you £80 privately, it would barely cover private costs, were they using any sort of machining process, or purely handfiling?
I think you did very well out of that encounter.
An NHS root canal on a molar tooth currently costs the patient around £80, then a filling or crown on top. I am somewhat bewildered if they cahrged you £80 privately, it would barely cover private costs, were they using any sort of machining process, or purely handfiling?
I think you did very well out of that encounter.
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I am seeing all these figures here
£450 root canal
£90 filling
£400 X-rays, filling etc
Me - £15 a month, all work are free. Get twice a year check up and clean. My teeth and gums are healthy, i don't need to worry about how much this trip to the dentist might end up costing me, so i go when the time comes. Denplan (basically dental insurance) sounds expensive, but looking at the average figures being posted here. You could pay for 3 years of Denplan with 1 root canal! And I don't even need a root canal because i got that regular checkup. It's totally worth it.
£450 root canal
£90 filling
£400 X-rays, filling etc
Me - £15 a month, all work are free. Get twice a year check up and clean. My teeth and gums are healthy, i don't need to worry about how much this trip to the dentist might end up costing me, so i go when the time comes. Denplan (basically dental insurance) sounds expensive, but looking at the average figures being posted here. You could pay for 3 years of Denplan with 1 root canal! And I don't even need a root canal because i got that regular checkup. It's totally worth it.
You'd have had a rubber sheet with a metal clip placed around the tooth (a dam) and they'd have spent time digging around with small files in the canals if so? It takes a while with a molar as they have to find 4 of the things!
Sounds horrible but it was a non-event and I didn't feel a thing when I had one done.
You'd have had a rubber sheet with a metal clip placed around the tooth (a dam) and they'd have spent time digging around with small files in the canals if so? It takes a while with a molar as they have to find 4 of the things!
Sounds horrible but it was a non-event and I didn't feel a thing when I had one done.
Yup, that's the chap.
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Free dental treatment apart from lab work.
It is worth it if you can't get on the NHS, which i can't, not where i am.
I've had lots of problems with my teeth over the years so i can speek with some authority. The best thing you can do is take Nurofen, Use Clover oil and buy a temporary filling kit (Under £5 at Asda). These kits really do work but they are only temporary so first thing Monday get yourself to a NHS walk in centre I have one near me and it does do dentistry. Then get yourself registered with a dentist.