£130 for missing a 1 hour dental appointment

Mine says that if you miss one and don't inform them they will strike you off from their books

Ruthless and what with dental places be very limited £130 is cheap
 
In all fairness, although £130 is quite steep, it's only fair. By you not showing up the dentist had no income for that hour however he/she will have had overheads to pay for that hour. I know each surgery at our practice is nearly £100/hour to run, so depending whereabouts you are £130 sounds about right. If you like the practice/dentist and don't want to leave then I'd pay up or maybe call them and they may knock some money off.
 
St0rmer66 said:
Does your dentist charge £130 an hour? If not then they have to prove it has actually cost them £130 worth of business/time to be able to charge you that much. You will probably have to pay them SOMETHING, but £130 is ridiculous.
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I doubt there are many dentists who charge less than £100 per hour, in fact I doubt there are any at all for doing private work. £100 an hour would give a dentist a take home around £42-43 on average, 7 hours a day, 5 days a week, 46 weeks a year, gives a take home taxable pay of £67K a year, assuming no sickness.

Before people start arguing abour 100=42/43 it does, and it will continue to do so. Might even be less than that in certain palces in the country, thats the countrywide average.
 
St0rmer66 said:
Does your dentist charge £130 an hour? If not then they have to prove it has actually cost them £130 worth of business/time to be able to charge you that much. You will probably have to pay them SOMETHING, but £130 is ridiculous.
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well considering a filling is about £60 and for other things the price can reach £850. so he could be losing a lot of money in your time slot
i have a dental price list in doors and the prices are crazy:eek:
 
what was your apointment for ? if it was for £130 worth of work then fair enough, if it was for a £35 checkup tell them you'll give them £35. Private dentists are a rip off. LUckly i had a very modern NHS dentist who were excellent.
 
MarkDavis said:
Generally, they'll only be able to charge for it if the right to do so is contained the terms and condtions which they gave you when you signed up - check the small print on the back of leaflets, invoices etc.

Otherwise its down to demonstrate that £130 is the value of their loss. Unless they have a constantly filled appointment book and their waiting lists stretch into years ahead, that will be difficult for them to do. Simply fact of the matter is that the likelihood is that they haven't lost business as a result of that missed appointment - presumably your happy to come back another time.

Tell them to Foxtrot Oscar and argue it out in the small claims court if you have to.
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This tbh.
 
doofski said:
what was your apointment for ? if it was for £130 worth of work then fair enough, if it was for a £35 checkup tell them you'll give them £35. Private dentists are a rip off. LUckly i had a very modern NHS dentist who were excellent.
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have you heard of denplan?

very good where i live i have had quite a few things done in the past year which has saved me a lot of cash.

plus it does not matter how much his checkup would be. The point is the dentist could have had another patient instead with more costly work?
 
Dutch Guy said:
Not really, for the hour labour yes, but by not going the dentist did not use his equipment and he did not use other materials that would cost him.

It all depends what the 130 quid was for, was it a checkup, a filling, a bridge or pulling of a tooth?
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even if it was a checkup the dentist might of said you need a filling?

works both ways i guess
 
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