Is there a price list for teeth treatment?

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Dentists offer more treatments than they used to do back in the day when all were contracted to the NHS.
In many ways some private dentists have become more like beauticians with whitening, veneers and so on.

I have just had a quote for a molar root filling of £850 from my private dentist. This is complex and the aim is to save the tooth, but I am not rich and will have to budget for this. Would be extracted on NHS. Implants are also offered at private practices but do come at a huge cost, which many can’t afford.

I think nationally we are going backwards with regard to dental health. There are too few NHS dentists who are restricted by budget as to treatments they can offer.

Like everything else, OK if you can pay, but you’re stuffed if not. I can see people returning to the “good old days” of having all teeth removed when young to save later pain and expense.

DS has just had a root canal done on NHS for about half what I had to pay my private dentist.

I had a fair amount of NHS treatment this year when bridge fell out. X-rays, extractions. matching denture (to replace bridge and kindness! All Band 3 less than £300. I was amazed. Private was mentioned in passing but not pushed.

I had a back crown replace on the NHS a couple of years ago.We still have NHS dentists advertising they have spaces for new patients locally.Dental checkups are free as are eye checks .
Its that old prevention rather than much more expensive cure

Quite true. Prevention is much better than cure. My now adult DS has been 'too busy' to go to the dentist for years and now bitterly regrets it. If only he'd listened to his old mum who took him for twice yearly check ups in his youth.

My DH and I are with different practices but we both pay privately.

Both practices have their charges on the website and both give "from ..." figure. I pay £17 per month for two check ups and two hygienist appointments which involve more than a scale and polish. I pay a total of £204 per year. The same under the NHS would be £130.40 I also get 20% off all treatments.

I've had an implant and recently a quote for another. The quote is less than the one I had a couple of years ago as it involves less work than the other.

All NHS charges (3 bands + an emergency charge) are fixed and should be displayed in the waiting rooms and show what each band covers.
www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/dentists/dental-costs/understanding-nhs-dental-charges/

Kittylester. Yes it was an emergency as I had had toothache all weekend. The teeth were bad as such but were loose. Although they were two big molars they came out easily. The private dentist wanted £340! £170 per tooth. I was in the chair 5 minutes!

Weren’t bad.