Cost of dental treatment

I have a partial upper denture,some crowns, and some of my own teeth. Problems started after I'd been on steroids for two years.
For comfort purposes my partial denture is made of chrome and is very lightweight and fine. Although I'm an NHS patient this was not available on NHS and cost me around £500.

Two weeks ago a crown sheared off at the gum and it wasn't really fit to be fitted with a new crown. Dentist was willing to try a new crown but wasn't optimistic of the outcome......So I decided to have a false tooth added to my existing chrome denture.

At the dentist for 9 am and had impressions done. A guy from the lab picked it up. I returned at 3pm for fitting. It looks great.
Total cost for false tooth addition on NHS was £30.
Well pleased.

WE are lucky to have a good NHS dentist in the village. He will always see you that day if you are in pain (and I know ). I am happy to pay the NHS fees. I am having some problems atm, but dentist said it would all be covered by my last session of treatment and I would not have any more to pay. Three crowns, two fillings, root canal treatment, x-rays etc and whatever he still has to do, all for £219. Dread to think what that would have been privately.

My NHS dentist will save teeth when private ones will whip them out because they know most people can not/will not pay for a crown. I have been so lucky with my dentists as at almost 78 I have never lost a tooth.

I didn't have a clue about NHS dentist costs........huge shock! Now dread every visit

I can't eat with one side of my mouth at the moment; can't quite work out why though. Had an NHS check up and clean yesterday but the dentist can't see much wrong. Have got to use sensitive toothpaste for a few weeks [which I use anyway] and go back. Problem is that it's in an area where I had a root canal filling done a few years ago and a gold crown which, at the time was worth more than my car. Filling was done privately to save the tooth and the crown was done by my NHS dentist. If I have to I'll go back to the private dentist for treatment as he saves teeth that other dentists give up on. I've realised that, even with an NHS dentist I'm going tohave to make sure I have saved up a lot of money for future treatment. I so wish I wasn't one of the eat toffee then 'drill and fill' generation and am so glad that my children have very good teeth.

Because it fell to bits! There is not a lot of it left, but it can be crowned and that is what I wanted.

Mishap why did they want to take it out?

My OH is with Denplan and pays £40 a month, as he is with a private dentist. It sounds a huge amount, but he has had loads of treatment in the last few years and I think he has had his money's worth, on the basis of the private amounts I was quoted today.

Whilst I agree with Jane10 first two lines, over the past 18 months or so I have had 8 extractions (£480) due to infected jaw caused, I believe by inept locus dentist breaking off the peg when trying to replace a new crown that fell off 7 times in 4 months (£350 for attempts, £219 for crown) plus new denture that had to be a private costing one as NHS denture wouldn't fit where infection had been (£500), plus hygienist x2 (£96)

Not a happy bunny, I have had really good teeth all my life and problems started when dentist of 35 years retired- I only had 2 fillings up to that point!

I am now waiting for second denture for lower jaw - NHS this time, a further £219
Grand total £1633 [OUCH]

I'd like to pay monthly but as far as I'm aware my dentist doesn't have such a scheme.

I have far more gaps than I'd like as that was the cheapest option.

I pay about £12 a month, which covers two checkups a year plus 2 hygienist appointments.

All other work has to be paid for - I think we get a small discount because we're on the plan.

You're very lucky, Jane10!

I reckon teeth are worth every penny! Glasses and hearing aids can cost plenty. My mother always said that she was determined to be able to enjoy her food and would pay whatever it cost to maintain her gnashers! Our dentist runs a scheme where you pay so much a month. Currently I pay about £8.50 which covers 2 check ups a year and any work needing done as well as emergency dental cover too. 2 visits to dental hygienist included. I'm very happy with that situation.

I always think that is why you see so many people who are clearly not well off with poor teeth, missing teeth etc they can't afford to have treatment.

I don't think that's reasonable, annsixty! An extraction is (or should be) far cheaper than a crown, and a filling should only be around £50.

I have had 3 crowns in the last 2 years each costing £200 plus on the NHS. DH can no longer travel to his NHS dentist and has just had a filling, one extraction and x-rays, antibiotics and 2 appointments at a private dentist.The total cost was £305 which I thought was very reasonable.

There are 3 price bands in NHS dentistry, with the top one including crowns and dentures. I agree though Mishap it does seem quite a lot of money. I think the top band is a maximum of £300, but will check at some point.