Dental hygienist

They might not have been offered a contract.

My dental hygienist charges £160 for an hour. If it is decided a 30 minute appointment is required that is £85. They want you to attend twice a year and visit the expensive dentist in between visits.

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I’m also with Denplan and have been since my dentist went private over 25 years ago. I pay £37 per month which covers check ups, fillings, x rays and hygienist, I only pay for lab fees, crowns etc which I get at a reduced rate. It paid for itself during Covid as I have had a total of 16 appts in the last 2 1and a half years as everything seemed to go wrong just after we locked down. I had root canal work, a tooth extraction, temporary filling and crown plus 2 hygienist appts out of that I only paid lab fees and for the crown

Deep clean with hygienist (SW Wales) £50 for a hour . Actually it was 70 mins.

I think the equally relevant point is, can you find one ?‍♀️

Living in Wales NHS dentists are like hen’s teeth .

This sounds ridiculous as SURELY it was the practice's DECISION to buy in this item. But, myself at time of the first lockdown I didnt get an appointment given to see a dentist at my practice due to my regular dentist had sadly retired (which I wasn't told about - which annoyed me) for 12 months and yes, I pay into a plan but was told NOW as being moved to another dentist within the practice my plan will only covered me for ONE check-up + ONE hygienist, as previously I always had 2 a year for FREE. So in a way didnt have a choice but to "up" it so pay extra £6 a month now which gives me to include 2 of each a year. I also get 20% off any treatments.

I WOULD DEFINATELY PHONE UP TO ASK AND IF THEY DONT BACK DOWN THEN SAY YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO BEING AN "NHS PATIENT" - WHICH MY HUSBAND IS WITH ANOTHER DENTIST NOT MINE. HE REFUSES TO PAY FOR ANY PLAN.

AS WE ALL MORE SO THAN EVER BEFORE HAVE OUR OWN FINANCES TO WORK WITH.

CAT4 - ARE YOU THEN NOT ON ANY "PAID PLAN" BUT PAY THIS HIGH AMOUNT BECAUSE YOU ARE AN NHS PATIENT - CONFUSED AS U DIDNT MENTION.

YES, SO TERRIBLY EXPENSIVE - IT SEEMS TO BE WHICHEVER WAY WE LOOK AT THE VARIOUS SYSTEMS/PLANS THAT ARE IN PLACE ON CHOICES.

The going rate for a session with a dental hygienist in south London is £80 + or - £10. I know this because I have tried virtually every one for an elderly relative who thinks she can get 45 minutes of a professional's time for £30. I keep telling her that if she doesn't keep her teeth clean she will get gum disease and the teeth will then fall out. Thinking about it this way £80 seems a small price to pay for being able to eat food that requires teeth to chew it!

I refuse to used the services of a dental hygienist since I saw one many years ago. She was brutal, she made my gums bleed and dug so deeply with the instruments that she actually cut into my gum line. Whenever I'm told to make an appointment I always say " I'm almost 70 and only enough to clean my own teeth thank you " .

I change the head on my electric toothbrush regularly, brush three times a day, floss regularly and use a mouthwash........no sign of receding gums, or bad breath .

The government want dentistry out of the NHS, same as has happened with Optics (Speccysaves are not NHS but carry out tests for the NHS). Dentists are paid by the treatment unit which was deemed not fit for purpose many years ago. An NHS dentist carries out a root canal over 3/4 visits and gets paid the same amount if he/she were to just extract the tooth. During lockdown and after this government imposed such strict criteria for seeing patients that many NHS dentists couldn’t make a living (I know of one practice where instead of seeing 150 patients a day they could only see 15 -fifteen).
If you are really angry about a lack of NHS dentists, don’t blame the NHS write to your MP and sign the petition on change.org. Dental training takes many years and the overheads are very high. if you can’t afford private treatment see if there is a Dental Access service in your area for emergencies.
Covid is doing for the NHS and patients what the government only dreamed of. Remember this when you next vote the American system is coming…

£93 ten days ago!
Private not NHS.
May use NHS next time.
Last year was £60 Private.

no nhs dentists for about 100 miles. ( Devon & Cornwall)
I've never been to a hygienist
a water flosser is good and can be found quite reasonably
why do you need to see somebody else if you have a dentist?

In the old days (about ten years ago), our dentist scraped and polished our teeth as part of the annual checkup. Can’t remember the cost but it was less than £50. Sadly he retired and our new NHS dentist does not do this as there is a hygienist. Haven’t used him/her yet as I think it unnecessary if you clean and floss your teeth regularly. I enquired about whitening, which would cost £500.

Madashell

The government want dentistry out of the NHS, same as has happened with Optics (Speccysaves are not NHS but carry out tests for the NHS). Dentists are paid by the treatment unit which was deemed not fit for purpose many years ago. An NHS dentist carries out a root canal over 3/4 visits and gets paid the same amount if he/she were to just extract the tooth. During lockdown and after this government imposed such strict criteria for seeing patients that many NHS dentists couldn’t make a living (I know of one practice where instead of seeing 150 patients a day they could only see 15 -fifteen).
If you are really angry about a lack of NHS dentists, don’t blame the NHS write to your MP and sign the petition on change.org. Dental training takes many years and the overheads are very high. if you can’t afford private treatment see if there is a Dental Access service in your area for emergencies.
Covid is doing for the NHS and patients what the government only dreamed of. Remember this when you next vote the American system is coming…

I would add, don't blame the dentists.

Check up with the NHS dentist. Hygienist appointment straight after. Cost £23.80. It's been this way for as long as I can remember. I must be very lucky!

I had an appointment with the hygienist last week and it was £80 she wants to see me again in 6 weeks but I wont be able to afford to attend that regularly so I said I would ring to make appointment as they take a deposit from you when you book. I was astouned at the cost but dont wish to be discussing my finances with her or the Reception staff.

We have private dental healthcare. Its’s about £70-80pm for three of us which includes free check ups and hygienist, so I’m guessing that’s about £30pm for us and less for our dd. If one hygienist visit is £80 it’s worth looking into private cover.

I pay as you go at my private dentist and I have hygenist appointments every 3 months and they are £40 a time.

We have our rescue dogs teeth cleaned when she has her cut and blow dry. Her teeth were all brown when we had her. We are charged £10 and the gums are now healthy and the teeth beautiful. I am thinking of asking the groomer to do mine.x

Mine is currently £65, I go every 6 months and it's gone up every time. As I am terrified of false teeth it's worth it to me

We go privately and I think for a check up and hygienist it cost £175.00 each ! However they both do an excellent job. I had a crown which looks excellent and should last me out that cost £700 ?

My NHS dentist used to do a thorough scale and polish as part of my check up. He retired and I had to find another dentist, who insisted that only the hygienist could do the scale and polish, at £50 a time. After Covid, she used all sorts of different equipment and it was like a torture chamber. She wanted me to return in three months but I declined. I have bought a water flosser and then a sonic toothbrush, so I think I do a pretty good job.

I have a dental plan that costs £16.50 a month (has just gone up after several years at £12.50). For that I get two check ups and xrays and two hygienist appointments every year plus 10% if I need any other treatment.

Cat4

My dental hygienist charges £160 for an hour. If it is decided a 30 minute appointment is required that is £85. They want you to attend twice a year and visit the expensive dentist in between visits.

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