Dentists costs

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Gaz said:
Thats not nhs pricing, must be private. Nhs is band 3 £244.30 for it all
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I think the lad above has probably nailed it. NHS dentist will claim the secondary root canal procedure is to difficult it will have to be done by the 'specialist' dentist ie private. Proper con.
 


Gaz said:
Thats not nhs pricing, must be private. Nhs is band 3 £244.30 for it all
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This - I think you can mix treatment i.e., NHS root canal treatment (RCT) and private crown for a better balance (though £300 for a private crowns quite cheap)

For the root canal the procedure time in part depends on the tooth (as some teeth have more canals than others - which tooth is it ?

Its possibly this thats making the dentist proposing private RCT (e.g. if its a lower back molar with 3-4 tricky canals)

BTW The tooth rebuilding to be suitable for a crown should be part of the crown fee - not the RCT fee
 
To cut the cost down have it done without any injections.
Should save you some money.
Seriously call another NHS dentist for a quote. Should be a standard charge.
As far as I can remember costs vary only on the type of crown you want.
 
Iirc the nhs root canal doesn't last as long as what they can do private, with the solid bar to fill the root.
 
Just got back from the dentists. My options are:

1) Get root canal done off the 'specialist' cost £900 including a new crown. (this would be root canal for a second time on the same tooth)

2) Get referred to Newcastle Dental Hospital. Will have to wait a couple of months probably. The 'specialist' today was trying to say they wouldn't do as good a job but he would say that I suppose.

3) Get it extracted as root canal done for the second time is sometimes not successful or doesn't last as long anyway.

Decisions, decisions!
 
Have to say like, been on a private dental plan for years but going back to the NHS one on John Street is the best thing I've done.
 
hairynaker said:
Pretty sure I had a root canal done for either nowt or next to nowt at the college type place in Newcastle. Quite some time back but am option?
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Dental Hospital/University, used it for years, not because I'm a cheap skate, mainly because working in Newcastle, and it being a nightmare to get a NHS Dentist, went there once for emergency, then they asked if i wanted to come in for regular treatment as they needed patients for their students, all 4th year students etc with close supervision, turns out I needed Root canal, and a few other things done over the years, never paid a penny and no problems with anything ever since, they only ask that you attend your appointments regularly
 
Probably spent over £6 grand on my mouth over the last five years or so. Implants, crowns, replacement crowns. It'd be cheaper just to go to Hungary and have the lot pulled out and implants put in in one go.

5limJim said:
Dental Hospital/University, used it for years, not because I'm a cheap skate, mainly because working in Newcastle, and it being a nightmare to get a NHS Dentist, went there once for emergency, then they asked if i wanted to come in for regular treatment as they needed patients for their students, all 4th year students etc with close supervision, turns out I needed Root canal, and a few other things done over the years, never paid a penny and no problems with anything ever since, they only ask that you attend your appointments regularly
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I trust you haven't seen the Fresh Meat episode where Josie gets kicked off her dentistry course for drilling right through a patient's cheek. :lol:
 
Silksworth Lad said:
Probably spent over £6 grand on my mouth over the last five years or so. Implants, crowns, replacement crowns. It'd be cheaper just to go to Hungary and have the lot pulled out and implants put in in one go.


I trust you haven't seen the Fresh Meat episode where Josie gets kicked off her dentistry course for drilling right through a patient's cheek. :lol:
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Right so that's the dental hospital option ruled out :lol:
 
A lad at work went to Thailand to get some major dental stuff done. Implants and the likes iirc. Reckons it cost him 25% of what he'd have paid here and the quality of work was the same.
 
Move to Scotland, usually much cheaper, or turn up at a Glasgow housing office and claim you are a refugee fleeing North to avoid Tory repression, you'd get it done for nowt, and they will probably hoy in a free mansion for you to live in.
 
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