cost od dental care

[dondons]

had to have 2 fillings in my back teeth. Took about 3/4 hr to do. Total cost �190 !!! is this standard? I know that in the region where I live I have to be Private but this does seem excessive!!

[4getmenot]

I go private and they cost me �40 each filling.

[dogfish]

I just paid �525 for a root canal & dental hygenist, cost included x-rays. No chance of NHS dentist. Scandalous.

[4getmenot]

I did pay a fee on top of that to make up a new file and x-rays as naughty me hadnt been for a while. So if youi havent been for a while maybe thats why it cost you that much.

[dogfish]

no, go every 6 months, just moved house, the only dentist that would even see me.

[4getmenot]

I'd say thats a bit of a rip off then

[Catso]

Seems a bit steep. I've just had a gold crown, for which I had to go private, and that was just short of �200, all in.

[jake-the-peg]

Have a look here:

http://www.whatprice.co.uk/health/private-dentist.php

There seems to be a huge variation in prices - �50 - �200

[hannahjo]

I have a friend who knows someone training to be a dentist and they say that there are no set costs for what a private practitioner should charge, some of them take a look at you when you walk through the door and charge what they think you can afford. So maybe next time you should dig out your oldest most tatty clothes!

[alijangra]

hannahjo may well be right, my dentist was really good to me when I was at uni but now Im working he is a bit pricier!!