Dental charges

kenshaz

Thanks Toothsmith. It did confuse me and that is why I asked.

markelock

Toothsmith wrote: »

Are your figures completely correct?

I ask because £16.20 + £32.40 is £48.60.

Only pence I know, but these figures are very close to NHS figures, and pence make all the difference between them being NHS fees or not.

On your first appointment, it would have been an 'emergency' session, where the dentist would have done something temporary I assume? £16.20 is the perfectly correct fee for this.

On the second visit, that was the examination with your own dentist, and he took an x-ray to make sure all was well with the tooth - £16.20 would be the correct charge for this (You say a further £32.40 was charged is that right? Or is £32.40 the running total?) If there was no crown at this stage, then the dentist would have been booking you in to make a new crown, which would have been the Band 3 £198 charge.

As the crown turned up though, (Where was it by the way?? Did it 'work it's way through??;) ) all he had to do in the end was recement it - which would probably be a Band 2 charge, so they charged you the extra to make the fee up to £44.60.

This is all a bit close to proper NHS charges to really make a fuss over. They seem to have acted properly to me, and if there's a slight error in your memory of the charges, it could easily be completely correct.

Oh - and markelock, I'm completely private and not the cheapest in my area, but if a patient of mine had lost a crown that just needed sticking back on, it would be £29. If I needed to take an x-ray as well, it would be £43.
If it was a casual patient (one who wasn't a regular of mine) it would be £39 or £50 with the x-ray. Plenty of change from £100!!!

wrong twice in a day!!!