Questions about Dental crowns

alison999

Toothsmith wrote: »

This really should be the sort of 'aftercare' that anyone has a right to expect in with the cost of the treatment.

i agree but with the nhs,there is a charge of £16.20 associated with 'emergency' treatments

Toothsmith

alison999 wrote: »

i agree but with the nhs,there is a charge of £16.20 associated with 'emergency' treatments

True enough.

NHS is a bit like Ryanair.

Cheap headline price, bit you need a quid to use the loos!

chloecc

no i don't ever use NHS dentists - childhood experience with them incorrectly fitting a maryland bridge put me off, sorry to tar everyone with the same brush but the fear lives! lol

SandC

It's not the case that NHS will charge you for an emergency appointment. I had a problem with one of my veneers, I phoned up, they slotted me in the next day, I didn't pay a bean, my veneer was replaced free of charge and I didn't pay for the appointment time either.

Whether NHS or private a good dentist will not charge you for remedial work as a result of a treatment you have previously paid for.

SandC

SandC wrote: »

It's not the case that NHS will charge you for an emergency appointment. I had a problem with one of my veneers, I phoned up, they slotted me in the next day, I didn't pay a bean, my veneer was replaced free of charge and I didn't pay for the appointment time either.

Whether NHS or private a good dentist will not charge you for remedial work as a result of a treatment you have previously paid for.

Edit to note: the veneers were done privately as they were for cosmetic reasons but I am registered as an NHS patient.

alison999

SandC wrote: »

It's not the case that NHS will charge you for an emergency appointment. I had a problem with one of my veneers, I phoned up, they slotted me in the next day, I didn't pay a bean, my veneer was replaced free of charge and I didn't pay for the appointment time either.

Whether NHS or private a good dentist will not charge you for remedial work as a result of a treatment you have previously paid for.

There is a charge of £16.20 for emergency appointments. You had PRIVATE veneers which is probably why he didnt charge you. Had you had them done on the nhs there probably would have been a charge. Even on the NHS a dentist can by-pass this charge but it is unusual.

SandC

I'm not convinced about that, my appointment to have a look at the problem was on a normal working day where he treats both private and NHS patients, I believe that regardless of whether it was private or not he would not have made a charge because it was related to an earlier treatment. It was not an 'emergency' appointment as such, as in ringing up in pain but I was probably given one of the slots which are reserved for such.

alison999

SandC wrote: »

I'm not convinced about that, my appointment to have a look at the problem was on a normal working day where he treats both private and NHS patients, I believe that regardless of whether it was private or not he would not have made a charge because it was related to an earlier treatment. It was not an 'emergency' appointment as such, as in ringing up in pain but I was probably given one of the slots which are reserved for such.

I work at a dentist and have done for the past 9 years. If a patient has private work and, comes in a week or two after with problems it will usually be sorted free of charge more as a 'good will gesture'.

On the NHS if you needed that veneer recementing every day it would cost you (technically) £16.20 every day to have it recemented, because that IS the charge for it.

It doesnt mean that every time you see the dentist for a emergency appointment that there WILL be a charge though, even on the NHS. If you just get a perscription then there wont be that charge BUT if he/she takes xrays then there will be a charge of £16.20 because this IS the charge for the service on the NHS.

LondonDiva

If there is a problem so soon with work carried out, you should not be charged furhter costs to rectify / sort out the problem, unless an emmergency appt is requested. If in doubt, call the PALS team at the PCT.

chloecc

LondonDiva wrote: »

If there is a problem so soon with work carried out, you should not be charged furhter costs to rectify / sort out the problem, unless an emmergency appt is requested. If in doubt, call the PALS team at the PCT.

thanks for this but could you tell me what the initials PALS and PCT stand for? - sorry if i'm being stupid