The Price Of Dentures

Wester

How much would i expect to pay for to have dentures fitted i would only want the top half of the dentures that is to replace my upper teeth

Toothsmith

Too many variables.

Do you have teeth or denture already? How good do you want them to look? How well do you want them to fit?

welshdent

Depends if you have NHS or private options (any NHS dentist can provide private options aswell). NHS in wales £177 standard price I think in england its £198. These will be the lower lab standard and tooth type standard to make them "adequate" which for many is fine

Privately ... depends on what standard you go for and who makes them. For a single set I should imagine it would be from a highly optimistic estimate of £250 upwards. I know a chap in london who charges a few thousand but thats the top top top end. Any of you dentists seen john besford speak?? Highly entertaining

Wester

welshdent wrote: »

Depends if you have NHS or private options (any NHS dentist can provide private options aswell). NHS in wales £177 standard price I think in england its £198. These will be the lower lab standard and tooth type standard to make them "adequate" which for many is fine

Privately ... depends on what standard you go for and who makes them. For a single set I should imagine it would be from a highly optimistic estimate of £250 upwards. I know a chap in london who charges a few thousand but thats the top top top end. Any of you dentists seen john besford speak?? Highly entertaining

So you guess that i could get upper Dentures fitted for something in the region of £ 200 in England

jessilu1

My ex father-in-law get his done privately here in Herts and it costs between 250 and £300, never any more than that. That includes all the fitting etc....and they look very real nothing like those horsey type teeth from the NHS !

brook2jack

£250 for a private set of dentures is unbelivably cheap.

The lab bill for an upper set on its own privately will be £140 to £400 or more (particularly if precision attachments used) . Then you have to factor in 4 or 5 appointments of the dentists time (a surgery costs £150 an hour to run approx depending on area) and that will give a rough idea of true cost of private dentures.

Toothsmith

It's not a requirement that NHS dentures look bad.

It's just that the job tends to be given to the most junior technician in the Lab who used the lowest cost (probably chinese import) teeth. This is in order to keep the lab costs to a minimum.

It's always possible you might get a good set.

Another possibility nowadays for purely dentures is to see a clinical denture technician.

This is a dental technician who has extra qualifications in order to be able to make dentures directly for patients, without the need to see a dentist.

This has only been possible for a couple of years, although many technicians have been doing it on the Q.T. since time immemorial!

If you do go to a technician direct, make sure that it IS a registered clinical dental technician, and that he IS registered with the General Dental Council (JUST being registered ISN'T a sign that it's a CLINICAL dental technician, all technicians now have to be registered.) But the qualification and registration is a sign that he'll be up to the same hygiene standards as a dental practice. Anything less, and you're taking a chance.

Having said all that, going to the technician direct is often not the cheapest way to do it! Technicians aren't so stupid as to have anything to do with provision of this stuff on the NHS!!!

thevicster

To be fair to the NHS, I have two top teeth on a plate and they are very good! And also these are temporary ones! Very impressed. On the other hand I've never seen privately made ones so couldn't really comment. I guess judging by comments I may have been lucky.

I'm not trying to hijack this thread but could someone give me the pros and cons of NHS bridges? My dentist gave me this as an option to my current dentures but I've heard they are suspectible to breaking?

jessilu1

brook2jack wrote: »

£250 for a private set of dentures is unbelivably cheap.

The lab bill for an upper set on its own privately will be £140 to £400 or more (particularly if precision attachments used) . Then you have to factor in 4 or 5 appointments of the dentists time (a surgery costs £150 an hour to run approx depending on area) and that will give a rough idea of true cost of private dentures.

'tis true tho':)

ithinkyourcrazy

My Grandmother paid £350+ for a set of private dentures, she wasn't happy, very long story she is still in dispture with them now ever it.

At her new dentist she went for the NHS option and she loves them.

McKneff

I lived for 55 years or so with my two front teeth slightly crossed,
I had to have them extracted along with another two and had an NHS denture.

Bliss, I had really straight teeth and they were brilliant.