dentist just cant afford it !!!!!!!!1

Lucie_2

I go to a dentist 30-odd miles away from home, because it was the nearest one taking on NHS patients. I found them on the NHS website, it tells you who is taking on patients privately, NHS or otherwise. It wasn't very up to date, I had to try a few before I found one willing to take me on.
I am a medicash member - £26 a month cover me & him for all sorts of stuff, dental treatment included. You can only claim 75% of each treatment & up to a max amount each year, but it's better than nothing.

Beckipeg

http://www.nhs.uk/england/dentists/nearestSearch.aspx

Just enter your postcode and then check the list to see what dentists near you have on offer.

16011996

tried the above, nearest is a 60 mile round trip.

TrickyTrotter_2

I'm grateful I've got an NHS dentist, but like Allexie, it isn't all plain sailing. I had a bridge put in 10 years ago; had to pay the max contribution for NHS treatment which was around £300 then.

Last visit, dentist said it needed replacing and no longer covered by NHS. I had to pay £963 or have a large gap in the upper left of my mouth.

Allexie

......and isn't it strange how, if you are NHS, you only need a check up once a year but if you go private you need one every six months....or am I being cynical >:(