Question Re Nhs Dentists

argamemnon

Sorry if this posted in wrong place not sure where to post

I have a Nhs Dentist but i'm not happy as if i have treatment say a filling they charge £40 (i have round it but can't remember exact amount) but then they want another £40 for scale & polish as this is done by a hygienist only one day a week, there was a time in my old dentists that the fee included a scale & polish, also not not happy as i had a cap/crown that i had for 20 years little yellow but sound since this dentist changed it 2 years ago it seems to only last 6 months...its already chipped, is this normall has dentisty changed that much over the years?

Toothsmith

There is a huge thread about seeing hygienists privately as an NHS patient. It's here :- https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/1211081

Although the thread goes on forever, and is a bit 'round and round' - my post #5 on the first page basically answers your question.

As for the crown - crowns on average should last a good 8-10 yrs if not more. Just because something lasted for ages though doesn't mean that the thing that replaces it also will. I don't know why the crown was chaged, or what the dentist had left in the way of tooth substance to make the new one on. But it's perfectly possible that something quite major had happened underneath your old crown that means the replacement is now compromised. (The dentist really should have explained this to you though).

6 months doesn't sound good though, and so maybe you should be having a conversation with the dentist about alternatives.