loan for dental treatment

bobajob_1966

woodbine wrote: »

NHS max charge for a course of treatment around £200

That is only for essential treatment, anything cosmetic would not be covered.

bouncydog1

Definately would not recommend having dental treatment abroad unless you are going to see a specialist for the treatment you are seeking. In that case there would be at least one visit to wherever first to discuss the treatment and the options, including payment.

IMO anyone who goes abroad for treatment without a preliminary visit first is totally mad. You pay upfront and then what if the facilities etc are second/third rate.

Definately advise you to carefully consider the procedure you are seeking, discuss with a professional in that field and perhaps more than one, to establish what your options are. Also do your research looking for positive and negative outcomes. Then when you are fully informed make your decision as to where the treatment will be carried out and by whom. In the months that it will take to do this, you can start saving.

DCFC79

What kind of dental treatment costs £2k

skintandscared_2

DCFC79 wrote: »

What kind of dental treatment costs £2k

Are you serious?! Just having a few teeth replaced with screw-in replacements can cost way upwards of £2k and it's becoming a very common procedure.

DCFC79

skintandscared wrote: »

Are you serious?! Just having a few teeth replaced with screw-in replacements can cost way upwards of £2k and it's becoming a very common procedure.

i wouldnt know as ive not had anything like that done, most ive spent at a dentist is probably £150, sorry for asking the question.

iolanthe07

DCFC79 wrote: »

What kind of dental treatment costs £2k

I had 16 teeth crowned at £240.00 each = £3,840.00. I negotiated down to £3000.00 ish.

scott_lithgows

In a few years time i,m looking at a 6k bill for implants,i,m planning to use credit cards at 0% for spending then balance transferring them to 0% bt cards till its all paid back.Sounds easy !!!

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iolanthe07 wrote: »

I had 16 teeth crowned at £240.00 each = £3,840.00. I negotiated down to £3000.00 ish.

how on earth did you come to need 16 crowns? i`m 52 and have only ever had 4,2 of those free on the nhs and the other 2 less than £50 each

dental1uk

bouncyd!!! wrote: »

Definately would not recommend having dental treatment abroad unless you are going to see a specialist for the treatment you are seeking. In that case there would be at least one visit to wherever first to discuss the treatment and the options, including payment.

IMO anyone who goes abroad for treatment without a preliminary visit first is totally mad. You pay upfront and then what if the facilities etc are second/third rate.

Definately advise you to carefully consider the procedure you are seeking, discuss with a professional in that field and perhaps more than one, to establish what your options are. Also do your research looking for positive and negative outcomes. Then when you are fully informed make your decision as to where the treatment will be carried out and by whom. In the months that it will take to do this, you can start saving.

hi this guy is struggling is get money together to have his teeth fixed why should he not go abroad to get them fixed he also gets a holiday plus 75% cheaper than UK at least he will get holiday and come home with change and a better job

Toothsmith

dental1uk wrote: »

hi this guy is struggling is get money together to have his teeth fixed why should he not go abroad to get them fixed he also gets a holiday plus 75% cheaper than UK at least he will get holiday and come home with change and a better job

But it isn't just a 'job to be done' is it? Unless all you're thinking of is the money to be earnt from it (Which, of course will be considerable if you're operating in a country with much lower overheads).

If you're thinking of the patient (rather than 'customer') as a whole, then you need to investigate why things have fallen to pieces in the first place, spend some time getting better habits and raising dental awareness, treating things in stages, and build up to full reconstruction.

Just bashing in implants into a patient who has no idea why his teeth fell to bits in the first place will only lead to that expensive reconstruction falling to bits too. Often leaving the patient much worse off than if a much more basic treatment (like dentures) was provided as the treatment of choice.

Quick fixes abroad are, in most cases, the very worst choice a poorly aware dental patient can make.