Dentist Visit - Need A Crown

shebanjoed

I am an NHS patient registered at a private dentist practice. Cracked my tooth and have been told I need a crown. I felt like I was getting a sales pitch for a crown that is £370 and the alternative is a metal crown for £78. The dentist said the metal one will look awful and I'll hate it.

This is the first time I've met this dentist so I'm not sure if it is a sales pitch or whether I can trust his advice.

I'm sceptical whether anyone will see the tooth - its the bottom tooth at the back.

Can anyone advise?

pinkcandyflossprincess

your quote for a proper crown was cheaper than the £500 we had quoted for my daughter. we settled for the free gold option as quite frankly i dont have 500 at the moment. tbh as its at the back you cant see it . Ive told her she can get it changed when she gets a job but she happy with the tooth now and its not in your face obvious ....

coldstreamalways

Are you in England? £78 is not an NHS charge in England so I'm curious.

xyellowx

would be more concerned it not moving once fitted mines been done twice already and needs a third go at it

i was expecting to pay around 300-400 so 500 sounds a bit steep to me

best of luck

Gloomendoom

£500 sounds about right to me if you want a good one.

If the tooth is at the bottom at the back and you don't mind the colour, then insist on the NHS option.

Hermia

I got a metal NHS crown recently as I couldn't afford a private one (although mine was more than you paid as it was a band 3 treatment). It's towards the back of my mouth and it's fine. You can only notice it if I open my mouth really wide, but I don't generally walk around like that!

brook2jack

Done well the only difference between a metal and a White crown is looks and marginally less tooth needs drilling away for a metal crown.

Some people are desperate for White fillings/crowns and it doesn't matter for others.

I assume youre in Scotland or NI where they still charge per item of treatment rather than bands as in England and Wales, which is what's confusing other posters.

shebanjoed

Yes, in Scotland, should have said. Sounds like it will not make a difference as the tooth is at the back. Have been grinning into a mirror like a madwoman to see if it would be noticeable - and I don't think my natural grin is actually that wide

Vikki_74

As it's at the back, I'd go for the cheaper gold option. I had one put in a couple of years ago (second tooth from the back, top jaw) and was paranoid you'd be able to see it but you really can't unless I stretch out the corners of my mouth Wallace and Grommit style

I had a really lovely dentist at the time who was very honest about the different options. He didn't try to push me towards the white/ceramic non-NHS version at all even though he could have done it and made more money - his opinion was that the gold is actually a bit harder wearing so I shouldn't waste my money on the more expensive version.