Dental Treatment on NHS

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I wasn't sure where to post this as I couldn’t find a relevant section. My partner has just been to the dentist and charged £200 for a clean up on his teeth. I think he is with a private dentist currently, he only registered a year or so ago. He is self-employed and doesn’t earn a lot but has never claimed any benefits.
Shouldn’t he be entitled to NHS dental treatment? I have recently had root canal treatment but as I am with an NHS registered dentist it only cost me £49, rather than the hundreds it would have cost going private.

I have tried researching online but cannot understand the ruling. I work full-time, do not claim benefits but am registered as NHS, so I can’t see why he shouldn’t be entitled to it either!

marliepanda

Did he go to a NHS dentist? (or is he registred as one of the private dentists NHS patients)

You can't get NHS treatment from a private dentist (unless they also take on NHS patients and you are registered as one of those, they usually take on a percentage NHS and mostly private, with limited places for NHS)

Everyone can have a NHS dentist. I do, and I work full time. But you have to find one to register with, and wait longer than a private dentist.

McKneff

When he registered, did he actually register as an NHS patient.


If not, he is being treated privately and being charged accordingly, he needs to speak to the dental practice again. If they don't accept NHS patients, find one that does.


My last clean up cost me about £18.....

teddysmum

The charges and treatments included in each band are listed here.


http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/AboutNHSservices/dentists/Pages/nhs-dental-charges.aspx


The third band is off-putting if you only need one tooth treated, as the price covers any number. I need a crown but am unwilling to pay over £200 when it is only guaranteed for one year or one replacement within that year. The same is true for fillings. (I had a filling fall out within two weeks, had it replaced, but was told that, should it fail again, I'd have to pay the full amount.)

Mrs_Soup

Anyone can get NHS treatment but only with a dentist who accepts NHS patients and a lot of them don't these days. Some will have long waiting lists to register. Suggest he goes to your dentist who presumably does take NHS patients.