Dentistry with NHS exemption.

Louk

I fell at work today and managed to chip off the bottom of one of my top front teeth.

Will treatment, I'm not sure what but guessing veneers or crowns, be covered by my NHS exemption card?

FRESTER

Crowns defiantly are.
I just had one on a exemption card

ilikewatch

If you're talking about the medical exemption card then it doesn't cover any dentistry - this is frequently misunderstood, even by dental surgeries who sometimes waive the charges incorrectly.

See page 2, about 2/3 of the way down on the left: http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=prescription+exemption+dentist&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB0QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nhsbsa.nhs.uk%2FDocuments%2FArchivePDF%2FNHS_dental_charges.pdf&ei=DfQ7VYLWE4jqaIe0gJgI&usg=AFQjCNEcoJXOPIhiAWtyGQ77ffDWswUfOw&sig2=M92VVX_Fog26HlWRHbzOKA

[Deleted User]

The card sent if you qualify from getting tax credits does exempt from dentist costs. http://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/1040.aspx

Owain_Moneysaver

if it's just a chip then the dentist will probably just offer a filling, no need for a veneer or crown.

[Deleted User]

ilikewatch wrote: »

If you're talking about the medical exemption card then it doesn't cover any dentistry - this is frequently misunderstood, even by dental surgeries who sometimes waive the charges incorrectly.

See page 2, about 2/3 of the way down on the left: http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=prescription+exemption+dentist&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB0QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nhsbsa.nhs.uk%2FDocuments%2FArchivePDF%2FNHS_dental_charges.pdf&ei=DfQ7VYLWE4jqaIe0gJgI&usg=AFQjCNEcoJXOPIhiAWtyGQ77ffDWswUfOw&sig2=M92VVX_Fog26HlWRHbzOKA

An NHS medical exemption card is a completely different thing to a tax credits exemption card.

I have a medical exemption card due to having epilepsy and requiring anti convulsants. It gets all my prescriptions, not just the epilepsy meds free. Has nowt to do with dentistry.

Where as the tax credit exemption card http://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/1040.aspx provides

• Free NHS prescriptions
• Free NHS dental treatment
• Free NHS sight tests
• Help towards the cost of glasses and contact lenses
• Free NHS wigs and fabric supports
• A refund of necessary costs of travel for NHS treatment.

If you look at page 1, right hand side of the same document you posted you will see it confirmed there. http://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/Documents/ArchivePDF/NHS_dental_charges.pdf

The patient is entitled to full help with the charge if, on the
date of acceptance or the date the charge was made, they
or their partner are receiving:
Income Support
Pension Credit Guarantee Credit
Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
Tax Credits and meet qualifying conditions (where the
qualifying conditions are met the patient should have
been issued with a
NHS Tax Credit Exemption
Certificate

ilikewatch

_shel wrote: »

An NHS medical exemption card is a completely different thing to a tax credits exemption card.

I have a medical exemption card due to having epilepsy and requiring anti convulsants. It gets all my prescriptions, not just the epilepsy meds free. Has nowt to do with dentistry.

Where as the tax credit exemption card http://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/1040.aspx provides

• Free NHS prescriptions
• Free NHS dental treatment
• Free NHS sight tests
• Help towards the cost of glasses and contact lenses
• Free NHS wigs and fabric supports
• A refund of necessary costs of travel for NHS treatment.

If you look at page 1, right hand side of the same document you posted you will see it confirmed there. http://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/Documents/ArchivePDF/NHS_dental_charges.pdf

The patient is entitled to full help with the charge if, on the
date of acceptance or the date the charge was made, they
or their partner are receiving:
Income Support
Pension Credit Guarantee Credit
Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
Tax Credits and meet qualifying conditions (where the
qualifying conditions are met the patient should have
been issued with a
NHS Tax Credit Exemption
Certificate

Yes, I know, but as OP hasn't specified what type of exemption card they hold I thought it might be worth pointing out that a medical exemption card doesn't qualify the bearer to free dentistry.

[Deleted User]

I currently have a tax credit card and go to the dentist for free every 6 months.
I have never had any problems with my teeth, am in my 30s and have had no fillings, except the one on my front tooth when I chipped it once with a fork. This was covered using the tax credit card for free. Not sure about crowns or veneers, but a small chip (even if it looks bad) can be fixed with a white filling.
Hope this helps x

Louk

Just to add some resolution to this post, I went to my dentist today and was given a composite filling. I chose to go NHS as the colour they had was a good match and it was covered by tax credit exemption.

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