You can combine NHS dentistry with private dentistry

Legacy_user

Dentist said I needed 6 fillings and one tooth was particularly bad and done on the NHS would be a band 3 treatment of £2hundredand something

Or privately £110 per tooth, totaling £660

I asked if I could have 1 tooth private and the rest on NHS band 2, he said yes, paid £160-170

Toothsmith

A band 3 NHS treatment involves providing either a crown or a denture - something made in a dental lab. So in your case I'm assuming you were told one tooth would need a crown? Just being a 'big' filling, or even a root filling + filling wouldn't tip a tooth over into band 3.

So - if it were one tooth needing crowning and 5 needing filling, then it would be £240ish on the NHS (In England)

If it were just 6 teeth needing filling (of any size) then it would all be included in the Band 2 £50 odd quid charge.

If you've paid £50 NHS fee for 5 fillings and £110-120 for a private crown - then you've had bargin on the century. A private crown would usually start at £250 and go up to double or even triple that depending on type and material

System

I'm not entirely sure what it was on that 1 tooth but could've been, maybe its the poor town I'm in

System