Dentists and unemployment . A question

teddysmum

The top NHS dental charge will cover up to such as crowns, bridges and dentures, but will not finance cosmetic procedures such as veneers, colour matched fillings or implants.

TELLIT01

paragon909 wrote: »

If you have to much cash in your bank, Why you expecting the government to pay for your dental treatment! Go see a private dentist and pay yourself.

PIP and ESA are sickness and disability benefits people get if they can't work because of an illness, or get if they are disabled and have mobility and require extra care.

paragon909 wrote: »

If you have more than 6k in Savings in the bank you need to declare this to DWP and they will deductions to your claim, If you have over 16k. You're not entitled to state benefits.

As seems to be the norm, paragon is letting personal bile against anybody who has tried to look after themselves get in the way of providing accurate information. Best advice is to ignore what they post!

If you have an illness / incapacity for which your GP will issue a medical certificate (now known as a Fit Note) you will be able to make a claim for ESA (Employment & Support Allowance). From what you say of your employment history it's likely that you will qualify for Contribution Based benefit which disregards all savings. Even under the rules of Income Related benefit, monies received from the sale of a property can be disregarded for a period of at least 6 months if that money is intended for the purchase of another property.
Having paid for dental treatment in the past does not preclude you from having NHS treatment now or in the future. We are fortunate in my area in that there are a number of good NHS dentists who have set up recently. Money in the bank is not a factor in using NHS dentists as access is not means tested. You will have to pay for treatment but it is much, much cheaper than private. As an example, my wife used to pay approximately £100 for her annual check up at a private dentist, plus cost of any fillings etc. NHS is roughly £40 including fillings!

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paragon909 wrote: »

If you have to much cash in your bank, Why you expecting the government to pay for your dental treatment! Go see a private dentist and pay yourself.

PIP and ESA are sickness and disability benefits people get if they can't work because of an illness, or get if they are disabled and have mobility and require extra care.

Everybody is entitled to nhs dental treatment (and rightly so) OP there a 3 bands of cost for nhs dental treatment they are approx £17 (check up) £55 (check up and fillings) and £210 maximum charge regardless of how much work.
The best way to find an nhs dentist who will take you on is to sit down with a phone book and start phoning them, they regularly kick people off their list.

Tommo1980

Try here:

http://www.nhs.uk/Service-Search/Dentists/LocationSearch/3

I found my dentist this way. Includes reviews and whether a practice is taking on NHS patients.

The dentist I choose offers a full online service for registration and bookings.

Tom

Stoodles

If you are considering claiming Contributions based ESA you should do it now rather than waiting, as your entitlement will run out after a period of not working.

If you make the claim and then find you recover well enough from your various conditions you can cancel it and return to work or move to JSA. If you don't claim, and then find you don't recover, you may be stuck.