Dentist's band 1 and band 2

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jackieblack wrote: »

https://www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/dental-health/how-much-will-i-pay-for-nhs-dental-treatment/

Band 1: £22.70

Covers an examination, diagnosis and advice. If necessary, it also includes X-rays, a scale and polish, and planning for further treatment.



Emergency or urgent treatment

If you require urgent care, you'll pay a Band 1 charge of £22.70.

Most urgent treatments can be done in one appointment.

Once your urgent course of treatment is complete, you may be advised to make another appointment for a separate course of non-urgent treatment.

In this case, the relevant NHS banding charge will apply.

So if you attend for urgent treatment where a follow up appointment is needed to complete that is band 2 then you should only pay the difference between band 1 and 2 at the second appointment as it is part of the same treatment plan, albeit instigated as an emergency.


It was implied earlier that an emergency appointment is a one off stand alone appointment that cannot be treated as part of a plan so needs to be paid for separately. The above wording says different

brook2jack

Band four emergency treatment is a stand alone treatment . It has a charge the same as band one , and is only to urgently rectify a situation in which otherwise dental health may deteriorate. So eg a filling , an extraction , cementing a crown back on , a temporary filling etc may be done but if there is other treatment that needs to be done then that course of emergency treatment is signed off and the patient reappointed for a check up and a new course of treatment opened. The

If you return for a check up etc then that is a new course of treatment with its own band one etc charge.

The wording above is clear , if you return it will be under a new course of treatment.