Student Dental Charges

barjam_2

Karnam wrote:

yep they're right you need to fill in a health costs form. worth noting that it doesn't consider your parents income (unlike SLC) so if you earn more than 8,000 you will have to pay. once you get the form it lists everything you get free, so i can take mine to the dentist, the opticion etc etc it starts valid for one year.

if you earn over 8,000 a year as a f/t student.... can you tell me how?!

door supervisor job;)

hjb123

susiesue wrote:

you only get free treatment if your UNDER 19. so the day you reach 19 is the day you start paying. i think you can get help towards treatment i think not 100% sure its an AG1 form to claim towards costs.

You dont have to be UNDER 19 to get a HC2 certificate, I have just got one and I am 24, well 25 on sunday!

H

ACID

hi i filled a hc1 form a while back

its pretty useless unless you got dentist quite a bit, well it was for me anyway
checkups you need to pay for no matter what reason

the form just indicated that ot covered me for £210 onwards
which meant any checkup below £210 i would myself

and if it was over they would help me
im 22 and goign to uni if it helps

Teerah

muddyfox470 wrote:

i have the form with me, and if you have over £8000 in savings / bonds etc you cannot claim the money.

however confusingly i need to have a filling done but will be going away from the dentist and i only get back after my 19th birthday.

i rang up the dental practice to confirm details of whether i am still entitled to have free dental care as im 19 but still in full time education. the lady i spoke to had to find out from someone else, but she said that as i am still in full time education i wouldn't have to pay. but this goes against what all of u are saying, so it is now too late to have a dentists appointment before i turn 19 and it now seems like i will have to pay which is rather annoying!

ian

i was going to post a new thread about this but it is lucky taht someone beat me too it

If you had had your checkup before turning 19 you would have been able to have the treatment carried out for free after your birthday as long as you completed the course of treatment soon after. If you wait until after 19 you will have to pay or get your HC2 cert.

hjb123

ACID wrote:

hi i filled a hc1 form a while back

its pretty useless unless you got dentist quite a bit, well it was for me anyway
checkups you need to pay for no matter what reason

the form just indicated that ot covered me for £210 onwards
which meant any checkup below £210 i would myself

and if it was over they would help me
im 22 and goign to uni if it helps

It really depends on your income and savings as to how much you save, my current HC2 form says I am entitled to free prescriptions, sight tests etc and dont have to pay anything, however several years since when I last had a form I had to pay the first so much of the amount and then claim the rest.

muddyfox470

Teerah wrote:

If you had had your checkup before turning 19 you would have been able to have the treatment carried out for free after your birthday as long as you completed the course of treatment soon after. If you wait until after 19 you will have to pay or get your HC2 cert.

But i cant as i cannot go to my local surgery until after the term finishes as it isnt open weekends!

So if i get a HC2 certificate will it mean i can get the treatment free, despite having more than £8000 in savings?

Ian

Savvy_Sue

muddyfox470 wrote:

So if i get a HC2 certificate will it mean i can get the treatment free, despite having more than £8000 in savings?

From what I have seen other people post, no. You have to pay some of it (sorry can't remember how much but it's over £100, possibly over £200), and anything above that is free.

I don't remember whether the HC1 form asks about your savings, but if it does, I expect that you'd be above the limit.

Note that students don't automatically get an HC2 certificate.

Can your treatment wait until you go home for Christmas? If it can, why not make an appointment now for December?

mab

Apply for your certificate while you are at Uni, otherwise they take into account that your parents provide for you in the holidays. This happened to my son. He reapplied and can get free prescriptions etc. now. Unfortunately there are no NHS dentists at home or away so he is registered with private dentist and has to pay for this.

MUHAMID

Thanks FOR YOUR ADVISE.

lara1983

Just to clarify this discussion.....

1) If you're under 19 and in full time education, don't worry, your dental costs are free.

2) If you're 19+ and in full time education, get yourself an HC2 form and give it a crack, I think most students without very exceptional circumstances (i.e. masses of savings, a virtually full-time job) will qualify. It also depends how honest you are about savings. It seems silly to me that if you go and buy an 8k car tomorrow with them, then apply, you might find you could get more help than someone who saves the money in a bank instead!

3) They don't cover the cost of the check-up (which is usually approx. £10) but they DO cover any work (like fillings etc) UNLESS they are white fillings, in which they're classed as cosmetic and therefore private dentistry (even if carried out in an NHS dentist's)

4) The best bit is for contact lense/glasses wearers. I get about £50 by having this certificate, which seems worth it for filling in an easily available form.

5) Don't stress too much about the specific amounts (eg savings etc), because you don't always know to the penny and I doubt they bother to check.

6) If you have an appointment booked at a time which is after you're 19 but before you have the certificate, keep the receipt because the form allows you to claim retrospectively too!

Hope this clarifies, it is complicated (and do correct me if I'm wrong!)