[Misc] Dental subscriptions

[Icy Gull]

Anyone else getting dry humped on this?

Total of £761 for a years subscription for two. Includes two hygienist and two check ups. 1/3 reduction on rates for any treatment required.

We are being shafted aren’t we? i wonder how much that has to be being old

 

[Rogero]

Blimey . That’s alot

 

[Icy Gull]

Blimey . That’s alot

No shit Sherlock


I work on the basis that I’d spend that on my cars over a year so why not on our well being

Not interested in discussing health cover

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

I don't think that's too bad tbh. I recently paid £410 for one molar filling (I chose the cheaper option, the top end filling was £890). Appreciate your policy doesn't cover all of that cost, but with hygienist visits and xrays I'm already closing on £650 so far this year.

 

[METALMICKY]

No shit Sherlock


I work on the basis that I’d spend that on my cars over a year so why not on our well being

Not interested in discussing health cover

Wow! Unless sadly you are prone to dental issues you really paying way too much. I wholly appreciate that the key issue may be actually getting an NHS dentist which is tricky. However, even if you are resigned to going privately I would shop around a little and just pay for treatment as and when necessary including a yearly check up. As backgrounds you may wish to read this :

Average Cost Of Private Dental Treatment In The UK

In this article, we look at the benefits of private dental treatment and what you can expect to pay in cities across the UK.

www.mytribeinsurance.co.uk

If you are really lucky and manage to get an NHS dentist you need to be also wary of the ' periodontal' sharp practice whereby they insist that you can only have the hygienist appt privately outside the scope of the banded NHS treatment set fee. This is only true IF you are having the hygienist for purely cosmetic reasons. If the dentist states that you need the hygiene appt as a clinical necessity then they are obliged to treat you under Band 1 ( basic scale & Polish) or band 2 if more extensive periodontal treatment required. The NHS contract states that in providing NHS treatment they must render you dentally fit and they cannot be selective and insist you have the hygienist privately just because they don't think the NHS fee is not enough.

 

[Nixonator]

Anyone else getting dry humped on this?

Total of £761 for a years subscription for two. Includes two hygienist and two check ups. 1/3 reduction on rates for any treatment required.

We are being shafted aren’t we? i wonder how much that has to be being old

Two each or two total?

One hygienist appointment is circa £70.
One checkup is usually between £50-65.

That totals £250~ if total in which case you are definitely being shafted.
£500~ if you get 2 appointments for both each.

Then it depends on how much treatment you have on average throughout a typical year.

Even if you had a couple of fillings (£120~) each that is only going to see a £160 saving.

So I would say it seems steep and unnecessary unless you are going down the road of implants... but I have a feeling written in very tiny writing you won't get your 1/3 off for stuff like that as well as orthodontic treatments.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

One hygienist appointment is circa £70.
One checkup is usually between £50-65.

WTF ??!!??!! No wonder less than 50% of the population bother going to a dentist. Time to expand NHS dentistry and make routine stuff, i.e. non cosmetic, free as the NHS is meant to be.

 

[Icy Gull]

Two each or two total?

One hygienist appointment is circa £70.
One checkup is usually between £50-65.

That totals £250~ if total in which case you are definitely being shafted.
£500~ if you get 2 appointments for both each.

Then it depends on how much treatment you have on average throughout a typical year.

Even if you had a couple of fillings (£120~) each that is only going to see a £160 saving.

So I would say it seems steep and unnecessary unless you are going down the road of implants... but I have a feeling written in very tiny writing you won't get your 1/3 off for stuff like that as well as orthodontic treatments.

I had two crowns last year, around £800 plus each from memory so I paid £600 each with the discount!

Two appointments each btw

Our dentist stopped taking NHS clients after covid. I was already private but my wife got shafted having to change from NHS to private

 

[BNthree]

Anyone else getting dry humped on this?

Total of £761 for a years subscription for two. Includes two hygienist and two check ups. 1/3 reduction on rates for any treatment required.

We are being shafted aren’t we? i wonder how much that has to be being old

Was just looking into dental plans last week. Most I saw were a lot cheaper than £31 a month a person.

 

[Icy Gull]

Two each or two total?

One hygienist appointment is circa £70.
One checkup is usually between £50-65.

That totals £250~ if total in which case you are definitely being shafted.
£500~ if you get 2 appointments for both each.

Then it depends on how much treatment you have on average throughout a typical year.

Even if you had a couple of fillings (£120~) each that is only going to see a £160 saving.

So I would say it seems steep and unnecessary unless you are going down the road of implants... but I have a feeling written in very tiny writing you won't get your 1/3 off for stuff like that as well as orthodontic treatments.

Implants are not included, luckily never needed one of those!

I do have decent looking teeth for an old codger, if I say so myself

I see so many older and considerably richer people than me with shit yellow teeth, often with missing teeth and black marks. Fear of dentists may have quite a bit to do with this? The film Marathon Man put me off dentists for years

I guess I know we’re over paying but accepting of it

 

[Washboard Didgets]

I've been going to an NHS dentist in Uckfield for over 10 years, had a call last week to say my dentist is going private only and they don't have any NHS dentists left.

Looking at £70 for a basic checkup.

Looked online and there are no dentists taking on NHS patients anywhere as far as I can see. Does feel like NHS Dentistry is being phased out, the dentist my wife goes to on NHS said they haven't taken on new patients for over 10 years. Bearing in mind there must be a churn of patients dying or moving away in that time they clearly have no interest in doing NHS work and are basically winding it down.

 

[BNthree]

I've been registered at the same dentist practise for over 20 years. They recently told me my dentist left and the replacement isn't taking NHS bookings. How is that even possible? Surely that is the point of being registered with them?

 

[vegster]

The NHS dental service is collapsing. As ever, its all down to money. Dentist's can't make any income on what the NHS pays. Just add this to the Thames water debacle, our collapsing roads, failure of Mental Health services, schools falling down etc etc.

Edit : There will be another Tory Austerity induced crisis coming soon !

 

[Eeyore]

If it's any help. The South Cliffe dental group were taking on NHS and there is a family dentist practice in Woodingdean.

I think there was one in Chailey too.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

The NHS dental service is collapsing. As ever, its all down to money. Dentist's can't make any income on what the NHS pays. Just add this to the Thames water debacle, our collapsing roads, failure of Mental Health services, schools falling down etc etc.

Edit : There will be another Tory Austerity induced crisis coming soon !

I don't claim to be an expert and the data below is a few years old, but NHS dentistry started to fall away under Labour when they forced a new contract on all dentists. I got kicked out of my dentist at that point and have never gone to see another dentist since. Anyway, from a few years ago but I don't think dentists can complain of being hard up :

 

[Sussexscots]

I pay £40 a month for Denplan. Two comprehensive check ups, four hygienist appts a year and all routine treatment covered.

I was hugely dental phobic after some pretty grim experiences in my teens in the 70's and didn't go for over 25 years. Now I'm totally relaxed about it and the care and treatment I've received has been first rate. On that basis, I'm ok with the cost as I feel I'm receiving proper preventive dentistry. And I suppose I'm narcissistic enough to be glad that my teeth look decent when I smile.

My wife still sees an NHS dentist that she's happy with but appointments seem to be like gold dust; when she broke a tooth last year it took almost two months to get it fixed.

 

[vegster]

I don't claim to be an expert and the data below is a few years old, but NHS dentistry started to fall away under Labour when they forced a new contract on all dentists. I got kicked out of my dentist at that point and have never gone to see another dentist since. Anyway, from a few years ago but I don't think dentists can complain of being hard up :

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In which case they are then being greedy...if all you are left with as a choice is Private dentistry then they all make more.....I recently had a hearing test and it turns out I need hearing aids... was asked if I wanted private or NHS hearing aids so I said NHS as they would cost about a months wages each....my next appointment in the process is early August.....obviously, if if I had gone for the private ones I prob would have got them by now!

 

[pearl]

I've been registered at the same dentist practise for over 20 years. They recently told me my dentist left and the replacement isn't taking NHS bookings. How is that even possible? Surely that is the point of being registered with them?

Yeah that happened to a friend of mine.
It doesn't make sense at all. I had an NHS dentist, but 'cos I didn't keep up 6mthly checkups etc. They struck me off!

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Obviously this wouldn’t happen in Germany.

 

[Bakero]

Get a cheap flight to Spain and go to the dentist. Good quality and much cheaper. I'm sure you could find an English speaking dentist too. Added bonus of a mini break and all in would probably be cheaper than what you pay now