Can you help me with an evaluation of normal dental charges.

I don’t have much dental work fortunately so I’m not exactly in touch with treatment costs, having had a check up this morning and being advised that two fillings need patching up / replacing I’m looking at a bill for £160.

This is a private practice as opposed to NHS, so any comparison appreciated.

I have a brilliant NHS dentist who would charge you £49 inclusive of both’ unless you want white fillings then they are £59 each.

I’ve just spent £400+ on my mouth, part of which was old grey fillings taken out and white ones in their place, well worth it.

£160 for two sounds reasonable value, you can pay a lot more.

@KingTut – I had some of the earliest white fillings and all have failed causing more problems, they last 10 years max even these days. I have gone back to grey ones when a filling is necessary. Living in Surrey it’s virtually impossible to find an NHS dentist who will take you, the service has been effectively privatized here.

private – about £90 a filling, ditto remark about lack of nhs options.

Another reason to move to Edinburgh. I can think of 4 dentists who are taking on NHS patients at present.

Depends also on where you live, as our costs have gone down moving from home counties to Scottish Borders.

NHS Prices…

http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/AboutNHSservices/dentists/Pages/nhs-dental-charges.aspx

OP – I pay roughly the same as you.

just had a single filling done privately @ £60 (+checkup about £25…+hygenist about same)…think I paid about £600 for a crown 😯
p.s. this was in a small town with an over supply of dentists

So privately my £160 appears OK.

NHS charging structure would be £65.50, 40% of the private charge.

I will have to look at the availablility of NHS dentists round here, that’s £95 difference I would rather spend on something else.

Check up and hygenist last week at a private practice cost me £100.

I had my crown “glued” back in about a year ago and that cost £44. A new crown would be £600. I need to find an NHS dentist

Sounds reasonable for private. I live in the Netherlands and have recently had two filings done here for around 300 Euros. This then lead to needing root canal, which then lead to the tooth breaking and needing extraction, which all added up to a four figure hole in my bank balance! I miss the NHS!