Whats the differance between a NHS dentist and a private one.My sons tried to register at various surgarys but so far only one will take him on as a private patient.
RE: Money.. <table class="3dclear" bordercolor="#cc3300" cellspacing="0" width="510" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="1" dwcopytype="CopyTableRow" td=""><tbody><form action="http://www.whatprice.co.uk/cgi-bin/cgiemail/template" method="post"><tr><td class="table" align="center">Apiectomy</td><td class="table" align="center">NHS</td><td class="table" align="center">£115</td><td class="table" align="center">£150</td><td class="table" align="center">£185</td><td class="table" align="center">2</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="table" align="center">Apiectomy</td><td class="table" align="center">Private</td><td class="table" align="center">£351</td><td class="table" align="center">£457</td><td class="table" align="center">£564</td><td class="table" align="center">7</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="table" align="center">Braces</td><td class="table" align="center">NHS</td><td class="table" align="center">£349</td><td class="table" align="center">£376</td><td class="table" align="center">£403</td><td class="table" align="center">95</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="table" align="center">Braces</td><td class="table" align="center">Private</td><td class="table" align="center">£744</td><td class="table" align="center">£848</td><td class="table" align="center">£952</td><td class="table" align="center">57</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="table" align="center">Bridge</td><td class="table" align="center">NHS</td><td class="table" align="center">£449</td><td class="table" align="center">£502</td><td class="table" align="center">£556</td><td class="table" align="center">59</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="table" align="center">Bridge</td><td class="table" align="center">Private</td><td class="table" align="center">£869</td><td class="table" align="center">£968</td><td class="table" align="center">£1,067</td><td class="table" align="center">59</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="table" align="center">Dental Crown</td><td class="table" align="center">NHS</td><td class="table" align="center">£215</td><td class="table" align="center">£226</td><td class="table" align="center">£237</td><td class="table" align="center">189</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="table" align="center">Dental Crown</td><td class="table" align="center">Private</td><td class="table" align="center">£400</td><td class="table" align="center">£421</td><td class="table" align="center">£442</td><td class="table" align="center">170</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="table" align="center">Dental Examination</td><td class="table" align="center">NHS</td><td class="table" align="center">£25</td><td class="table" align="center">£32</td><td class="table" align="center">£38</td><td class="table" align="center">51</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="table" align="center">Dental Examination</td><td class="table" align="center">Private</td><td class="table" align="center">£42</td><td class="table" align="center">£45</td><td class="table" align="center">£48</td><td class="table" align="center">66</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="table" align="center">Dentures</td><td class="table" align="center">NHS</td><td class="table" align="center">£281</td><td class="table" align="center">£300</td><td class="table" align="center">£319</td><td class="table" align="center">67</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="table" align="center">Dentures</td><td class="table" align="center">Private</td><td class="table" align="center">£494</td><td class="table" align="center">£544</td><td class="table" align="center">£594</td><td class="table" align="center">72</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="table" align="center">Hygiene Clean</td><td class="table" align="center">NHS</td><td class="table" align="center">£29</td><td class="table" align="center">£34</td><td class="table" align="center">£39</td><td class="table" align="center">19</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="table" align="center">Hygiene Clean</td><td class="table" align="center">Private</td><td class="table" align="center">£56</td><td class="table" align="center">£72</td><td class="table" align="center">£89</td><td class="table" align="center">32</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="table" align="center">Implants</td><td class="table" align="center">NHS</td><td class="table" align="center">£600</td><td class="table" align="center">£658</td><td class="table" align="center">£716</td><td class="table" align="center">65</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="table" align="center">Implants</td><td class="table" align="center">Private</td><td class="table" align="center">£720</td><td class="table" align="center">£852</td><td class="table" align="center">£983</td><td class="table" align="center">40</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="table" align="center">Inlay</td><td class="table" align="center">NHS</td><td class="table" align="center">£410</td><td class="table" align="center">£410</td><td class="table" align="center">£410</td><td class="table" align="center">1</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="table" align="center">Large tooth filling</td><td class="table" align="center">NHS</td><td class="table" align="center">£68</td><td class="table" align="center">£73</td><td class="table" align="center">£78</td><td class="table" align="center">98</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="table" align="center">Large tooth filling</td><td class="table" align="center">Private</td><td class="table" align="center">£111</td><td class="table" align="center">£129</td><td class="table" align="center">£148</td><td class="table" align="center">89</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="table" align="center">Other</td><td class="table" align="center">NHS</td><td class="table" align="center">£94</td><td class="table" align="center">£163</td><td class="table" align="center">£233</td><td class="table" align="center">16</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="table" align="center">Other</td><td class="table" align="center">Private</td><td class="table" align="center">£135</td><td class="table" align="center">£165</td><td class="table" align="center">£195</td><td class="table" align="center">29</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="table" align="center">Root canal</td><td class="table" align="center">NHS</td><td class="table" align="center">£142</td><td class="table" align="center">£152</td><td class="table" align="center">£162</td><td class="table" align="center">96</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="table" align="center">Root canal</td><td class="table" align="center">Private</td><td class="table" align="center">£311</td><td class="table" align="center">£330</td><td class="table" align="center">£349</td><td class="table" align="center">102</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="table" align="center">Sedated tooth removal</td><td class="table" align="center">NHS</td><td class="table" align="center">£105</td><td class="table" align="center">£121</td><td class="table" align="center">£136</td><td class="table" align="center">38</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="table" align="center">Sedated tooth removal</td><td class="table" align="center">Private</td><td class="table" align="center">£169</td><td class="table" align="center">£205</td><td class="table" align="center">£241</td><td class="table" align="center">39</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="table" align="center">Sedation</td><td class="table" align="center">NHS</td><td class="table" align="center">£200</td><td class="table" align="center">£200</td><td class="table" align="center">£200</td><td class="table" align="center">1</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="table" align="center">Small tooth filling</td><td class="table" align="center">NHS</td><td class="table" align="center">£46</td><td class="table" align="center">£49</td><td class="table" align="center">£53</td><td class="table" align="center">63</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="table" align="center">Small tooth filling</td><td class="table" align="center">Private</td><td class="table" align="center">£69</td><td class="table" align="center">£76</td><td class="table" align="center">£82</td><td class="table" align="center">52</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="table" align="center">Splint</td><td class="table" align="center">NHS</td><td class="table" align="center">£200</td><td class="table" align="center">£200</td><td class="table" align="center">£200</td><td class="table" align="center">1</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="table" align="center">Teeth Impressions</td><td class="table" align="center">NHS</td><td class="table" align="center">£75</td><td class="table" align="center">£75</td><td class="table" align="center">£75</td><td class="table" align="center">1</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="table" align="center">Tooth Extraction</td><td class="table" align="center">NHS</td><td class="table" align="center">£51</td><td class="table" align="center">£68</td><td class="table" align="center">£85</td><td class="table" align="center">7</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="table" align="center">Tooth Extraction</td><td class="table" align="center">Private</td><td class="table" align="center">£68</td><td class="table" align="center">£91</td><td class="table" align="center">£115</td><td class="table" align="center">8</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="table" align="center">Tooth Scale and Polish</td><td class="table" align="center">NHS</td><td class="table" align="center">£27</td><td class="table" align="center">£52</td><td class="table" align="center">£76</td><td class="table" align="center">19</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="table" align="center">Tooth Scale and Polish</td><td class="table" align="center">Private</td><td class="table" align="center">£70</td><td class="table" align="center">£100</td><td class="table" align="center">£130</td><td class="table" align="center">19</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="table" align="center">Veneer</td><td class="table" align="center">NHS</td><td class="table" align="center">£301</td><td class="table" align="center">£332</td><td class="table" align="center">£363</td><td class="table" align="center">61</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="table" align="center">Veneer</td><td class="table" align="center">Private</td><td class="table" align="center">£566</td><td class="table" align="center">£661</td><td class="table" align="center">£755</td><td class="table" align="center">71</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="table" align="center">Whitening</td><td class="table" align="center">NHS</td><td class="table" align="center">£239</td><td class="table" align="center">£267</td><td class="table" align="center">£295</td><td class="table" align="center">54</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="table" align="center">Whitening</td><td class="table" align="center">Private</td><td class="table" align="center">£329</td><td class="table" align="center">£355</td><td class="table" align="center">£382</td><td class="table" align="center">52</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="table" align="center">Wisdom tooth extraction</td><td class="table" align="center">NHS</td><td class="table" align="center">£111</td><td class="table" align="center">£130</td><td class="table" align="center">£148</td><td class="table" align="center">50</td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td class="table" align="center">Wisdom tooth extraction</td><td class="table" align="center">Private</td><td class="table" align="center">£242</td><td class="table" align="center">£279</td><td class="table" align="center">£317</td><td class="table" align="center">65</td></tr></form></tbody></table>
RE: Money.. Goodness knows where that list came from. None of what appear to be listed as NHS prices are even close. NHS prices are the same in any practice you go to nationwide as they are set by the government. As for private prices, there is no set scale like there is on the NHS. It is up to the practice to price things up realistically for their catchment area. Shop around - ring every practice in the phone book and ask them to send you a price list. At the moment, with the amount of uncertainty around the future of NHS dental services after 1st April, not many are taking new NHS patients for now. However, here are the fees up to 1st April: http://www.oxfordshire.nhs.uk/documents/dentalfees.pdf and after: http://www.nhs.uk/England/Dentists/DentalCharges.cmsx
Yeah i like him but i dont agree with this going private lark i think its going to mean a lot of people going without unless they can finf a NHS dentist which wont be easy .
Talking of dentists.... Did anyone ever have the dis-pleasure to experience the one in Stairfoot? His name escapes me, probably on account of how the twit butchered mi gob when i was a youth. It was on the main drag - a big detached double-fronted building?
Trust me - Andy Sharp had no choice in that. Under the new contract for NHS dentists (starts 1st April), dental services are commissioned by local health authorites. This has never been the case before. What this means is that practices now have to negotiate a contract with a body who have never commissioned dental services before and, being frank, often haven't the first clue how to go about it. In the case of Andrew Sharp, his practice does a lot of work under sedation for nervous patients. He is very good - I work in Leeds and have referred a few to him. Unfortunately, despite the fact the parliamentary white paper on which the contract is based states that there should be funding available for this, Barnsley Primary Care Trust (PCT) have made the very generous offer of £0 for his sedation services. However, they are setting a minimum target of 1200 sedations per year on his standard contract. Unfortunately the new contract gives PCT's the power to impose such restrictive terms on practices. Practices, meanwhile, have only two choices under the new "deal" - accept whatever the PCT offer, or opt out of the NHS altogether. Our practice in Leeds has been offered a scarcely acceptable contract, which we are going to try. But if I were in Andy Sharp's shoes, I would have done exactly what he has, as would anyone else in their right mind.
RE: Trust me - Andy Sharp had no choice in that. yeh and i'm one of those nervous ones, when i had my gold crown fitted, i said knock me out or no deal.. within seconds i woke up the next day.... on 3 occasions..
RE: Talking of dentists.... I had the pleasure of the old Barsteward pulling a wisdom tooth with his knee in my chest I think his name was Chrighton
Sharp wouldn't dare let him near my mouth. would also hate to think that he was going near my daughter. gives me the creeps.
That Twot did me for years Never went near another dentist unless I had to took over 20 years for me to trust another. Regular attender these days but your post brought it all back........
