How much do you pay for hygienist?

[Bingowin]

My hygienist has put their prices up from £52 to £62. Seems a bit steep to me?

I'm in south east London. Just wondering if I can shop around.... do I need to be registered? I believe my hygienist is private so I wouldn't have thought it would be an issue?

How much are others paying?

Post COVID price is £72
Outside London

Think mine is around £60/£65 not sure off the top of my head, plus a £10 PPE surcharge. Home counties.

£45 Central Scotland I would expect it to go up during covid not that I've been.

£45 before this situation assuming more now.

I’m in the south east.

I am also in SE London and think your hygienist fee is quite reasonable.

I'm in SE and it was £55 before lockdown. I'm going next week and imagine it will be more to cover CV costs...

@Bingowin £35 per visit. If he can do the whole mouth in one visit then he will. I have gum disease so I sometimes have to have two visits so £70. This is South West.

Sounds about right then after all!

My dentist does this for me himself (full scale and polish, but has had to go back to manual methods as the ultrasonic scaler generates aerosols - a no no with Covid!) every three months along with a full check up. Total price for check up and hygiene combined is £45. (Scotland.)

£45. Cumbria.

Mine was £45 pre covid, now £62 to account for longer appointment time as they have to do everything manually. I'm near Reading.

£50 London suburbs. I don't go much even before Covid. Don't mind the cleaning but can't stand the patronising lecture with the teeth model. I'm 48 years old FFS, I'm not changing the way I clean my teeth!

You can buy the equipment and do it at home anyway. Hygienists are a rip off.

Mine was £40, has now gone up to £55. Midlands.

I have this, it's brilliant

£15 I think, or less. Scotland, NHS.

@bendmeoverbackwards- that's a very irresponsible and ill-informed thing to say. Dental instruments like scalers can cause damage to both hard and soft tissue in the mouth if used unsafely by someone who is not professionally trained.

The "patronising" routine is part of their role to help prevent oral disease. They're trying to help you. What would be the point if they didn't ? The professional cleaning they do is secondary to good hygiene performed daily at home.

Well maybe I'm lucky and have good teeth and a good cleaning and flossing routine.

£65 in the south, pre-Covid. God knows now, all my appointments have been cancelled.

£50, probably more now

Also not in London

North England-
£48 for 20 minutes

They have probably increased this since Covid.

£65

Ours is £53 for 40 minutes. It hasn’t gone up since Covid but at the moment it’s hand scaling only.
In North Yorkshire so £62 ok for London I think.

Mine's gone up to £93 post-covid. I think it was £60-something before.