Dental fees

[Kitkat05]

£35 to fill up one hole in tooth. Family friends daughter has 3 holes and they have said she will need to pay for each. Its private. Is this standard? Found it expensive?

Yep it's really cheap
I haven't been to the dentist since before lockdown, simply cannot afford it,work full time, don't smoke or drink , have the latest phone ect but paying for dental treatment is out of my reach, I know I'll have to go at some point but it's unrealistic for many people, especially for fillings etc

Dentistry has been artificially cheap in the U.K. for too long thanks to the NHS.
Dentists are highly trained professional people but if you see a dentist you aren’t only paying them but their nurse and receptionist. Materials, supplies, PPE, chair etc, heat, light, indemnity- all adds up.
So a private dentist needs to be billing around £300 per hour to cover these overheads. That doesn’t mean they earn £300 per hour but a fraction of that.
How long would a filling take? 20-30 minutes at least. Say hello, check medical history, numb and wait for it to work, do the treatment. So a filling would normally cost £100-150.
Where I work we do private kids for half the adult price as a goodwill gesture so expect to pay £50-75 for a child filling.
NHS dentistry won’t be around much longer imo. Look after your teeth and take out insurance.

I paid £225 yesterday for a filing, it did take an hour.

I’m in this situation. I’m actually registered with an nhs dentist but they don’t have time to do any treatment. I keep paying £26 for appts to be told I need extraction/fillings because of decay and to ring back in a few months for an appointment. I’m in agony. Now a different tooth is hurting and there’s no point paying another £26 to be told it’s rotten but they don’t have time to do anything. 🤷‍♀️

am thinking of paying private but I have so many problems I’m worried the bill will be over 1k

Thats really cheap. NHS price was £54 last time I had one.