I need to address the shit state of my teeth….. any idea on costs?

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I don’t need my arse handed to me on a plate and haven’t posted in AIBU thanks all the same!
Well, I had a wake up call last night when I lost the entire corner of a molar just eating crisps. The pain was through the roof as the nerve was exposed. I did manage to get an emergency appointment and have a temporary filling this morning although I have to go back in two weeks to get my tongue checked as the dentist was concerned, so please be gentle.
I also have acid erosion on my premolars and incisors in my top teeth, likely due to dry mouth brought on by the medications I take. The broken tooth has brought it home to me that I need to sort out my teeth, but like most people I don’t have an NHS dentist.
Could anyone give me an idea of what it’s likely to cost please? I haven’t asked the dentist to look yet so would appreciate an idea - the pre-molars are quite badly eroded.
Thanks if you have read this far.

There's no dental hospital in East anglia but even if there was you cannot be referred there for treatment because you had medication relation dry mouth. Dental hospitals provide free dental care to anyone if they are prepared to be treated by students. Basically every medication will list dry mouth as a side effect

OP no one can give you any idea of cost because no one knows how much work you need. You may just need the one extraction or your may need multiple crowns or dentures for example. You need a proper check up with xrays and a treatment plan. It could be anywhere from £150 to thousands depending on how many teeth and what you want

Your best bet is to research practices in your area and look at their prices. You can sign up for denplan but you usually need to be dentally fit before starting

I am a qualified clinic professional.

I have a wonderful dentist (he happens to have autism and agrophobia and still lives with his parents aged mid 40s) he's a wonderful man that doesn't understand how to not be honest. I've found a gem. He left a practice because he couldn't understand and couldn't cope with being pushed into "private" and "cosmetic" and "after sales" it caused him untold stress.

But let's not pretend the dental industry is fair or just at the moment. For whatever reason that may be.

Well yes, generally if you aren't prepared to pay for a service then they won't provide it for you.

Ops dentist is a private dentist. All their patients are paying. They aren't withholding anything from OP

I didn't say they were.

OP I now have a private dentist and have been pleasantly surprised by the cost.
Tooth extraction who she referred for sedation…£50 ! Every time I rock up she keeps the costs down ie I had a stress about a lump on my tongue.I was seen by midday she reassured me and suggested she would do my annual teeth check at the same time to save me money. £ 60 . Cannot fault her as a private dentist.

So your comment was just stupid then wasn't it? Obviously you have to pay if you want someone to provide a service to you 🙄

Have a look at @overitalmost post .... Sounds reasonable doesn't it ? Get my drift ? But different to some of the staggering costs we've seen quoted up thread.

Don't call me stupid . It's abusive and lazy.

I stopped using electric toothbrushes after they knocked a couple of white fillings out of front teeth, it became too expensive, I use a very soft small headed tooth brush, much gentler but still effective

£50 for sedation won't even cover the cost of the midazolam. So no it doesn't sound reasonable, it sounds like they aren't following basic safety practices if that's what their sedation costs. Even if that's just a simple extraction whilst doable it's not going to keep your practice afloat or pay for upkeep of equipment.

Just as everything else has gone up dental overheads have gone up massively. Running a practice is expensive

I said your comment was stupid, which is was because your trying to sound clever but actually have no idea what your talking about when it comes to dental costs.

I was referred to a dental practice in Chatham for extraction. I only paid £50 max for extraction and sedation . It was an anaesthetist who administered the midazolam!!

I have been a carer for my disabled child for years. Our NHS dentist is now private and we cannot get in anywhere. I need work doing and cannot afford it, so waiting for one molar to fall out is my only option. I do not have any spare money to pay for it.

Was this an NHS tier 2 oral surgery provider? Because that would be about right for the band 2 charge and you can be referred as a private patient if you match the criteria in some places.

£50 literally doesn't cover the cost of the sedation. Let alone the anaesthetists time, the dentists time, dental nurses time. You cannot safely provide extractions under sedation for £50. It will be a heavily subsidised service

Really? No NHS dentists? That’s unbelievably sad :(. I came from a country with no NHS dentists and terrible teeth (like sooo many of the people from my country) and I genuinely thought that this would never happen in the Uk, considering how important it is to have healthy teeth as we only get one pair per life.
They can’t feed us cheap sugary treats (or make them easily available and market them so they’re impossible to avoid) but not offer any dental treatment other than the private one which is simply unaffordable to many people

You sound defensive. I'm sure there's bias for that reason. We'll agree to disagree.

I need to have two old crowns replaced and the new crowns will be £800 each (NHS crowns would be nearer to £400). Larger crowns further back would be more but this is London area prices so that may balance. This is an NHS dentist but private crowns as the quality and fit is better.

Do you have any way of accessing a dental hospital even if it means travelling outside the county? If you don’t mind students the treatment tends to be good (well supervised) and free.

If you can stretch to it it would be worth seeing the hygienist as well to see what they recommend in terms of flossing, inter dental brushes, softer electric heads etc. You may even be someone whose teeth benefit from more regular hygienist checks if you can get the money together.

What's your job role?
Would you work for free?
If you'd done a gruelling and rigorous dentistry degree, would you want to earn a decent wage?

I work in tertiary care, providing only dental care on the NHS. There's no bias. It is pure fact that £50 does not cover sedation, £50 for an extraction with sedation is an NHS tier 2 service. And is heavily subsidised.

In the hospital I work it costs the hospital around £1000 to provide a tooth extraction under sedation with an anaesthetist.

£90 extraction cost here per tooth non NHS

My dentist has a waiting list of over 500 people as someone was phoning to be added two weeks ago and questioning how long it would take to become a patient.

Re dental hospitals- they’re often miles away and there are waiting lists,( I waited a year) so if you have a problem, they’re not an option. I wouldn’t imagine they’d be doing cosmetic treatment either. If you have la mouth of horrors you won’t be accepted on a dental plan. Best option is save, save, save, unless it’s an emergency, then it’s 111.

@MsTamborineMan This is a genuine question- what is the breakdown of the £1000 for an extraction under sedation?

Part of the issue seems to be that there isn’t a universal price for certain treatments. I paid £250 for an extraction, not under sedation, crowns were £1500, the hygienist is £84. Everything seems to be different. My dentist informed me this week that the dental plan monthly price will rise in July. In the last five years, it’s risen by 40%.

I would consider posting if anyone knows of spaces at an NHS dentist in your county.