Dental hygienist treatment

[jemimajim]

I used to clean my children's teeth up to the age of 10 without any dental problems. At the recent general check up the dentist referred my child to have a dental hygiene treatment for about third time now.
The check ups are free on NHS but they charge me for the hygienist standard adult fees. How do parents cope with that nowadays with the cost of living crisis?
It’s not for cosmetic reasons that the treatment is necessary when charging fees might be justified. The treatment is clinically necessary to achieve oral health.
Shouldn’t that be free for a child? Or at least at NHS cost (£23.80) I.e. a third of a private patient cost!

I am the same. I clean my child’s teeth and they are the same age. My expectation is that they will have 6 monthly hygiene appointments that I will pay for until they are 18 and I will just have to duck it up and pay for it. My hygienist costs £100 a pop so you seem to be paying a very keen amount!!!!

*suck

Could you not do more thorough daily mouth hygiene with you kids. That way they wouldn't need the hygienist in the first place.