So, my NHS dentist has written to say they are going private

[KBear]

....and all their patients are no longer going to be treated under the NHS (except children) and we'll all be subject to increased charges.

Apparently the govt have made it impossible for them to stay NHS.

Where does this leave people (like me) who can't necessarily afford private treatment. I have finally, after many years of dental phobia, found a wonderful dentist and now I won't be able to afford to go and see her for treatment.

My parents are pensioners and have the same dentist and they certainly can't afford these prices.

As my nan would have said "what's the world coming to?"!

my dentist went the same, i joined denplan and pay monthly. i don't have good teeth so it works out cheaper to do this if you add together the cost of 2 yearly visits for check up, and the see the hygienist and possibly a filling.

Mine too.
I'm going to go with denplan too as i have a few fillings and know i need work done once i have this baby so don't want to fork out hundreds in one go!

mine's done the same.
arse
not him
just the state we're in really

Mine did. If you ring a local dentist and ask if have any vacacies, they will give you a number to ring which lets you know of the NHS spaces in your area.

Ours did the sameand then said they wanted to replace two of my fillings - which I've had for years and cause me no bother - at some enormous cost.

Also wasn't there something I half read the other day about some dentists thinking about charging for children too?

Terrible isn't it? I guess we might be able to actually afford private health plans if they gave us back our NHS contributions; then could invest in one.

denplan was about £13 a month, i'm a group 'b' patient . it's free until may when ds turns 1, good job because i went yesterday and need 2 fillings

mine's been putting off doing some root canal work for the last 18months, oh and what a coincidence it all gets paid for with my cash now. D'oh. I should have seen this coming - he certainly did!

I'm off to find out about Denplan. thanks

Angeliz - I thought dental care was free while you were pregnant and for a year after yuo have the baby.

NHS is prettybird, but if they are Privat obviously my NHS exemption card doesn't work there.
(that confused me too and had to get the receptionist to explain it again!!!)

They keep hassling me to start the denplan though and i keep saying to DP, what is the point of me paying for 7 more months when i KNOW i'm not going to get work done when i'm pregnant. They've just wrote asking me what i'm doing incase i lose my place!

My denplan is 18 a month i think, (that's from a personal assesment from my Dentist!)

Angeliz - I misunderstood - hadn't realsied that they had already changed over. And from hwat I have heard, it would be impossible for you to d=find another NHS dentist

It's a disgrace

I'm lucky - my NHS dentist seems set to stay that way. He's very good too. But I did have to m,ove when my last dentist went private.