How much do you think I should pay for a new crown?

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I don't have an NHS dentist - no spaces near us - so went to my usual dentist yesterday for a check up. Have a problem with a tooth and he said I needed a crown. Fair enough, but he said it would cost £2,100. . I've never needed anything other than the odd filling before, so I don't have anything to compare it against, but that seems like a lot of money. It's totally unaffordable, tbh - am going to have to just have the tooth removed. Surely that's a bit out of line? I phoned another dentist to get a quote but they said I'd need to go in and have a check up first, which would be another £50 before I've even started...

Eeeek. My dentist is still NHS (although talks of them all moving to denplan soon), thank goodness, and my new crown which I badly need is £320 and I thought that was bad.

I have crown(s) and haven't had to pay as much as that (and I am a private patient). Think mine was in the hundreds but nowhere near one thousand even.

It does mean removing a tooth, and putting a peg in the jaw, I think, so I assume that will push the cost up a bit, but eeek was also my first thought!!!!

I'd expect the crown jewels for that!!! DH had one years ago, think around 500 mark

Although this was a few years ago, I was quoted £600 for a crown by our private dentist. I would ask your dentist for a cost breakdown or at least give you some cheaper options - £2100 is a shedload of money...

My dentist quoted me between £250 and £500, to replace my old crown, but it maybe more expensive to fit a brand new crown i dont know, seems a lot of money to me

Mine cost about £550

OK. I am clearly being ripped off. He did give the impression of picking a number out of thin air. I will try a couple of other dentists locally and beg them to give me a quote over the phone before I go in and see them.

Thank you kind MNers.

If you need to have a tooth removed are you sure it's not an implant your dentist is talking about-they cost around £2000.

A private crown is usually around £300ish.

I'd go and see someone else for a 2nd opinion if you weren't entirely happy-maybe someone a friend recommends.

Also if you ring your local PCT they can tell you who is taking on new NHS patients-then you can have a check up for £16.20 and take it from there.....

THat's not a crown. It's an implant. Much bigger job hence the price.

Blimey

I've not got a crown, but dd had three done yesterday, and five fillings, and she had conscious sedation (ie anaesthetist to pay too) and the whole lot came to around £1000. I know she's only 5, but still...

Crown jewels, more like!

mine was about £500

Yes, that is an implant..a crown would cost £3-400.

Oh ok, that doesn't sound good then. He called it a crown. Stupid man. . Do you think I actually need my teeth, or can I manage without?

Which tooth is it? if it's noticable than I'd say yes you do need a tooth! if it's a 7 or 8 right at the back then probably not.
I have loads of crowns, some done recently, the recent one's were about £600 each at a private place, if you get then done at an NHS dental surgery as a private patient they are cheaper (think £300ish)
It's very possible he could have been talking about an implant but that's quite big stuff, (Implants range between 2-5K) I have an implant and it's classed as oral surgery as it has to be placed deep in the bone, surely your dentist would have made this clear to you? The other thing it could be at that price is a bridge, I have a bridge as I had to have a tooth removed, a crown is not possible if no tooth is left as a crown needs a small amount of tooth to sit on, a bridge is in effect 3 crowns (hence the price) as the teeth either side of the gap need to be prepared to hold the bridge, and the 3 crown bridge will be fitted across and anchored onto the prepared teeth either side, I will be having another bridge soon as I needed another tooth removed but have to wait 3 months for the cavity to heal, (and to raise the funds) I have been quoted £2000!!! for this! I need it done as the tooth removed was an upper 5 so noticable when I smile!
A crown/bridge can be done on the NHS but they use different materials which are not as good, I think you may be able to pay a supplement and have the stronger material though??
Good luck

Me agaim, just read another of your posts about "removing the tooth and putting a peg in the jaw" this does sound like an implant but believe me an implant is complex stuff done in 2 stages, (under very sterile conditions, the dentist & assistant is properly gowned and scrubbed as would happen for an operation on the body) stage 1 is where a titanium screw is placed in the bone and left for 5-6 months to heal (with a temporary crown on it) stage 2 is much like a crown preparation and doesn't require such sterility, even if you could afford it I'd do a bit of research and check how many implants your dentist has done, tbh he doesn't sound very experienced with implants to me as I feel he should have explained the whole procedure to you.