Can I claim NHS dental costs back during pregnancy if treated privately?

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Hi, new to all this so looking for advise as can't find the answer online. Currently 19 weeks pregnant. And need to have dental check up and likely a filling. I am not with a NHS dentist I have called around 10 different dentists none are taking on NHS patients. I do have a private dentist my question is can I get a rebate from the NHS on this for having to pay or cause I'm private they won't want to know?

A long time since I was pregnant but at the time I had a private dentist and would have to change dentist to an NHS dentist to get free treatment. So I would say no, but things may have changed in the intervening decades!

I'd ask the private dentist if they can organise it for you. I can't see how you'd get reimbursed directly from the NHS.

Not as far as I know. My private dentist did charge me less during pregnancy though.

No, you have to present your exemption certificate before treatment for NHS treatment only. They don’t reimburse any dental or medical treatment afterwards. There was even a thread a while back for someone who didn’t get an exemption certificate, ticked she was exempt at the pharmacy and then got a fine. She was arguing that she was entitled to free prescriptions so why did it matter if she had a certificate or not.

No you can’t sorry

No sorry Op!

No. Makes the free treatment offer a joke really.

Ok thanks for the info, trying to get a NHS dentist has been a nightmare, so looks like I'll be stuck paying.

It is crap, I’ve been through the same thing Op. our nearest nhs dentist (with spaces) is 3 hours away. I can’t be doing a 6 hour round trip for the dentist as much as I would want to.
it’s a sorry state of affairs.

I’m a dentist. If a private registered pt told me they were pregnant, I’d switch their list temporarily to NHS, until they were a year post partum. It’s worth asking if they would do that for you. Plead reduced income.
however it might not be possible for many reasons. Especially if the private dentist does not have an NHS list number. I’d still ask

Ask the private dentist. I'm with a private dentist but they treat me as an nhs patient while pregnant/a year post partum so I don't pay. My kids are also registered with them and they don't pay either

My dentist is fully private no NHS but worth asking anyways

In which case they can’t claim it back. If they don’t have an NHS contract/number they get no funding.