Do Dentists overcharge ?

[peterperfection]

Anyone who works for a living and has to pay dentists in 'earned income'?.
Is it fair- NON-Workers and New EU & Non EU members of our community get it all free ?.
Totally sick of it all .

 

[joe-90]

Roma gypsies get everything for free - and I've never seen one who works yet.

 

[joinerjohn]

Dentists must come second only to vets in what they charge for their work. When I was unemployed I had to go to the emergency dentists, after toothache all weekend. He offered to take out the offending tooth and said it would cost £42 for the extraction. When I explained I was on benefits, he offered a prescription for toothache tincture and painkillers, instead of extraction, also saying he was rather busy.

 

[joe-90]

Apparently the dentists doing those awful piano keyboard jobs earn in excess of £300k per year.

And our local dentist has a scale of charges on the wall and one of them is for some kind of implant bridge - and prices START at £!2,300.

 

[longdogs]

I go to an NHS dentist which obviously is much cheaper than private but even so: She says 'How are you?' looks in my mouth, blurts out a load of numbers and says 'See you in six months. All of three minutes work. I then have to pay £17.00.

 

[securespark]

You get a polish, right?

 

[HERTS P&D]

You get a polish, right?

No, she was English?

Andy

 

[FiremanT]

I go to an NHS dentist which obviously is much cheaper than private but even so: She says 'How are you?' looks in my mouth, blurts out a load of numbers and says 'See you in six months. All of three minutes work. I then have to pay £17.00.

Obviously, they don't have to pay the nurse or receptionost. Or pay for the hi-tech kit. They clearly didn't have to do years of studying either.

 

[peterperfection]

You get a polish, right?

For £17 I'd expect a 'peel and Polish'.

 

[joinerjohn]

Obviously, they don't have to pay the nurse or receptionost. Or pay for the hi-tech kit. They clearly didn't have to do years of studying either.

The way my last tooth was pulled out, I did wonder what training the dentist had done. He didn't have a dental nurse either and the receptionist was his wife. The only high tech piece of equipment he had was the fluorescent lamp fixed to the ceiling.

 

[FiremanT]

Obviously, they don't have to pay the nurse or receptionost. Or pay for the hi-tech kit. They clearly didn't have to do years of studying either.

The way my last tooth was pulled out, I did wonder what training the dentist had done. He didn't have a dental nurse either and the receptionist was his wife. The only high tech piece of equipment he had was the fluorescent lamp fixed to the ceiling. short course

You shouldn't have gone to a short course CCC

 

[HERTS P&D]

Obviously, they don't have to pay the nurse or receptionost. Or pay for the hi-tech kit. They clearly didn't have to do years of studying either.

The way my last tooth was pulled out, I did wonder what training the dentist had done. He didn't have a dental nurse either and the receptionist was his wife. The only high tech piece of equipment he had was the fluorescent lamp fixed to the ceiling. short course

You shouldn't have gone to a short course CCC

He did, it took 6 weeks and cost £5,000 but at least he could service boilers aswell.

Andy

 

[Mw Roofline]

The way my last tooth was pulled out, I did wonder what training the dentist had done. He didn't have a dental nurse either and the receptionist was his wife. The only high tech piece of equipment he had was the fluorescent lamp fixed to the ceiling.

That's because you accidentally went into the opticians next door mate

 

[longdogs]

You get a polish, right?

No, never had a polish, they just make another appointment with a hygenist which is another £30.

 

[chapeau]

There was a Dental School where I was a student. Guys Hospital in London to be exact.

A first year qualified doctor started on £12k back then including London weighting. Some first year dentists I knew paid more than that in tax in their first year of practice. And they went home to their own bed every nightl.

I also remember at that time you could buy a flat in the Barbican centre for £8k. That was three times a London student grant, so in theory you could have bought one on your student grant.