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I think I paid around that for a gold cap on a damaged molar. (Well over a decade ago though.)
So it depends on how much treatment you had.
Be glad you didn't go to one of the cheap Chinese fake dentists...
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Not it really surprising that their services come at a cost. You could of course go cheap, I’d be more than happy to fix your tooth issue for £100, I mean it will be with a hammer and chisel, no anaesthetic, and no promises I’ll get the correct tooth or make the situation worse. But you pay for what you get.
Once you've paid for the surgery, the nurse, the lab time, the insurance, the ongoing CPD and so on there's not much left.
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For the last 30 years I've paid £25/month into Denplan so I can get decent proactive dental care from a good dentist. The only extras I've ever paid on top of that was the one time I needed a gold crown and I paid for the lab work to make it. I don't like paying the money, but I do want to keep my own teeth for as long as possible. So far, one crown excepted, it has worked - at a cost.
I'm not sure what the benefits of a dental plan are. I have one through work but I still see the same NHS dentist (who also does private work, as they all do as far as I can tell). It still costs a fortune if I need anything significant to be done.
I guess dentistry is outside the funded scope of the NHS because if all non-essential procedures were free the country would undergo many, many more of them. And it would cost an absolute fortune. It could be argued that it's worth it, of course, but I imagine some of the more libertarian leaners would resent paying extra tax to give a stranger a prettier smile.
The NHS pays dentists for reactive work - fixing problems rather than preventing them. They pay for the cheapest remedial procedure. So, a tooth that might be saved with a long drawn-out filling procedure that has no guarantee of success will be extracted instead.
Under my plan, I see the hygienist every six months and the dentist every six months - three months between visits. That gives me four descale, clean and polish sessions to help me keep my teeth a bit longer. The dentist doesn't get paid any more for those times where remedial work is needed, so the best way of making money out of me is to proactively help me keep my teeth in decent shape so he/she never has to do anything difficult or expensive (for them) at no extra charge (for me). My experience is that this approach works. It also means that my dentist does try that long drawn out process to save a tooth because they're not paid on a piecework basis. Instead, I'm paying a retainer.
The plan doesn't cover me for orthodontistry - cosmetic work, straightening crooked teeth, whitening, etc. It's just about dental health and keeping the teeth you grew yourself.