dentist help please..... free dental work

lisamellor · 1st August 2006, 21:55

2 questions ....

1
can anyone help me, my cousin wants to have 5 crowns, he has been told that they will cost him 200. for each one...he is also needing a couple of teeth takin out costin 80.00 for each one removed, does this sound right?? is there anyway he can get it cheaper or how to get it on a payment plan

2
now i have been told by my cousin that there is a university in manchester (you have to be there at 6.30 am) and people who train to be dentists do your dental work as part of their training and you get it for free. does anyone know about this??

many thanks lisaxx

martin2006 · 1st August 2006, 22:02

hi lisa.
1: check this site out it may be more helphttp://www.nhs.uk/England/Dentists/DentalCharges.cmsx

2:Your cousin is spot on check this one toohttp://www.cmmc.nhs.uk/hospitals/dental/default.asp

Good luck, i hate dentists!!

lisamellor · 1st August 2006, 22:14

good god, only 7 mins and i have a response!!

i have just emailed manchester dental university to ask them also.

cheers lisaxx

lisamellor · 1st August 2006, 22:40

oh by the way i forgot to ask.....!!

if my cousin has to pay for his dental treatment due to the fact that he is working does this mean that he has to pay for private dental care...?? i dont get it, i have been reading up on the nhs website and office of fair trading etc and it is not clear.

if he gets the treatment that he needs (ie: taking 2 teeth out) now can he then go to somewhere like bupa and get covered and then get the cosmetic work that he needs??

cheers
lisaxx

martin2006 · 1st August 2006, 23:13

as far as i know yes he will have to pay for private but the rules have changed thats why i suggested the web links. He will probably have more problems actually finding a dentist if he isnt already regd with one.
As for BUPA ive never dealt with them but i suppose if they accept his premiums and cover him, why not?
sorry its not more helpful

lisamellor · 2nd August 2006, 08:30

cheers martin,

the links is where i found out what i know now. but only checked 1st link will do the other one later on. he has managed to get on with my dentist, i just wanted to make sure that he got the best his money can pay and i dont want to be coming on the site in a few weeks and saying "help my cousins been ripped off by the dentist" !!

im hoping the lady from the university will email me back today.
i will let you know what happens there..

lisaxx

JonCris · 2nd August 2006, 10:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by martin2006

as far as i know yes he will have to pay for private but the rules have changed thats why i suggested the web links. He will probably have more problems actually finding a dentist if he isnt already regd with one.
As for BUPA ive never dealt with them but i suppose if they accept his premiums and cover him, why not?
sorry its not more helpful

Very much doubt it. Pre existing condition. & if they did that we would all be signing up to avoid delays

lisamellor · 2nd August 2006, 15:33

true, well i still havent heard of the university!! do they break up for the summer holidays also??

wendy_1 · 20th July 2007, 21:57

Hello lisa,

Your cousin may want to have a look at these 2 sites

Hungary Dentist | Dental Implant Hungary | Kreativ Dental UK
Dentistsabroad.com - The Best Dentist Resources and Information. This website is for sale!

I've made three trips and saved over £12,000 compared to what I would have had to pay for my dental treatment in the UK.

I’m sure your cousin would be able to save on the costs of the crowns.

After much discussion with my husband I went with kreativdental. But these are the 2 that I originally narrowed it down to.

I had my dentist have a look at the quality of the work and he rated it as good as anything he had seen in the UK.

Hope your cousin finds what he is looking for

Good luck

Wendy mills

Dental Tourist · 27th October 2007, 16:49

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ajwt2 · 27th October 2007, 16:55

£200 for a dental crown is actually pretty cheap, take a look at these Dentist Prices I found this page after reading an article in the Sunday Times. Dental Crown = £355 on average, and that seems to be for the cheap sort!

Dental Tourist · 27th October 2007, 17:00

Yeah 200 quid is pretty cheap but the original post was in 2006. The prices here are still around £200 quid Prices at The Dental Tourist and you get a nice holiday too

jennymac · 29th May 2008, 02:22

I used Vital Europe /Vitalpoint in Budapest . Through them i lost all my top teeth to the cost of £3000 ,and now wear a denture. I even had to pay to lose my teeth.

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