Pension Credits and Dental Treatment

[Button1]

Hi guys,

 

Just wondered if anyone could give me some advice on the following...

 

My mum is on guaranteed pension credits. She lives alone, owns her own home, but has a very, very limited monthly income....ie just her state pension.

 

Her dentist has went private, and, following a check up, has been advised she requires quite alot of treatment. Would she be able to claim anything from the Pension Service for her treatment? She doesn't have any savings - just lives month to month.

 

Thanks for taking the time to read my post!

[ErikaPNP]

No, she cannot claim from the Pension Service for private treatment, but as she receives guaranteed Pension Credit she is entitled to free dental treatment on the NHS

[bach]

Hi check this out, she may well be entitled to claim for free Dental Care, I think she may well be able to claim.

Good Luck

 

http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/Healthcosts/Pages/Dentalcosts.aspx#q01

 

Regards Lynn

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[Button1]

Thanks for your replies guys.

 

Do you know if she would be able to reclaim any of her private treatment under the NHS? Her dentist advised today they don't take NHS patients but I'm not sure how the whole thing works? ie can she pay private then claim from the NHS if the dentist confirms on a form how much she paid?? Sorry for my ignorance....I'm just thinking out loud.

[bach]

Hi

 

I beleive that she would have to transfere to NHS Dentist to be able to have free dental treatment. She would need to fill in a HC2 or HC3 form as shown on the site I posted prior to this one. It gives you all the informaton you need on there.

 

I transfered from being Private (28yrs) to NHS and I receive far better treatment from the NHS than I ever had from going private.

 

Regards Lynn

[whatsupdoc]

On Pension Credit Guarantee you are entitled to all help if warranted. Thats what i find, have had caps done/replaced. My teeth are always cleaned etc etc.

[flashharry267]

hello all

I find it very strange. I receive Pension Credit and as such joined an NHS dental practice, about 8 months ago. So now all treatment is free !!!!!!!!!???????

Well not exactly as it turns out. The story goes as follows. For the last 20 years I had been with Private Dentists, both in Uk and overseas. I have had many

root canal treatments and crowns, always having been done by the dentist I was seeing at the time, without any referrals to anyone else.

As soon as I joined the local NHS dentist and should be in receipt of free treatment, the first visit, was to correct a crown that had come loose. After consultation I was told that the dentist did not feel comfortable doing it, and was refrred to a `specialist` surgery for the root canal treatment. I contacted the specialist and was told that it would cost £1200 !!!! for one Root canal treatment, not a new crown, just the RCT.

Needless to say I did not go there, but found another private dentist who did the job with no special equipment and charged me £150 to refit the crown, as in his opinion a RCT was not necessary anyway. Touch wood all has been OK for 6 months.

Today I had toothache and agin went along to my NHS dentist and saw a different dentist. But hey ho, the same thing happens. I had a filing that had fallen out hence the pain, so after an Xray the dentist then told me i need a root canal treatment, but while she would start the job and put me in a temporary filing, I would need to get the full RCT done by a specialist, as they did not have the specialist equipment in the practice............

I find this all very odd, as I have never previously had to go to a `specialist` for RCTs and i have had many done over the years.

I wonder if this has something to do with the fact that they can only charge the NHS a set fee, and for them to do an RCT is just not financially rewarding enough.............well at least that is what the private dentist I saw suggested !!!!.

So they will do the stuff that they can make a good profit on but leave the patient to fund anything else cause they have an excuse for not doing it.