NHS Prices
Dentistry is one of the few NHS services that requires you to contribute to the cost of your care. This page discusses why you might have to pay for your NHS dental care.
Band 1 course of treatment
This includes an examination, diagnosis (including X-rays), advice on how to avoid future issues, a scale and polish if clinically necessary, and preventative treatment such as the administration of fluoride varnish or fissure sealant as needed.
Band 2 course of treatment
This includes everything specified in Band 1 above, as well as any further treatment such as fillings, root canal work, or tooth extraction. It excludes the more sophisticated elements covered by Band 3.
£ 27.90
- Clinical examination, assessment and report
- Orthodontic assessment and report
- Diagnoses and treatment planning
- X-rays
- Moulds of your teeth
- Taking photographs
- Advice on preventing future problems
- Applying sealants or fluoride preparations
- Scale and polish
- Marginal correction of fillings
- Taking cell and tissue samples
- Adjusting dentures or orthodontic appliances
- Treating sensitive cementum
£76.60
- Non-surgical treatment of periodontitis
- Surgical treatment of periodontitis
- Gingival grafts
- Fillings
- Sealant restorations
- Root canal treatment (endodontics)
- Pulpotomy
- Apicectomy
- Transplanting teeth
- Removing teeth
- Oral surgery – such as removing a cyst
- Soft tissue surgery to the mouth or lips
- Frenectomy, frenoplasty or frenotomy
- Relining and rebasing dentures
- Adding to your dentures
- Splinting loose teeth
- Occlusal appliance
Band 3 dental treatment
This includes everything in Bands 1 and 2, as well as crowns, dentures, bridges, and other laboratory work.
£ 332.10
- Veneers and palatal veneers
- Inlays, pinlays and onlays
- crowns
- Bridges
- Dentures
- Orthodontic treatment and appliances such as braces
- Bite-raising appliances
- Other custom-made appliances, not including sports guards
- Treatments such as veneers and braces are only available on the NHS if there’s a clinical need.
Emergency Treatment
If you require emergency care, you will be charged a Band 1 fee. When your urgent treatment is finished, you may be recommended to schedule another visit for a separate course of non-urgent treatment. In this situation, the applicable NHS banding charge will be applied.