NHS Treatment Fees

The charge you pay depends on the treatment you need to keep your mouth, teeth and gums healthy. You will only ever be asked to pay one charge for each complete course of treatment, even if you need to visit us more than once to finish it – either Band 1, Band 2 or Band 3. If you have to be referred to another dentist for a separate course of treatment, you can expect a second charge. Some minor treatments are free.

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Free NHS dental treatment or help with health costs. If you are eligible, you will be asked to show written proof that you do not have to pay for all or part of your NHS treatment. You will also be asked to sign a form to confirm that you do not have to pay. If your name is on a valid HC3 certificate, you may not have to pay for all the treatment

Who is entitled to free NHS treatment?

• Aged under 18

• Under 19 and receiving full-time education

• Pregnant or a mother who has had a baby in the previous 12 months

• An NHS Hospital dental service outpatient (however, you may have to pay for your denture or bridges)

• Helping to keep your own teeth for life

You also do not have to pay if, when the treatment starts, or when you are asked to pay, you receive one of the following:

• Income Support

• Income related Employment and Support Allowance

• Income based Jobseekers Allowance

• Pension Credit guarantee credit

or:

• You are named on a valid NHS tax credit exemption certificate, or you are entitled to an NHS tax credit exemption certificate

• You are named on a valid HC2 certificate

You will NOT be exempt from paying if you receive Incapacity Benefit, contribution based employment and support allowance, disability living allowance, council tax benefit, housing benefit or pension credit savings credit, when paid on their own.

Medical conditions do not exempt patients from payment for dental treatment. You will be asked to show your dentist written proof that you do not have to pay for all or part of your NHS treatment. You will also be asked to sign a form to confirm that you do not have to pay. If your name is on a valid HC3 certificate, you may not have to pay for all the treatment.

Checks are made on free and reduced cost treatment claims. If you say you have the right to free treatment when you do not, you may incur a penalty charge.

For further information on NHS dental service and dental charges, see the dental services section of the NHS choices website (www.nhs.uk). For advice on help with health costs, call 0845 850 1166, or got to www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk.