NHS Treatment Charges

Know What To Expect

There are three bands of charges for all NHS dental treatments.
As from April 2018, the current dental charges are:

Depending on what’s necessary, this can cover:

A clinical examination, assessment and report
An orthodontic assessment and report
Advice, diagnosing and planning your treatment
X-Rays
Moulds (casts) of your teeth, for example, to see how your teeth bite together
Taking coloured photographs
Advice on preventing future problems, such as diet advice and advice on cleaning instructions
Applying sealants or fluoride preparations to the surfaces of your teeth
A scale and polish
Marginal correction of fillings
Taking a sample of cells or tissue from your mouth to examine (pathological examination)
Adjusting dentures (false teeth) or orthodontic appliances, such as braces
Treating sensitive cementum (the tissue that covers the root of a tooth)
Urgent treatment when you need to see a dentist immediately also costs £18.

Depending on what’s necessary, this can cover everything listen in band 1 above, plus:
Non-surgical treatment or periodontitis (a severe form of gum disease) – such as root planing (cleaning bacteria from the roots of your teeth) or deep scaling and a polish.
Surgical treatment of periodontitis: such as removing some gum tissue (gingivectomy)
Free gingival grafts: When healthy tissue from the roof of your mouth is grafted (attached) to your teeth where the root is exposed.
Fillings
Sealant restorations: When sealand is used to fill a small hole and seal any grooves in your teeth
Root canal treatment (endodontics)
Pulpotomy: Removing the dental pulp (the soft tissue at the centre of a tooth)
Apicectomy: Removing the tip of the root of a tooth
Transplanting teeth
Removing teeth (extraction)
Oral surgery, such as removing a cyst (fluid-filled sac)
Soft tissue surgery to the mouth of lips
Frenectomy, Frenoplasty or Frenotomy: surgery to the folds of tissue that connect your tongue, lips and cheeks to your jaw bone
Relining and rebasing dentures
Adding to your dentures, such as adding a clasp or a tooth
Splinting loose teeth, for example, after and accident or due to periodontitis – this doesn’t include laboratory made splints

Depending on what’s necessary, this can cover everything listed in bands 1 and 2 above, plus:
Veneers and palatal veneers: new surfaces for the front or bath of a tooth
Inlays, pinlays and onlays: Used to restore damaged teeth
Crowns: A type of cap that completely covers your real tooth
Bridges: A fixed replacement for a missing tooth or teeth
Dentures
Orthodontic treatment and appliances: such as braces
Other custom-made applications

Treatments such as veneers and braces are only available on the NHS if there’s a clinical need for them (not for cosmetic reasons).