Dental hygienist appointments
Discussion
I pay £60 if I book the appointment directly with the hygienist, if I book the appointment through the dentist receptionist it is £78.
But no matter which way you book the appointment you have to pay £30 deposit immediately, no deposit required for any other kind of appointment.
I hate going to the hygienist, the woman is a bloody sadist, my mouth hurt for over a week last time I went. I brush my teeth correctly, floss correctly, use mouthwash and even even one of those Waterpik things, it does not seem to make much difference. Two checkups every year with the dentist and you can guarantee I will be told I need to visit the hygienist 50% of the time.
It's weird that when it was just one dentist and his assistant I was never told I had to see a hygienist but when it became a multi dentist practice when he retired everything changed. An old checkup consisted of him having a good poke around, a bit of scraping and then a bloody good clean plus any repairs to fillings done, when you walked out your teeth felt like new.
Now you get a quick look, two x rays, told to see the hygienist and booted out after 5 minutes feeling like you have been robbed of £50.
But no matter which way you book the appointment you have to pay £30 deposit immediately, no deposit required for any other kind of appointment.
I hate going to the hygienist, the woman is a bloody sadist, my mouth hurt for over a week last time I went. I brush my teeth correctly, floss correctly, use mouthwash and even even one of those Waterpik things, it does not seem to make much difference. Two checkups every year with the dentist and you can guarantee I will be told I need to visit the hygienist 50% of the time.
It's weird that when it was just one dentist and his assistant I was never told I had to see a hygienist but when it became a multi dentist practice when he retired everything changed. An old checkup consisted of him having a good poke around, a bit of scraping and then a bloody good clean plus any repairs to fillings done, when you walked out your teeth felt like new.
Now you get a quick look, two x rays, told to see the hygienist and booted out after 5 minutes feeling like you have been robbed of £50.
Monkeylegend said:
I have a payment plan for £18 per month with my dentist which covers 2 half yearly inspections, x rays and cleaning as part of the 6 month inspection plus a few other things, and also gives a good discount on fillings etc.
Rather good value I think.
I have the same, 2 hygiene checkups & 2 regular per year, then discounted rates on whatever work I need doing.Rather good value I think.
Although I don't enjoy the hygienist visits, she makes no attempt to be gentle or cautious, she just goes in there like a builder with a jackhammer.
WTAF is a dental hygienist for? Can you lot not clean your own teeth? It not hard you know toothbrush bit of toothpaste paste and your good to go.
The dental hygienists role is to fleece limp twisted customers out of vast sums of money so that the dentist can keep up his high cost lifestyle. £90 for 10mins
I am in the wrong job.
At our dentist if you don’t use the hygienist you are at risk of being thrown out of the practice. Unusual business practice! Must go to the Porsche school of customer management.
He can’t throw me out I store his classic cars
The dental hygienists role is to fleece limp twisted customers out of vast sums of money so that the dentist can keep up his high cost lifestyle. £90 for 10mins
I am in the wrong job. At our dentist if you don’t use the hygienist you are at risk of being thrown out of the practice. Unusual business practice! Must go to the Porsche school of customer management.
He can’t throw me out I store his classic cars
I pay £85 for about 20 minutes in Stevenage. The hygenist makes my jaw feel like I was wearing a ball gag, really uncomfortable. I used to have the air jet cleaning which was more money, but it got all over your face and was horrid. Gone back to a the normal scale and polish. Every time I go I am asked if I am stressed, told my gums are receding, asked what time of day I floss, etc. It is as if they need to find something wrong.
As an aside, my wife and kids didn't go to the dentist for 5 years. She had toothache and was charged £200, I went for a check up and she asked why I only paid £26 I think it was. Turns out you get kicked off the NHS list if you don't go for 2 years, luckily another local dentist was advertising for NGS patients and they are all back on it by some miracle. My daughter was too lazy to sign up, I have told her this might cost her thousands in the long run.
As an aside, my wife and kids didn't go to the dentist for 5 years. She had toothache and was charged £200, I went for a check up and she asked why I only paid £26 I think it was. Turns out you get kicked off the NHS list if you don't go for 2 years, luckily another local dentist was advertising for NGS patients and they are all back on it by some miracle. My daughter was too lazy to sign up, I have told her this might cost her thousands in the long run.
Try to avoid it, they've stopped making veiled threats of expulsion for the time being, maybe someone drew attention officially to this borderline protection racket.
Wouldn't mind if it was half an hour of cleaning, but ticking boxes off the checklist and asking (again) what method of teeth cleaning you use takes near enough half the appointment time up, then the new broom dentist they tried to foist me on tried another £wheeze, suggested i get some sort of super intensive clean done circa £250, most of my upper teeth are crowns plus a couple of implants, apart from that i'm months away from 70 how long do you think i've got.
My now retired previous dentist who dumped the NHS but kept his charges reasonable at little more than NHS rate used to give your teeth a polish up as part of the routine check up, 2 minutes at most, no hygienist to be found there.
Wouldn't mind if it was half an hour of cleaning, but ticking boxes off the checklist and asking (again) what method of teeth cleaning you use takes near enough half the appointment time up, then the new broom dentist they tried to foist me on tried another £wheeze, suggested i get some sort of super intensive clean done circa £250, most of my upper teeth are crowns plus a couple of implants, apart from that i'm months away from 70 how long do you think i've got.
My now retired previous dentist who dumped the NHS but kept his charges reasonable at little more than NHS rate used to give your teeth a polish up as part of the routine check up, 2 minutes at most, no hygienist to be found there.
I see a periodontist which is a posh hygienist every three months. That cost £155 per session but I have 7 implants and the work they do is working as my gum recession is halted.
If your teeth are healthy you can buy dye tablets that show where plaque is in your mouth so you can address it.
I wish I had gone here before rather than relying on the practice hygienist it would have saved me money in the long run
If your teeth are healthy you can buy dye tablets that show where plaque is in your mouth so you can address it.
I wish I had gone here before rather than relying on the practice hygienist it would have saved me money in the long run
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