Dental work in NZ!

[shakyle2906]

Ok, i guess by now most of us have had to go to our dentist for treatment.

Thought i would start a thread on what prices you're looking at paying when you get here -

Hastings - Hawkes Bay
Consultation and Filling - $140
X ray per tooth - $10
Scale and Polish - $75


Please anyone feel free to post your charges!

Sharon

[steviebhoy]

Ok, i guess by now most of us have had to go to our dentist for treatment.

Thought i would start a thread on what prices you're looking at paying when you get here -

Hastings - Hawkes Bay
Consultation and Filling - $140
X ray per tooth - $10
Scale and Polish - $75

I know it's slightly off topic from the original question but in my UK NHS practice in Scotland.

Consultation and filling: £6.84 to 17.56 depending on size of filling.
Xray £3.16
Scale polish £10.08

AND people still moan about the prices!!!!

Can't wait to move

[Steadybears]

DS is having 3 wisdom teeth removed - wait for this!!! -$2875 - more than his first sesmester at Uni!!!!

[CJ22]

UK private (not NHS) Scale and Polish - £39!

mumble, mumble, mumble...

[mackstann]

DS is having 3 wisdom teeth removed - wait for this!!! -$2875 - more than his first sesmester at Uni!!!!

Hey, at least that's guaranteed to be a one-time procedure.

[Moorf]

Scale and polish - $75 / quarter mouth !! And I'm really hacked off with the state of my teeth since the cleaning - had no problems with staining and now I only have to look at a glass of red wine and they're going off colour.

Root canal - I've had two since being here - one corrected from UK which went "bad" $1,200 and a complete one, from scratch, $1,400-ish.

[kanatakiwi]

I got these quotes from a place near Auckland Uni called Lumino. I haven't used them.
Dental Check Up $80.00
This includes:
Full examination/consultation $40.00
2 Bite-wing x-rays $40.00
Treatment plan (and estimation cost/s)

Please note if we need to take further x-rays this will cost an extra $25.00 each

*Fillings:
Amalgam (this is the silver filling) cost from $160.00
Composite (this is the white filling) cost from $178.00

*Scale & Polish (Clean)
Cost from $80.00

If you are a first time patient it is advisable to have a dental check up first, this way we can see if you need to have any work done.


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[NZ Hopeful]

DS is having 3 wisdom teeth removed - wait for this!!! -$2875 - more than his first sesmester at Uni!!!!

That just made my eyes water!

[Mrs Pony]

*Fillings:
Amalgam (this is the silver filling) cost from $160.00
Composite (this is the white filling) cost from $178.00

Its about the same here! WITH dental insurance! I just spent about $150 for 2 small fillings... dental insurance is such a joke here....

[Farfields]

Christchurch - $90 for fixing a chip on a front tooth. Took 30 mins, and the dentist admitted he'd chipped one of his own and hadn't fixed it yet! Then went back for X-ray and hygiene clean (he did this), and was charged $80.
Seems I got a bit of a bargain. So far, I'm getting better value than the £40/month I paid on a UK insurance plan.