Costs Of Dentists

PaddyjDunne

I've plucked up the courage to go to the dentist. I haven't been in ages and I will definitely need a lot of treatment. Is there any inexpensive route to take? I'm in full time employment but won't be able to afford a lot of expenses as I'm in the process of buying a house. Can you make a payment plan or anything?

Thanks

bp

do you have health insurance? i think if you go public it is cheaper but there is a waiting list

PaddyjDunne

I don't think I have health insurance! I've never signed up for a scheme.

dudara

What about your PRSI, if you've been in full time employment for a while, that should cover some expenses

xzanti

Go to the Dental Hospital, its off Fenian Street I think... You'll get cheap treatment but they're all student dentists so you run the rist of being butchered

spunkymunky

Paddy
i was on the same boat there, hadnt been in ages thinking my teeth where fine, turn out they wernt and i needed something like 10 fillings!!! Imagine my horror...
Anyway instead of doing it all in a month i got him to fill the bggest holes and go from there. I spread it over 6 months-year. It cost a little more id say but it kinda spread the payments.

Tazz T

There is no shortcut, I'm afraid. Only specialised medical cover from VHI will cover dental treatment. There is no 'public' dental care in Ireland so you PRSI won't make the slightest difference either.

You gotta grin and bear it (no pun intended). However you can claim back tax onl dental treatments (not including the initial check up) which, considering the cost of dentail treatment in ROI can add up significantly.

Another option would be to take a few days holidays in the North and get it done there at a vastly reduced rate.

Miss Fluff

dudara wrote:

What about your PRSI, if you've been in full time employment for a while, that should cover some expenses

That's right. Phone a dentist in your area quoting your PRSI number and they will find out for you if you are entitled to a free consultation. If you have been paying PRSI for any length of time, you're automatically entitled to a free check-up.

el tel

Dentists in the North are much cheaper and many people travel up from the South for treatment. Check the Goldenpages and you'll see plenty listed who'll even pick you up from the station. When you'redone you'll have a smile like this

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The Troll

PRSI reduces the bill by a huge amount, but you need about 2-3 years of credits to qualify. If you've built up enough then the price of a filling goes down from €60-€100 to €12-€30, depending on whether you get white or metal fillings. Ring your dentist and make sure he accepts PRSI scheme patients as some dentists refuse to do it cos of the hassle of claiming the money back from the government.

PaddyjDunne

Thanks everyone

Moonbeam

go to revenure.ie

see if your entitled to claim from paye prsi.

The forms you will need are med1 and med2 depending if it is routine or not

DonkeyStyle \o/

I payed €80 to get a filling done... must have been in and out in 15 mins.

xzanti

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

I payed €80 to get a filling done... must have been in and out in 15 mins.

Thats very dear...

I remember going to a guy out in Finglas, I was dying with a tootache and it was Thursday and he did an emegency clinic on a Friday otherwise I wouldnt have travelled so far (from Blanch)... So anyhoo got there and he tells me hes going to redo the filling on the tooth that was sore... So off he went, was at it for ages, (my mouth was numb as bejaysus with all the novocaine he gave me) and when he was finished he carged me €120 because he had filled another 3 teeth without bothering to tell me first.. I was a student at the time and was flat broke so I paid him what I could on the day and just never went back I think I paid him about 60 quid off it... He wasnt the most gentle of dentists either so I wont be going back anyway...

Catch_22

i wnt thru the whole prsi thing this year ( first ttrip to the dentist in 7 years ),
you will need just under 5 years prsi paid to qualify for the government to cough up, however at 20 a filling with the prsi cover its pretty cheap.

xzanti

Catch_22 wrote:

i wnt thru the whole prsi thing this year ( first ttrip to the dentist in 7 years ),
you will need just under 5 years prsi paid to qualify for the government to cough up, however at 20 a filling with the prsi cover its pretty cheap.

Does anyone happen to know how far your 5 years of PRSI stamps will get you?? Cause Iv been to the dentist a heap of times in the past year for one thing or another and Im thinkin they have to start charging me full whack any day now??

~Leanne~

I went to dentist 2 weeks ago and got a tooth out. It cost €50 and i have 9 years worth of PRSI. Is that €50 incl the PRSI deduction? I just filled out a form before i went in

xzanti

~Leanne~ wrote:

I went to dentist 2 weeks ago and got a tooth out. It cost €50 and i have 9 years worth of PRSI. Is that €50 incl the PRSI deduction? I just filled out a form before i went in

You got ripped off there, the standard cost of an extraction is €20 when you have PRSI... I had a back tooth out in January, wish Id just gone for the root canal now but I was broke at the time.. The gap isnt visible but Id still like to get it replaced.. I thinking of going to belfast in the new year and getting an implant...

Going Demented

I had to get a number of fillings last year. I had 4 years PRSI. I also joined the VHI healthsteps which gives you back 25 euro everytime you visit a dentist. I needed something like 9 fillings. With my PRSI it was costing 25 euro a filling. If i had went nine individual times i could of claimed it back on the VHI and it would have cost me nothing. However it would take forever one at a time so i did it 2 or 3 at a time. Paid the 25 euro per filling and claimed the 25 back per visit from VHI.

Check up and cleaning is free under PRSI.

Catch_22

Going Demented wrote:

Check up and cleaning is free under PRSI.

once every siz months no more.

Victor

xzanti wrote:

Does anyone happen to know how far your 5 years of PRSI stamps will get you?? Cause Iv been to the dentist a heap of times in the past year for one thing or another and Im thinkin they have to start charging me full whack any day now??

As I understand it, once you are covered, you are covered.