UK patients unable to get dental care after ‘eye-watering’ rise in private fees

Exclusive: warning that lack of NHS dentists and soaring cost of private work puts essential care out of reach for many

How soaring fees for private care are deepening England's dentistry crisis

Private dentists are cashing in on the scarcity of NHS treatment by hiking their charges for fillings, checkups and extractions to eye-watering" levels, research has found.

Patients are paying as much as 775 for root canal work, 435 to have a tooth out and 325 for a white filling due to fees for common dental procedures soaring since 2022.

A white filling has gone from 105 to 129 - up 23%.

An extraction has risen from 105 to 139 - 32% more.

A half-hour scale and polish is now 75, up from 65 - a 15% jump.

An initial consultation for a new patient is up 23% from 65 to 80.