Medical card/ dental work

mims_lally · 12-09-2010 9:54pm #1

does the medical card cover any dental work anymore(eg: fillings, cleanning's)???? tried finding the answer on Citizens Information website but no joy!
thanks all:)

ginac2 · 12-09-2010 10:23pm

Hi i need to have wisdom tooth out badly and i was told only wednesday gone that medical card doesnt cover it anymore , its gna cost 1,009 eur coz i opted for being knocked out :0 its crazy .. the only thing thats covered is 1 emergency extraction and filling per year.. cleaning and 'cosmetic' work is not covered anymore...its a disgrace !!!

mims_lally · 12-09-2010 10:28pm

ginac2 wrote: »

Hi i need to have wisdom tooth out badly and i was told only wednesday gone that medical card doesnt cover it anymore , its gna cost 1,009 eur coz i opted for being knocked out :0 its crazy .. the only thing thats covered is 1 emergency extraction and filling per year.. cleaning and 'cosmetic' work is not covered anymore...its a disgrace !!!

that is pure madness!!!! this fu*king country... so bascailly they have, you could say got rid of dental work off the medical card. it might not as bad if they cut the cost's of dental work but that will not happen. yet they will still complain about us then going up north or even abroad getting work done..... grrr
sorry just on a bit of a rant here

ginac2 · 12-09-2010 10:33pm

ahh no ur right , i was annoyed getting off the phone the other day , im looking into going up north or else ill have to go and have it taken out in my senses and that will only cost between 150 and 250 euro depending on how easy it comes out

, its down the credit union either way .. il be interested to know whether its the same set up for the kids in the health clinics . Is that still free ?? :rolleyes:

SAexpat · 12-09-2010 10:37pm

ginac2 wrote: »

ahh no ur right , i was annoyed getting off the phone the other day , im looking into going up north or else ill have to go and have it taken out in my senses and that will only cost between 150 and 250 euro depending on how easy it comes out , its down the credit union either way .. il be interested to know whether its the same set up for the kids in the health clinics . Is that still free ?? :rolleyes:

I think they only do the bare minimum there as well.
Anything they consider cosmetic, they won't do.

ballsymchugh · 12-09-2010 10:49pm

that's all wrong. you're entitled to as many emergency extractions as neccessary, but only one exam and two emergency fillings per year. anything else requires prior approval from the hse. it's been done to death in other threads here.
the only reason the wisdom tooth would cost that much is if you saw a specialist oral surgeon which would be private, unless you want to join a waiting list of over a year.

ginac2 · 13-09-2010 9:55am

well they need to start explaining things a bit better so and letting ppl know exactly where they stand because it seems all dentists will tell u different things .. :rolleyes: