NHS dentist while living in south

Tibulus

I was interested to find out if anyone living in the south use NHS dentists. I moved home a few months ago from the UK and was shocked to find out the cost of dental care in Ireland. Low and entry level workers are simply being priced out of dental care. I am working a graduate job and not entitled to a medical card.

I do still have a NSH number and was considering travelling back to Edinburgh to my previous dentist. Cheap flights, stay with friends would work out alot cheaper than Irish dentists.

Has anyone travelled to Northern Ireland for dental work? Will a pratice accept me without a local address?

Is it possible to get my Irish dentist to expense the work to the NHS?

ballsymchugh

if you can persuade the NHS to fund your local dentist to the extent that they do in the UK, then i'd say he'll work on you for free.

NHS practices are grant aided, irish ones are not. that is only one of the many reasons why it's more expensive in ireland.

if you check the prices of a private dentist back home, the prices would be similar to ireland.

strictly speaking, because you're not active on the national insurance front back home, your NHS dentist can refuse you NHS treatment. also, no dentist is obligated to take on new NHS patients, so that may be tricky with regards the north. registering with an NHS dental practice is not post code specific like a GP practice.

btkm8unsl0w5r4

Why would you need more work done after seeing your NHS dentist for a number of years? Surely your work was done and now you are in maintenance, which costs about 60-80 euro in Ireland. Hardly worth traveling for.