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Do Students Pay 4 Dentist Bills

wanted to know whether students at uni doin full time education pay for work done at the dentists. i recently chipped my front tooth and needed it to be fixed. will i get charged for the work?

Reply 1

Ariadne

16

Not if it was an NHS dentist, I don't think.

Reply 2

Sarky

18

Most students wouldn't have to pay it but most don't know about HC1/HC2. I've gotten mine for the past 2 years no problems.

Reply 3

pghstochaj

11

I certainly have to pay after wasting my time on the HC1 form, they class your loan as income! Now that's absurd.

Reply 4

Angel Interceptor

11

My friend had a problem with her wisdom tooth the other day and is at my Uni - we're both full time students and she had to pay to get treatment.

Reply 5

Sheen

11

if you get i H2 form (i think it is) from you dentist or doctor or whatever like i got one and youll fill it in they will let you know if you have to pay for it and students dont have too.
i got my H2 certifcate the other week which means i dont have to

Reply 6

andy_c

7

Get an HC1 from the doctors/dentist/opticians - it's worth a try.

Reply 7

xXMessedUpXx

15

question bout the HC1 form, if it asks for total money in your bank account, and in my case it's -£700 Od then...is that classed as £0 technically??

Reply 8

digitalparadox

1

xXMessedUpXx

question bout the HC1 form, if it asks for total money in your bank account, and in my case it's -£700 Od then...is that classed as £0 technically??

lol - yes

Reply 9

Magnanimity

14

If you're 18 and in full time education you don't need to pay. If you're over 18, you do.

Weird rule, isn't it?

Reply 10

xXMessedUpXx

15

digitalparadox

lol - yes

wow

i have no money :frown:

literally...

Reply 11

L i b

19

pghstochaj

I certainly have to pay after wasting my time on the HC1 form, they class your loan as income! Now that's absurd.

Yes, because it's obviously an outgoing :p:

junglemonkey

If you're 18 and in full time education you don't need to pay. If you're over 18, you do.

Weird rule, isn't it?

I'm fairly sure it's 19. At least where I am... and unless National Health Service is a total misnomer it should surely be the same across the UK...

Reply 12

icedout

1

Even with the form you may still have to pay. My dentist told me they didn't treat any over-18s on the NHS, period. And it's becoming near impossible to find NHS dentists without mile-long waiting lists.

Reply 13

tbm

13

Ive had to pay for all of my dental treatment since age 18, and I am currently at Uni. Even when I filled out the form I still had to pay. Luckily though I am registered with an NHS dentist so I dont have to pay extortionate prices. I was with a private one until last year because no surgeries in my area were taking on patients and it cost me £300 just to have a root canal filling, ridiculous.

Reply 14

pghstochaj

11

.Em.

Ive had to pay for all of my dental treatment since age 18, and I am currently at Uni. Even when I filled out the form I still had to pay. Luckily though I am registered with an NHS dentist so I dont have to pay extortionate prices. I was with a private one until last year because no surgeries in my area were taking on patients and it cost me £300 just to have a root canal filling, ridiculous.

With the HC1 form filled in, as a student you should have "caps" - i.e. maximum amounts that you can pay.

Even me - somebody who supposedly is making money from university (yeah, right!) - has caps for each treatment, I forget the amounts.

That should be useful for any major work but not for check ups etc.

Nowhere else in society that I can think of is a loan considered as income, if it was a 'grant' then I would understand, but a loan is a loan...

Reply 15

L i b

19

Some people should consider dental insurance...

Reply 16

aleathiel

16

i went to the dentist last summer and didnt have to pay for my fillings cos they asked if im still in full time education and i said yes :p:

which i am but the fact is i was already 19 then!

Reply 17

Fluffy

15

pghstochaj

I certainly have to pay after wasting my time on the HC1 form, they class your loan as income! Now that's absurd.

What is even more absurd is that htey include the student loan as income whether you take it out or not. If you have a job rather than taking loans, you're doubley ****ed.

Reply 18

pghstochaj

11

Fluffy

What is even more absurd is that htey include the student loan as income whether you take it out or not. If you have a job rather than taking loans, you're doubley ****ed.

Yep I read that too on a website. I complained to both my MP and the PPA stating that I thought it awful that they include the student loan in that way and it is illogical and stupid! I got a good reply from PPA but as usual my MP ignored me :smile:

The comments were supposedly passed on, hmm.

As usual, the government use a set lot of figures when it helps them and another when it helps them in the other direction.

Reply 19

scary_mary

1

oodly enough i had a check up at the dentist today, and that involved an xray and a scale and polish. i had to pay for it as i haven't sent off my HC1 form. i was given a receipt and now all i have to do is send off the HC1 form and claim back.

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