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NHS Dental Services
Dental treatment, band and costs
Units of activity (UDA / UOA)
How many units of activity (UDA / UOA) does a Course of Treatment (CoT) receive?
Orthodontic treatment
Can I continue an open course of orthodontic treatment if a patient has now moved to my area?
Can I provide a new orthodontic appliance or retainer if a patient has lost or broken it?
Can I provide a second course of orthodontic treatment to a patient?
Can I repair an orthodontic appliance that was fitted by another performer?
Can my GDS contract provide a patient with an orthodontic appliance?
What are the different types of orthodontic appliances?
What is IOTN?
What is orthodontic treatment?
Who is entitled to orthodontic treatment?
General treatment
Can I claim anything for adding a name/identifier to an existing denture?
Do I need to refit a crown that was originally fitted privately if I removed it In order to carry out NHS treatment?
Does a full mouth examination need to be carried out with continuation?
Does a full mouth examination need to be provided as part of a guaranteed claim?
How long after the first course of periodontal treatment can a second course be carried out?
How long should a course of NHS dental treatment take to complete?
How often should I recall a patient for a check-up?
Information on guaranteed items
What are the rules around allowing overseas patients to receive NHS dental treatment?
What does hospital dental service involve?
What is continuation treatment (further treatment within two months) and when would it apply?
Who can I contact with regards to dental treatment in Northern Ireland?
Who can I contact with regards to dental treatment in Scotland?
NHS dental charges
At which point of a Course of Treatment (CoT) will I be asked to pay the NHS dental charge?
What are the current NHS dental charges?
What are the historical NHS dental charges for England?
Which courses of treatment are charge exempt?
Regulation 11 (replacement appliances)
Does a prisoner have to pay for a replacement appliance provided under Regulation 11?
Is a replacement NHS dental appliance a Band 3 or Regulation 11 Course of Treatment (CoT)?
What is Regulation 11?
Which appliances are covered by Regulation 11?
Would it still be Regulation 11 if a patient has lost or broken their dental appliance but their clinical needs have changed?
What is available
Can I carry out bleaching of teeth on the NHS?
Can I provide / add to a spare denture?
Can I provide a mix of NHS and private dental treatment on the same tooth?
Can I provide a permanent restoration using fibre reinforced composite materials?
Can I provide a sports guard on the NHS?
Can I provide an amalgam filling?
Can I provide an anti-snoring device on the NHS?
Can I provide an anti-thumb sucking device or space maintainer?
Can I provide dental implants on the NHS?
Can I provide private treatment with NHS sedation or vice versa?
Can I provide white fillings on the NHS?
What can I provide a patient on the NHS who has just recently returned after having dental treatment abroad?
What dental treatment can be provided on the NHS?
What does each treatment band cover in England and Wales?
Who is entitled to a free NHS dental examination in Wales?
Treatment Band Queries
What band of treatment is a biopsy?
What band of treatment is a bite raising appliance (BRA), Nightguard, Poly Occlusal Cover (POC) or an Occlusal Appliance?
What band of treatment is a filling on a deciduous tooth?
What Band of treatment is a Fissure Sealant or a Sealant Restoration?
What band of treatment is a recement of a restoration?
What band of treatment is a repair to a bite raising appliance?
What band of treatment is a scale and polish?
What band of treatment is a sectioning of a bridge?
What band of treatment is a trauma splint?
What band of treatment is acute condition treatment?
What band of treatment is an addition to dentures?
What band of treatment is an adjustment to a Denture, Bridge or Orthodontic appliance?
What band of treatment is an X-ray / colour photograph?
What band of treatment is fluoride varnish application?
What band of treatment is Micro-abrasion?
What band of treatment is periodontal treatment?
What band of treatment is the construction of trays for the application of medicaments like fluoride?
What band of treatment is the provision of a stainless steel crown / preformed metal crown / Hall crown?
What band of treatment is the removal, addition, repair or replacement of a clasp?