Dental Costs In Oz Compared With Uk
Feb 25th 2005, 7:19 am
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My son will require a brace that looks like it will cost $5k. Oh, well.
Could somebody say what health cover we should target, how much for family approx/month, best providers.
If we pay x\month what discount will we get on $5k?
Trying to get a feel for my net cost.
Is it the norm to get medical insurance even if you are not expecting a big 'braces' bill.
We arrive next month and he will need them in two years.
Thanks
Ian
Could somebody say what health cover we should target, how much for family approx/month, best providers.
If we pay x\month what discount will we get on $5k?
Trying to get a feel for my net cost.
Is it the norm to get medical insurance even if you are not expecting a big 'braces' bill.
We arrive next month and he will need them in two years.
Thanks
Ian
Feb 25th 2005, 9:04 am
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Re: Dental Costs In Oz Compared With Uk
I got dental treatment in Asia on route to Oz. Facilities where better than UK. $5 for check up and polish. $10 for an extraction. I am interested to find out what they charge for a brace. Oz prices seem like a rip off.
Feb 25th 2005, 9:21 am
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We all went to the dentist last month here are our bills. We have private healthcare with extras so we get quite a lot of money off of the charges as you can see. We have a card that they swipe and the money is automatically deducded so we just pay the gap amount, which means we don't have to wait to claim the money back etc.
Child 1(8yr): exam $20, plaque/stain removal $40, HEALTH REFUND of $45 so gap payment of $15
Child 2(14yr): exam $2o, de-scale and clean $72, HEALTH REFUND $58, so paid $34
Child 3 ( 5yr): Exam $20 HEALTH REFUND $ 20 so paid $0
Adult:Exam $30, de-scale and clean $72, HEALTH REFUND $58, paid $44.
Adult:Exam $30, de-scale and clean $72, x-ray $30, x-ray $30 Health claim $172 , paid $64
We paid $157 for the 5 of us, if we had no health insurance it would have cost $446!!!! So if we go twice a year we save $600 off of our payments just on normal dental, that is without having major works done.
Hubby needs a crown which is priced at $800, we get $500 off of the price so will pay $300.
If you have a family I would consider health insurance as a back up. We can also get alternative therapies etc and claim a lot back. i.e had a massage last week was $55 claimed $35 back.
Child 1(8yr): exam $20, plaque/stain removal $40, HEALTH REFUND of $45 so gap payment of $15
Child 2(14yr): exam $2o, de-scale and clean $72, HEALTH REFUND $58, so paid $34
Child 3 ( 5yr): Exam $20 HEALTH REFUND $ 20 so paid $0
Adult:Exam $30, de-scale and clean $72, HEALTH REFUND $58, paid $44.
Adult:Exam $30, de-scale and clean $72, x-ray $30, x-ray $30 Health claim $172 , paid $64
We paid $157 for the 5 of us, if we had no health insurance it would have cost $446!!!! So if we go twice a year we save $600 off of our payments just on normal dental, that is without having major works done.
Hubby needs a crown which is priced at $800, we get $500 off of the price so will pay $300.
If you have a family I would consider health insurance as a back up. We can also get alternative therapies etc and claim a lot back. i.e had a massage last week was $55 claimed $35 back.
Feb 25th 2005, 9:24 am
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Re: Dental Costs In Oz Compared With Uk
We are with Manchester Unity, they are a non-profit company. Go to www.manchesterunity.com.au for a quote. We have the Healthclub plan and it costs around $167 per month for 5 of us.
Feb 25th 2005, 9:58 am
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Re: Dental Costs In Oz Compared With Uk
Originally Posted by Phoenixuk2oz
Get your teeth done in UK!!
If you aren't "Wheezy" when you go in...you certainly will be when you come out :scared: The cost of dentistry here is enough to take anyone's breath away
I had toothache a few weeks ago. Went to see dentist who advised X-ray and root canal filling for over $1,000 :scared:
I made do with X=ray..... and antibiotics...... and ran
If you aren't "Wheezy" when you go in...you certainly will be when you come out :scared: The cost of dentistry here is enough to take anyone's breath away
I had toothache a few weeks ago. Went to see dentist who advised X-ray and root canal filling for over $1,000 :scared:
I made do with X=ray..... and antibiotics...... and ran
Aussie ment to afford that? Just goes to show that it is the little, unexpected things in life that trip up the pommie migrant when it comes to cost of living.
I am glad that I didnt require any dental tre3atment in Australia. I just had a root canal filling done here in blighty earlier this month, the cost was £76.04. $1000 is like paying £400 (or more like £500-£600 if earning local wages) :scared:
Rip off Oz strikes again!
Feb 25th 2005, 10:03 am
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Our school dentristry is not in a van thank god :scared: However it stops here in Our district at year 6. The kids get one visit per year and all treatments required from that visit for $28. Orthadontics are not covered.
Personally we, at the moment, don't feel that private health is the way to go (for us in our circumstances) However what we have done is open another ING account and we are saving a seperate set amount each month should anything unexpected crop up. At the moment it works for us
Personally we, at the moment, don't feel that private health is the way to go (for us in our circumstances) However what we have done is open another ING account and we are saving a seperate set amount each month should anything unexpected crop up. At the moment it works for us
Feb 25th 2005, 10:10 am
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Originally Posted by eatstatic
One thousand dollars for root canal work , how is an average
Aussie ment to afford that? Just goes to show that it is the little, unexpected things in life that trip up the pommie migrant when it comes to cost of living.
I am glad that I didnt require any dental tre3atment in Australia. I just had a root canal filling done here in blighty earlier this month, the cost was £76.04. $1000 is like paying £400 (or more like £500-£600 if earning local wages) :scared:
Rip off Oz strikes again!
Aussie ment to afford that? Just goes to show that it is the little, unexpected things in life that trip up the pommie migrant when it comes to cost of living.
I am glad that I didnt require any dental tre3atment in Australia. I just had a root canal filling done here in blighty earlier this month, the cost was £76.04. $1000 is like paying £400 (or more like £500-£600 if earning local wages) :scared:
Rip off Oz strikes again!
It's swings and roundabouts here. Some things are less expensive, some more. To be fair I haven't shopped around either and as MrsDagboy suggested, there may be less expensive dentists out there.
BTW: I paid £230 in the UK about 2 years ago for the same thing.... and I had to wait a month for the prevelidge
The other thing to bear in mind. I had an X-ray here. First time that's happend as with my UK canal filling there was no X-ray for whatever reason
And finally, to put an even balance on this, yes it was expensive but it was a Saturday morning and less than 24hrs notice. Now THAT's what I call service
so....it seems it's more expensive in Aus..... but they were more thorough and the service was quick.
My father can't even GET a dentist in UK!! :scared:
Feb 25th 2005, 10:37 am
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Originally Posted by Phoenixuk2oz
Ahh Daz....wondered when you'd crop up
It's swings and roundabouts here. Some things are less expensive, some more. To be fair I haven't shopped around either and as MrsDagboy suggested, there may be less expensive dentists out there.
BTW: I paid £230 in the UK about 2 years ago for the same thing.... and I had to wait a month for the prevelidge
The other thing to bear in mind. I had an X-ray here. First time that's happend as with my UK canal filling there was no X-ray for whatever reason
And finally, to put an even balance on this, yes it was expensive but it was a Saturday morning and less than 24hrs notice. Now THAT's what I call service
so....it seems it's more expensive in Aus..... but they were more thorough and the service was quick.
My father can't even GET a dentist in UK!! :scared:
It's swings and roundabouts here. Some things are less expensive, some more. To be fair I haven't shopped around either and as MrsDagboy suggested, there may be less expensive dentists out there.
BTW: I paid £230 in the UK about 2 years ago for the same thing.... and I had to wait a month for the prevelidge
The other thing to bear in mind. I had an X-ray here. First time that's happend as with my UK canal filling there was no X-ray for whatever reason
And finally, to put an even balance on this, yes it was expensive but it was a Saturday morning and less than 24hrs notice. Now THAT's what I call service
so....it seems it's more expensive in Aus..... but they were more thorough and the service was quick.
My father can't even GET a dentist in UK!! :scared:
I have to say that the dental services in Australia are excellent but yes you do pay for it! Fortunatley my Mum was a government employee in Oz so we had excellent health cover and treatment.
I leave for oz in 6 weeks but have managed to get in a dentist here though its taken 2 years and I've gone privately as there isnt a hope in hell in getting on the NHS dental register. I had a tooth pulled out which was agony as the tooth wouldnt numb or the dentist had watered down the 'stuff' too much to save money! and i have to go back for clean and scale plus 5 small fillings at a grand total of £350 all up... not too bad a suppose!
Don't forget there are waiting periods on health cover so getting covered sooner rather than later is prob best!
Feb 25th 2005, 10:44 am
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Originally Posted by Phoenixuk2oz
Ahh Daz....wondered when you'd crop up
It's swings and roundabouts here. Some things are less expensive, some more. To be fair I haven't shopped around either and as MrsDagboy suggested, there may be less expensive dentists out there.
BTW: I paid £230 in the UK about 2 years ago for the same thing.... and I had to wait a month for the prevelidge
The other thing to bear in mind. I had an X-ray here. First time that's happend as with my UK canal filling there was no X-ray for whatever reason
And finally, to put an even balance on this, yes it was expensive but it was a Saturday morning and less than 24hrs notice. Now THAT's what I call service
so....it seems it's more expensive in Aus..... but they were more thorough and the service was quick.
My father can't even GET a dentist in UK!! :scared:
It's swings and roundabouts here. Some things are less expensive, some more. To be fair I haven't shopped around either and as MrsDagboy suggested, there may be less expensive dentists out there.
BTW: I paid £230 in the UK about 2 years ago for the same thing.... and I had to wait a month for the prevelidge
The other thing to bear in mind. I had an X-ray here. First time that's happend as with my UK canal filling there was no X-ray for whatever reason
And finally, to put an even balance on this, yes it was expensive but it was a Saturday morning and less than 24hrs notice. Now THAT's what I call service
so....it seems it's more expensive in Aus..... but they were more thorough and the service was quick.
My father can't even GET a dentist in UK!! :scared:
I had a root canal filling, with X ray, 3 as a matter of fact, guess the dentist likes to have precision of detail. It took just over an hour in all and only cost me £76.04.
I also had the oppurtunity to chat to the very attractive and intelligent dental nurse. She remarked that my wife (an Aussie) had been in recently and she asked if I had been/am thinking of going. I told her I had been twice, once on holiday, once to live and that I sort of liked the holiday part, but living their was not for me. As it turned out she had also been on a WHV and had relatives in Adelaide. Funny thing was she agreed with me that Oz is not all it is cracked up to be by starry eyed pom wannabees. She said something like "Its OK if all you want out of life is to be a surf bum/ go to BBQs etc, but I found it boring and samey after a month".
I had to laugh, it is nice to see that all pommies are not brainwashed by the Utopian socirty of Godzone.
Feb 25th 2005, 10:46 am
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Originally Posted by blossom
Blossoms daughter here!
I have to say that the dental services in Australia are excellent but yes you do pay for it! Fortunatley my Mum was a government employee in Oz so we had excellent health cover and treatment.
I leave for oz in 6 weeks but have managed to get in a dentist here though its taken 2 years and I've gone privately as there isnt a hope in hell in getting on the NHS dental register. I had a tooth pulled out which was agony as the tooth wouldnt numb or the dentist had watered down the 'stuff' too much to save money! and i have to go back for clean and scale plus 5 small fillings at a grand total of £350 all up... not too bad a suppose!
Don't forget there are waiting periods on health cover so getting covered sooner rather than later is prob best!
I have to say that the dental services in Australia are excellent but yes you do pay for it! Fortunatley my Mum was a government employee in Oz so we had excellent health cover and treatment.
I leave for oz in 6 weeks but have managed to get in a dentist here though its taken 2 years and I've gone privately as there isnt a hope in hell in getting on the NHS dental register. I had a tooth pulled out which was agony as the tooth wouldnt numb or the dentist had watered down the 'stuff' too much to save money! and i have to go back for clean and scale plus 5 small fillings at a grand total of £350 all up... not too bad a suppose!
Don't forget there are waiting periods on health cover so getting covered sooner rather than later is prob best!
When you say there are waiting periods on health cover, do you mean here in Aus?
As an aside, what's the weather like in Grimsby at the mo? [we're originally from upt North
] Is it still snowing? 
Feb 25th 2005, 10:52 am
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Originally Posted by eatstatic
I only state as I see Pheonix.
I had a root canal filling, with X ray, 3 as a matter of fact, guess the dentist likes to have precision of detail. It took just over an hour in all and only cost me £76.04.
I also had the oppurtunity to chat to the very attractive and intelligent dental nurse. She remarked that my wife (an Aussie) had been in recently and she asked if I had been/am thinking of going. I told her I had been twice, once on holiday, once to live and that I sort of liked the holiday part, but living their was not for me. As it turned out she had also been on a WHV and had relatives in Adelaide. Funny thing was she agreed with me that Oz is not all it is cracked up to be by starry eyed pom wannabees. She said something like "Its OK if all you want out of life is to be a surf bum/ go to BBQs etc, but I found it boring and samey after a month".
I had to laugh, it is nice to see that all pommies are not brainwashed by the Utopian socirty of Godzone.
I had a root canal filling, with X ray, 3 as a matter of fact, guess the dentist likes to have precision of detail. It took just over an hour in all and only cost me £76.04.
I also had the oppurtunity to chat to the very attractive and intelligent dental nurse. She remarked that my wife (an Aussie) had been in recently and she asked if I had been/am thinking of going. I told her I had been twice, once on holiday, once to live and that I sort of liked the holiday part, but living their was not for me. As it turned out she had also been on a WHV and had relatives in Adelaide. Funny thing was she agreed with me that Oz is not all it is cracked up to be by starry eyed pom wannabees. She said something like "Its OK if all you want out of life is to be a surf bum/ go to BBQs etc, but I found it boring and samey after a month".
I had to laugh, it is nice to see that all pommies are not brainwashed by the Utopian socirty of Godzone.
Feb 25th 2005, 10:54 am
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Originally Posted by Phoenixuk2oz
Thanks for that Blossoms daughter
When you say there are waiting periods on health cover, do you mean here in Aus?
As an aside, what's the weather like in Grimsby at the mo? [we're originally from upt North ] Is it still snowing?
When you say there are waiting periods on health cover, do you mean here in Aus?
As an aside, what's the weather like in Grimsby at the mo? [we're originally from upt North
] Is it still snowing? well it rained yesterday so washed all the snow away - rumour has it the snow is to return with avengence on sunday!!!! market rasen way is still thick under snow though!
I have to go to the otherside of the humber tonight to finish cleaning my rental house so hopefully i wont get snowed in there over the weekend! Whereabouts are you phoenix?
Feb 25th 2005, 11:00 am
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Originally Posted by blossom
hi yeah i mean in oz... I was going to wait to get my teeth done out there because i know they'd make a better job of it! But when ii looked at the waiting periods (ie. before you can claim) for most of the healthcare insurers it was just too long as i have had chronic tooth ache for ages.
well it rained yesterday so washed all the snow away - rumour has it the snow is to return with avengence on sunday!!!! market rasen way is still thick under snow though!
I have to go to the otherside of the humber tonight to finish cleaning my rental house so hopefully i wont get snowed in there over the weekend! Whereabouts are you phoenix?
well it rained yesterday so washed all the snow away - rumour has it the snow is to return with avengence on sunday!!!! market rasen way is still thick under snow though!
I have to go to the otherside of the humber tonight to finish cleaning my rental house so hopefully i wont get snowed in there over the weekend! Whereabouts are you phoenix?
Hope you manage to sort the rental place out without getting snowed in. I guess you're due out here soon then?
We're in the Bayside area of Brisbane. No snow here...thank god
Feb 25th 2005, 11:04 am
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Originally Posted by Phoenixuk2oz
We prefefer Godzone....for all it's good and not so good bits
Feb 25th 2005, 11:06 am
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Originally Posted by Phoenixuk2oz
Ahhh I see, yep gotcha. I think most healthcare places require a minimum of 6 months subscriptions before you recieve any benefits.
Hope you manage to sort the rental place out without getting snowed in. I guess you're due out here soon then?
We're in the Bayside area of Brisbane. No snow here...thank god
Hope you manage to sort the rental place out without getting snowed in. I guess you're due out here soon then?
We're in the Bayside area of Brisbane. No snow here...thank god