Once I turned 18 I stopped seeing the dentist because as a student and then with my first job since graduating I couldn't afford it. Now I'm living in France my dentistry is reimbursed by the govt. I pay medical insurance straight out of my pay (its compulsary) and then I have a basic complementary insurance (~$100 per yr) - this is for all medical expenses. I get one free teeth clean per year and all my dental costs are 90-100% reimbursed for basic procedures (fillings etc.) and then there is a cap for larger procedures but its quite high. Next week I will get free fillings and my black fillings (which the dentist was appalled with) filled with white fillings - 100% reimbursed. NZ should have a subsidised dental care system like the UK or similar to France - I'll definitely be taking advantage of French health/dental care before I come home.
Once I accidently overdosed on codeine the pain was so excruciating and spent 3 days spraying blood from my bowl and vomiting mercilessly. Iam a low income worker, and recieve no supplemantary support from WINZ. To qualify for subsidised dental care Canterbury DHB requires that I be on a benifit before accessing waiting list. late last year i had a root canal cost-$800. The same tooth again requires another root canal-cost $800. I was born with some congenital abnormailties (cleft palate..)and most of my roots are fused to jaw bone-extraction involves drilling roots off jaw and believe me extremely painfull! Would rather have it fixed. Where does someone like me go to get dental work that I can afford??? Havn't kissed anyone for years because accutely aware that my breath is unlikely to be pleasant.
Hi i am very disappionted with the dental service in this country they charge far too much for service's e.g $160 through too $250 for one tooth to be pulled but if you have a community card it cost about $45 at the hospital,I am quailfied in my industy and have over heads I cant get away with this over charging, maybe the industy needs too be looked at for price fixing?