[nlnn]

It's pretty similar in the UK for private dentistry, x-rays ~£10-30, hygienist/scale/polish ~£50-120, filling ~£70-150, root canal/extraction ~£120-300.

Dentist salaries seem to range between £70-200k depending on experience, specialty, etc.

[ricardobayes]

Very similar prices in Spain too, funny how the UK is generally considered _very_ expensive for dental work, in fact I just paid 40 EUR for an x-ray here yesterday.

[lol768]

Quite happy paying £26.80 / £73.50 for all of that.

It's in a country's interests to help maintain the public's health, and that includes subsidising their dental costs (otherwise, they end up taking up primary care time instead).

[arethuza]

Bone graft and implant for a single tooth can be up to £9K...

[nlnn]

For sure, stuff like implants, cosmetic dentistry, braces, crowns etc. still cost a non-trivial amount (though hopefully most are once in a lifetime things).

[ninalanyon]

A Cerec crown created on a CNC machine with the aid of 3D imaging costs about 500 GBP at my dentist in Norway including the work.

[arethuza]

Yeah - I had a dental bone graft a few months back and I certainly hope its a once in a lifetime thing!

NB No criticism of the dentist that did it - took two dentists and an assistant nearly 5 hours and they have an impressive amount of kit...