Dental price list for London
What dental treatment actually costs, on one page. NHS charges are fixed across England. Private prices are the median of what 1,295 London practices publish on their own fee pages, so they are what practices advertise rather than an estimate.
NHS dental charges, 2026/27
NHS treatment in England is charged in three bands, whatever the treatment costs the practice. You pay one band charge per course of treatment, so a course needing five fillings costs the same as a course needing one.
| Band | Charge | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Band 1 | £27.90 | Check-up, X-rays, scale and polish if clinically needed, preventive advice. Urgent care is charged at the same rate. |
| Band 2 | £76.60 | Everything in Band 1, plus fillings, extractions and root canal treatment. The same charge whether you need one filling or five. |
| Band 3 | £332.10 | Everything in Bands 1 and 2, plus crowns, dentures, bridges and complex restorative work. |
These are national England charges, not London ones, and they are the same at every NHS practice. Some people pay nothing: who qualifies for free NHS dental treatment.
Private treatment prices in London
Every figure below is a published "from" price taken from a practice's own website. We take each practice's lowest price for a treatment, then the median across practices, so one expensive clinic cannot drag the number. The typical range is the middle half of the market: a quarter of practices start below it and a quarter above.
| Treatment | Typical from-price | London median | Practices | Cheapest borough | Dearest borough |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's dentistry | £40 to £75 | £55 | 324 | Lewisham £30 | Westminster £85 |
| Hygienist services | £65 to £95 | £75 | 888 | Barking and Dagenham £40 | City of London £125 |
| Emergency dentist | £60 to £100 | £75 | 420 | Lewisham £50 | Merton £135 |
| General dentistry | £50 to £140 | £75 | 1,140 | Barking and Dagenham £45 | Westminster £120 |
| Gum treatment | £110 to £195 | £150 | 549 | Sutton £95 | Kensington and Chelsea £220 |
| Cosmetic dentistry | £150 to £575 | £250 | 89 | too few | too few |
| Oral surgery | £185 to £380 | £280 | 669 | Newham £140 | Westminster £375 |
| Sedation dentistry | £245 to £380 | £300 | 215 | Hackney £180 | Richmond upon Thames £430 |
| Veneers and bonding | £225 to £650 | £325 | 946 | Harrow £250 | Greenwich £450 |
| Teeth whitening | £300 to £440 | £375 | 944 | Newham £275 | Kensington and Chelsea £450 |
| Root canal treatment | £300 to £600 | £400 | 735 | Hammersmith and Fulham £320 | Kensington and Chelsea £625 |
| Dentures | £350 to £825 | £600 | 795 | Ealing £325 | Hammersmith and Fulham £850 |
| Orthodontics and braces | £1,200 to £2,975 | £1,995 | 368 | Redbridge £900 | Lambeth £3,000 |
| Dental implants | £1,700 to £2,800 | £2,100 | 289 | Camden £1,800 | City of London £2,995 |
| Invisalign and clear aligners | £1,890 to £3,300 | £2,500 | 752 | Newham £1,995 | Barking and Dagenham £3,000 |
Borough figures appear only where at least 5 practices in that borough publish a price. Single dental implant prices exclude full-arch work such as All-on-4, which runs to five figures and would make the median meaningless. Same method as our London Dental Cost Index, which ranks all 32 boroughs.
NHS or private: which is cheaper
For anything the NHS covers, NHS is cheaper, and usually by a wide margin. A Band 2 course at £76.60 covers root canal treatment that starts at a median £400 privately. A Band 3 course at £332.10 covers dentures that start at a median £600.
The comparison stops holding where the NHS does not go. Implants, whitening, veneers and clear aligners are not routinely available on the NHS, so the private price is the only price. That is where comparing between practices, and between boroughs, is worth the effort: the gap across London on a single implant runs to four figures.
The other constraint is availability rather than money. Which London practices are taking new NHS patients changes month to month, and a practice that is not taking NHS patients will quote you the private price whatever the band would have been.
How we built this
We read the published fee page of every dental practice we list in London and record each "from" price against a treatment. That is 1,295 practices with at least one published price, out of 2,131 we list. A treatment appears above only where at least 10 practices publish a price for it.
These are advertised starting prices, not quotes. What you pay depends on the work you need, and a practice quoting "from £350" for a root canal may charge more for a molar. Always confirm with the practice before booking. Prices are re-read from practice websites on a rolling basis. This information is a general guide and is not a substitute for professional dental advice.
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