toothache.fyi

Fuelled by pain, not your data.

Prices checked 19–24 Oct 2026 · NHS list read 24 Oct 2026

The problem

Same treatment, wildly different prices, and nowhere to compare.

On the NHS a check-up is £27.90. Privately, within 6 miles of Canary Wharf, the same check-up costs £30 to £175. Root canal across East London costs £150 to £850; in the City and Southwark, £250 to £1,460.

Dentists must put a price list in the waiting room and on their website, so patients don’t have to ask (General Dental Council, Standard 2.4). Of the 288 practices we cover, only 102 show prices online that we could find.

And the listings flatter: when the British Dental Association phoned 100 practices listed as taking NHS patients, only 1 in 10 could.

What it does
  • Real price discovery: every nearby price for the treatment you need, against the NHS price.
  • Really taking patients: we show when each practice last confirmed it, so a stale claim looks stale.
  • Nearest: walk (under 1 mile), drive (under 6), or further.
  • Ask: what to ask when you call, with space for the answers.
  • Securely send: a photo of the tooth, or any file, through Refueler Share.
How to use it
  1. Pick what you need: a check-up, an emergency visit or another treatment.
  2. Type your postcode, or use your location. It never leaves your phone.
  3. See the lowest and highest price near you, next to the NHS price.
  4. Slide your budget, tap a practice and call them.

In pain now? Urgent NHS dental care is £27.90, and you don't need to be registered with a dentist. Call 111. Swelling or trouble breathing: call 999.

Made for
Anyone with a phone and a sore tooth. For now: Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Southwark, Newham, the City of London and Islington.
How it runs
Each week we read the NHS listings. Prices come from each practice's own price list, and every one is checked by hand. Next: the weekly reading runs on its own and shows us only what changed.
Trust
No ads, no paid placement and no money from dentists. Every price links to the practice's own page, with the date we read it.

Privacy

No cookies, trackers, analytics or accounts. The page makes no requests to any other website. Your postcode or location is used on your phone and never sent to us. Nothing is remembered between visits. A practice's website opens only when you tap its link.

Sources: prices read from practice websites and hand-checked, 19–24 Oct 2026; which practices say they take NHS patients, NHS website, read 24 Oct 2026; dentists' duty to show prices, GDC Standards for the Dental Team (from 30 Sep 2013); NHS charges, NHSBSA, from 1 April 2026; BDA survey reported by Dentistry.co.uk, 27 Jun 2024; practice counts, CQC directory, 14 Oct 2026. Not dental advice.