# The National Health Service (Dental Charges) Regulations 2005, Regulation 3: Charges for the provision of dental services

Extent: E+W

(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, a charge of the amount provided for in, and calculated in accordance with, regulation 4 or 12A(2) may be made and recovered in respect of—
(a) the provision of relevant primary dental services; and
(b) the supply of dental appliances under the Act otherwise than as part of relevant primary dental services.
(2) No charge shall be made and recovered under paragraph (1) in respect of—
(a) a supply under the Act, otherwise than as part of relevant primary dental services, of dental appliances to a person who has undergone operative procedures affecting the mandible, the maxilla or the soft tissues of the mouth as part of treatment for invasive tumours;
(b) a prisoner;
(c) the provision of dental public health services;
(d) the removal of sutures; or
(e) the examination and assessment of a patient leading to—
(i) the issue of a prescription,
(ii) the repair of a dental appliance,
(iii) the arrest of bleeding, or
(iv) the removal of sutures,
if, at the same time, no other treatment listed in Schedule 1, 1A, 2 , 4 or 4A is provided and no dental appliances listed in Schedule 3 are supplied.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3477/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-dental-charges-regulations-2005/regulation-3
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