Dental check-up in Harrow
Dental check-up in Harrow costs £41–£72 per appointment privately — the middle half of what 19 Harrow practices publish themselves. Harrow has 86 CQC-registered practices in total.
| Option | Cost (per appointment) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Private — lower | £41 | 25th percentile of published prices |
| Private — typical | £49 | Median across 19 Harrow practices |
| Private — upper | £72 | 75th percentile |
| NHS | £27.90 | Band 1, set nationally |
Harrow figure. The middle half of prices 19 Harrow practices publish themselves, read August 2026; “from” prices and narrower variants excluded. Across London the middle half is £35–£65 from 954 practices. Method.
- The Harrow median (£49) sits within 3% of the pooled median across the 24 boroughs with published dental check-up data on this site (£50, n=529).
- That makes Harrow the 18th most expensive of those 24 boroughs for this treatment.
- The middle half of prices runs £40–£59 (a £19 range), a moderate spread. The full range is £25–£169.
- 17 of the 86 CQC-registered practices in Harrow publish a price for this treatment (20%); the figures describe those 17, not the whole borough.
- All figures are per appointment, taken from each practice's own fee guide, so they can be compared like for like.
| Neighbouring borough | Median | vs Harrow | Middle half | Practices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillingdon | £45 | £4 less | £40–£47 | 12 |
| Barnet | £50 | £1 more | £45–£60 | 33 |
| Brent | £49 | same as Harrow | £42–£52 | 23 |
| Ealing | £50 | £1 more | £32–£72 | 23 |
The lowest neighbouring median is Hillingdon at £45 — £4 below Harrow, from 12 published prices. Both are published prices, not quotes; a practice sets its own fee whichever borough it sits in.
Why are some Harrow prices more than double the median?
2 of 17 listed prices exceed £98: Pinn Dental Practice (£145), Streatfield Dental Surgery (£169). These are typically premium packages or specialist-led treatment; the median is a better guide to what a typical Harrow practice charges.
Every statement above is computed from the 17 published prices in the table below; it changes when the data changes.
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17 Harrow practices publish this fee. Each figure is the practice's own published price, read August 2026; narrower variants (“from” prices, child or temporary work) are excluded. Sorted lowest first.
A low figure is a real published fee, not a quote — complexity can change the price. Always confirm. How we verify
What you are paying for
A check-up is an examination, a soft-tissue check for anything abnormal, and an assessment of gum health. Radiographs are often included for a new patient and charged separately afterwards. Ask which, because a £45 check-up with £30 of X-rays is not cheaper than a £75 one that includes them.
How often you actually need one
NICE guideline CG19 does not recommend six-monthly check-ups for everyone. It recommends an interval set individually between 3 and 24 months, based on your risk of dental disease, and its 2018 surveillance review found no evidence that a 24-month interval harmed low-risk adults. If you are recalled every six months by default, it is reasonable to ask what your risk assessment was — over ten years the difference is substantial.
The NHS alternative
An NHS check-up is a Band 1 charge of £27.90, which covers the examination, any X-rays and a scale and polish if you clinically need one. That price is set nationally and does not change with the postcode. The barrier is availability, not cost.
A routine scale and polish every six months does not keep gums healthier than having one when your dentist judges it necessary.
The Cochrane review found that scheduled scale and polish did not reduce the early signs of gum disease more than treatment given as needed. It does remove more calculus — six-monthly more than twelve-monthly, on high-certainty evidence — but the clinical importance of that difference is uncertain. Patients did report their teeth felt cleaner. If a practice sells you a fixed cleaning schedule, this is the evidence to ask them about.
- Lamont T, Worthington HV, Clarkson JE, Beirne PV. Routine scale and polish for periodontal health in adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2018, Issue 12. CD004625.pub5. cochranelibrary.com · Cochrane terms — cited, not reproduced
Prices on this page are ours, read from practices' own fee guides. The finding above is independent peer-reviewed research, cited so you can check it. All sources and licences.
Every practice below is on the CQC register. Contact them directly — we take no enquiries and no practice pays to appear here.
- Headstone Lane Dental Practice - 189 HA2 6ND
- Bridge Dental Care HA2 8HS
- Stanmore Smile Centre HA7 4EL
- Dentology Cleethorpes Road HA1 4QA
- Clocktower Dental Surgery - Wealdstone HA3 7AL
- Complete Smiles HA1 1BE
- Headstone Lane Dental Practice - 197 HA2 6ND
- Marsh Lane Dental HA7 4TH
- toothi HA8 6LD
- Pinner Dental Care HA5 5LU
- Angle House Harrow Specialist Dentistry HA1 2BU
- Vertue Dental HA5 3JF
- 218 Smile Clinic HA1 4JU
- Pinner Road Smile Clinic Ltd HA1 4JU
- Centre of Dental Excellence HA7 4AH
- EgoDent Stanmore HA7 1ER
- Harrow Dental Centre HA1 4LB
- The Park Dental Practice HA8 8AE
- Clocktower Dental Practice - Wealdstone HA3 7AL
- Zeca Dent HA7 1GB
- Smile 360 Dental Practice HA1 1GZ
- Abbey Dental South Harrow HA2 9AJ
- Harrow Weald Dental Practice HA3 5EQ
- Harrow Weald Dental Practice HA3 5EQ
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Private prices move with the postcode, and the borough boundary is often a short bus ride.
Prices are compiled from the fee guides practices publish themselves and always need confirming with the practice before treatment. DentistFees is not a dental practice and does not give clinical advice. See our sources.