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If you can't afford dental work, simply get the work done and force a "flexible" response from the dentist, suggests a consumer champion.

In the latest edition of Woman's Weekly, former Fair Go presenter Kevin Milne offers a few options in response to a query from a woman whose son needed $5000 of dental repairs, including root canal work.

The magazine's consumer columnist recommends approaching the dentist to organise a scheduled payment option. Another "controversial" option, he says, is to get the work done "before he tells the dentist he doesn't have the funds right now".

Are dentistry costs out of control in NZ? Here is a selection of Your Views:

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2. chris says
   "Dentists are a complete disgrace and a clear indication of where we as a society and gone wrong. These people who are responsible for our health should not be doing it for personal profit, which they do."
3. nathan says
   "My wife is a dentist and what you do not see on 'Fair Go' et al is that over 50 per cent of the cost of dental treatment covers equipment, materials, staff, lab fees etc."
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