Dental Insurance

Protect your teeth and collect 1,200 Clubcard points from Tesco

Until 5 March, Tesco is offering customers 1,200 free Clubcard points to customers when they take out Dental Insurance underwritten by AXA PPP healthcare.

31/01/08

Protect your teeth and collect 1,200 Clubcard points from Tesco

Tesco Dental Insurance offers two levels of cover - Core and Premium. Both cover the cost of planned and unplanned dental treatment, with prices starting from as little as £8.95 a month.

Says Jeremy Sutton, Head of Tesco Dental Insurance, ”With a recent survey by the European Commission pointing out that British dental care is the most expensive in Europe*, it is important to be protected from what could be a considerable cost.

According to the research the total cost of a standard filling was £117 in the UK compared to £6 in Hungary. This cover is very competitive and no dental check up is necessary before purchase.”

You can make your Clubcard points go further and get up to four times their value by exchanging them for Clubcard Deals on http://vocuspr.com/VocusEU/Url.aspx?517938x4979x-463317

In a recent survey conducted by Tesco Dental Insurance, Kylie Minogue came out at the top as the owner of the nation’s favourite smile.

The order of favourite smiles is as follows:

Kylie Minogue
Kelly Brook
Liz Hurley
Natalie Portman
Jordan
Serena Williams
Julia Roberts
Martine McCutcheon
George Clooney
Madonna
Eddie Murphy
Simon Cowell
Princess Anne
Jack Nicholson

For more information call 0800 678 1790 or visit http://vocuspr.com/VocusEU/Url.aspx?517938x4978x-461620.

*The survey is part of a wider study, commissioned by the European Commission, comparing the cost of a range of medical procedures among the nine countries and is published in the journal Health Economics

For further information, please contact:

Matthew Dransfield:
0131 523 9001

Nicola McGowan:
0131 523 5533

Alex Godwin-Brown:
020 7334 7777

Notes to editors:

About Tesco Dental Insurance
Tesco Personal Finance has teamed up with AXA PPP healthcare to offer the dental insurance products.

NHS dental charges in England and Wales
NHS dental treatment in England and Wales is charged in three bands regardless of whether you have one visit to your dentist, or a whole course of treatment.

NHS dental charges in Scotland and Northern Ireland
In Scotland and Northern Ireland, dentists charge per item and patients are expected to pay 80% of treatment up to a maximum limit (£372 in Scotland and £384 in Northern Ireland at the time of going to print).

About AXA PPP healthcare
AXA PPP healthcare has been helping people access private healthcare since 1940. Today it forms the UK healthcare arm of AXA- a world leader in financial protection and provides healthcare cover for individuals and employers, funding for dental care, as well as health information, occupational health and employee assistance services.

About Tesco Personal Finance Group
Tesco Personal Finance, the financial services arm of the UK's number one supermarket chain, was launched in July 1997 and offers a combination of Internet, supermarket and telephone banking. Tesco Personal Finance has over 5 million customer accounts. It provides a range of 26 value for money financial products and services covering general insurance, lending and savings & investments.

TPF Compare Limited has been set up as a new subsidiary of Tesco Personal Finance Group operating independently.

Tesco Personal Finance Group is a joint venture between The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and Tesco PLC. Tesco Personal Finance Group is registered in Scotland No 173199. Registered Office: 24 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh EH2 1AF. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.