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I still don't get private dental
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Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishing -
Originally posted by northernladuk View PostI've had a lot of work due to some busted teeth
Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostHands up who is surprised someone knocked NL's teeth out?
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I still have an NHS dentist and the differences at my practice are:
1. Treatment is in a box room rather than a spacious office.
2. You don't get to watch videos of reef fish.
3. The dentists appear to be young/newly qualified and therefore less experienced.
If you want fancy things like white fillings you're still paying private costs for it along with various other 'non-essential' work.Last edited by Smartie; 21 January 2022, 16:52.Comment
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Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by Smartie View PostI still have an NHS dentist and the differences at my practice are:
1. Treatment is in a box room rather than a spacious office.
2. You don't get to watch videos of reef fish.
3. The dentists appear to be young/newly qualified and therefore less experienced.
If you want fancy things like white fillings you're still paying private costs for it along with various other 'non-essential' work."A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George OrwellComment
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Been with the same NHS dental practice for 20 odd years. Always been excellent. My teeth are crap due to neglect in my younger days and I've had a couple of extractions, crowns and root canals done as a result. The first root canal I had done privately before I came to this one. It got horribly infected and had to be re-done twice. It flared up again a few years later and the NHS guys I'm with now spotted that the private guy had left part of the drill lodged in the nerve canal which meant they didn't flush out the infection properly and it had slowly been rotting from the inside. I ended up having to have the whole tooth removed as there was no way to remove the broken drill bit without it getting very very expensive (1000's) with a specialist oral surgeon and still no guarantee it would save the tooth or stop the infection coming back.
Everything else I've had done there has been excellent, another root canal, 2 crowns and another extraction as well as regular checkups and the odd filling (mostly replacing old ones as they start to crumble.) and they are on the ball about using different techniques and procedures to do the best job.
They do private cosmetic stuff as well, whitening , straightening etc. but are not pushy and happy to advise on cost/benefit etc.
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Originally posted by DaveB View PostIt flared up again a few years later and the NHS guys I'm with now spotted that the private guy had left part of the drill lodged in the nerve canal which meant they didn't flush out the infection properly and it had slowly been rotting from the inside. I ended up having to have the whole tooth removed as there was no way to remove the broken drill bit without it getting very very expensive (1000's) with a specialist oral surgeon and still no guarantee it would save the tooth or stop the infection coming back.
She opted (without much choice) to have it extracted during lockdown and has been traumatised about the dentist since - normally you can visit somewhere for sedation but this wasn't possible, and I couldn't even go in with her.
Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by Paddy View Post
The quality of the normal amalgam fillings used for the NHS is the lowest possible and only lasts a year or two. NHS will give the absolute minimum of treatment and because they use outdated x-ray equipment they often overlook hard to find cavities.
The two amalgam fillings that are in my mouth have been there for years.
Mine does NHS and private work.
The practice tries to push people to private but my individual dentist tells you whether you should bother or not.
In my case it is not bother.
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