Reply to: NHS Dentist - small filling costs hundreds of pounds

[BoredBloke]

So who has any good links to Eastern European dentists then?

[datestamp]

On the private side of things, somebody was telling me of the new "must have" being touted by dentists: porcelain_veneers. He was saying that the labs do all the hard work and invoice the dentist 50 quid. The dentist then sticks them on with glorified superglue and says "Thanks guv, that will be 1200 sovs". Talk of talking the mickey.

[mcquiggd]

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Exactly.

There is a deemed 'relationship' between the dentist and the patient as they have been inside your mouth. At least that's what an ex lady-friend told me, but then again Clinton found a work around....

[BoredBloke]

You mean something along the lines of......would the treatment you have just given normally be given by a NHS dentist. If the aswer is yes then you are a deemed employee of the NHS and as such have to pay us a huge wadge of cash for absolutely no benefit whatsoever. I think that sounds pretty fair!

[mcquiggd]

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Well he could .... just impose an unjustified punitive tax on all dentists that work outside the NHS.... or of course increase immigration quotas for people with a pair of pliers and a bottle of bourbon....

[BoredBloke]

How long ago was it when Blair promised that within 2 years we would all have access to a NHS dentist. Recently he admitted the was nothing he could do to force dentists back into the NHS. Another promise which he managed to evade and which the opposition made absolutely nothing from. Free at the point of service to all!

[sparklelard]

Bloody dentists!!

One of my wisdom teeth cracked and so my dentist said to have it removed. In with the local. 5 minutes later he starts yanking on it - foot on the chest.

Nothing. He gives it a heavfty tug and snaps the exposed part of the tooth off.

Don't worry he said, in a soft lilting Irish accent, it will be allright then he sent me home.

Once the local had worn off, absolute agony. Anyone tried getting an out-of-hours dental appointment?

I have to go to A&E for some mega pain relief.

Next day, still painful. Finally managed to get an emergency appointment. The Dentists takes an x-ray and voila. Instead of the roots of the tooth being straight, one side had curled inwards into the bone.

I surprised he hadn't dislocated my jaw when he tried to remove it.

I was then put on a waiting list for the local hospitals orhodontic surgeon.

About a month later, and being hooked on the pain killers, I was admitted and the tooth removed under a general anaesthetic.

[zathras]

Dentists (and for that matter Doctors)

Well my wife being Thai I've had experience there as well and to be honest it put the NHS to shame.

The nearest dentist to me in London was filthy with paint peeling of the walls. They wanted #35 for a hygenist when I tried to book and their was a 7 day waiting list, the next wanted also a wait for 7 days but required me to register, get a checkup and then pay for the hygenist. Total cost 75.00 pounds.

I went to my wife's dentist in Thailand. IT was clean and I was seen in about 5 minutes. Total cost was about 300 baht (exchange rate about 75 bahts to the pound).

The Doctor was equally efficient. It was the water festival when I went and got food poisoning from all the dirty (frozen) water being chucked around. Two prescriptions, seen in 10 minutes, in the evening. That one cost 500 baht.

Both times they were efficient, friendly and took time.

[Francko]

She cooks, she fooks, she does the washing up and her family fix your teeth.

Russian Girlfriend from Ronco. Discount if bought with IT nerd boyfriend. Postage and Packing not included.

Oh well, here is your chance to lose your virginity.

[Bagpuss]

She cooks, she fooks, she does the washing up and her family fix your teeth.

Russian Girlfriend from Ronco. Discount if bought with IT nerd boyfriend. Postage and Packing not included.

[Francko]

Another good reason to have a russian wife, book a flight to Moscow, spend a week or so with in laws and get all your dental needs sorted for a tenth of the price here, et voila)

Well said.

[HankWangford]

Russia

Another good reason to have a russian wife, book a flight to Moscow, spend a week or so with in laws and get all your dental needs sorted for a tenth of the price here, et voila)

[xoggoth]

I note your problems were due to losing a filling. And why did you have a filling to lose amy I ask? Probably because you went to a dentist before and he TOLD YOU you needed one. Stop falling for this con.

http://www.xoggoth.org/science.html

[privateeye]

I always put 'investigator' on the forms where it says occupation - I get done only that needs to be done no more. The same applies when I get my car serviced - I let them know the car is used for surveillance work and the work is always done properly. Learnt this trick as I do part time Private Investigation work and everytime I let them know I'm an investigator i get a different level of service.

[Not So Wise]

After an experience 3 years ago with a private dentist (total fecking sadist) and then a nhs dentist last year (same experience as mentioned above by ir35, except two filling he put in did not even last till i had made it out the door) I have sworn never to go to a UK dentist except for emergancy treatment (Always had pretty good service from hospital emergency dental clinics have always been quite good for some reason in comparison with the others...if you can put up with the waiting, problem is what they will do is limited)

In regards to the nhs dentists, think they get more money if they break the work down into multiple visits rather than just doing it all in one go, suitable for them not for anyone else, especially if you work.

Next proper dental work i am getting done (probably next year, want decent amount of cosmetic work done) i will be heading to eastern europe, by all accounts from others i know who have been there, their equipment, training and profesionalism is only slightly lower than the US (thus putting it miles ahead of the UK) while at a fraction of the cost. To give you just an idea work i wanted done was quoted to me over here at circa £7,000 minium while over in the czech rep. getting quotes well under two grand.