dentist

rough day yesterday,had to travel 150miles back home to have a tooth pulled then 150 back with a sore face,just need another bit of work done cost will be about �£130. to have it done in aberdeen,was quoted �£1.000 to �£1.500. i go back in 3 weeks.thats a big saving for pensioner its an injustice calamrero 8

 

My sympathies are with you Kathy! I'm off to my dentist today in he hope he'll finally pull the tooth that's had an abcess behind it for 3 years! I don't have a 300 mile round trip mind! I can walk! My practice have just gone 'Denplan' too hich means �£120 a year policy for the couple of check ups and a clean & polish that used to cost about a 3rd of that! :confused:

 

I don't want to get political (or at least Political) but the dental services are in an even bigger mess then much of the rest of the health service. My dentist withdrew from public life last year after 'borrowing' half a million pounds from the NHS. Early this year my crown dropped out. (It's happened before.) I couldn't get a dentist to put it back but three of them were willing to do me a new one for around �£300. Eventually I found another N.H. dentist in a town 10 miles away who put it back for �£7.50. Only trouble is, she is Polish and doesn't speak a word of English. I have to mime everything. :(

 

such a shame kathy, what a journey and the cost, everything in our country is getting very expensive these days

 

Sarah,John and Rosa
living in Aberdeen docent mean we all have oil wells in our back gardens,and its getting worse.
Sarah i really hope they help you its wicked having toothache.John glad you got your crown back in its rightful place,Rosa lucky for me it was a lovely day for driving

 

Kathy, can you believe I got the time wrong!! How come when that happens you never turn up half an hour early! Re-booked for 2 weeks time!

Still - I went for a long walk on the coast with my dad. Don't spend as much time with him as I should so getting up early wasn't a complete waste!! :D (note that the smiley has nice teeth!)

 

Sarah you poor soul,can you wait that long?
someone told me today,that you can contact
g-dentist,if you have toothache,they will take it out,never even heard of them,but its worth a try
hope youre ok,bet it was nice seeing your dad

 

Thanks Kathy. It's not too bad now. I had antibiotics - again - until about 10 days ago and still have a yellow tongue from them! The abscess seems to have settled again - it had been leaking through the gum. I knocked a bit off the tooth too so I'm looking forward to seeing the back of it!

You're right! A day out with my dad was really special! Will post some photos on the appropriate thread!

 

Most of you seem to be having trouble getting a decent dentist, I have been having a course of treatment recently and its working out pretty good.
I get one front filling, one back filling, two extractions and a descale for 47 quid, or there abouts, not bad I thought.

 

Had a filling replaced monday it had pulled out no drilling needed a quick clean out 5min work �£43.60 thats �£523.20/hr. Where is it you live Pete.