Soldato
I'm registered with an NHS practice, my dentist left while I was between appointments to have a filling sorted and my new one decided to do his own check-up and plan rather than use the old dentist's notes. Fair enough, but it did make me wonder if there was more behind the fact my dentist left than the quoted "personal reasons"!
The new dentist seems nice enough and seemed to genuinely want to get to the root (no pun indented) of why I've a few cavities that need sorting out, and gave me far more detail than the old dentist did.
He tried to sell me the option of either going for the silver NHS fillings, or pay for him to do it privately where I'd get composite fillings. He mentioned composite fillings should last longer (10 years?) and not crack over time and allow infection in, which I believe is what happened. He said they were somewhere in the region of £90-£150 each though, which seems rather expensive.
Are they really worth it over normal fillings on teeth I'll probably not see, or am I being taken for a ride with the benefits? My old dentist never once mentioned doing things privately so I'm a bit suspicious.
I seem to remember there's a couple of dentists here, @Hikari Kisugi I believe, so any help would be appreciated.
Cheers
The new dentist seems nice enough and seemed to genuinely want to get to the root (no pun indented) of why I've a few cavities that need sorting out, and gave me far more detail than the old dentist did.
He tried to sell me the option of either going for the silver NHS fillings, or pay for him to do it privately where I'd get composite fillings. He mentioned composite fillings should last longer (10 years?) and not crack over time and allow infection in, which I believe is what happened. He said they were somewhere in the region of £90-£150 each though, which seems rather expensive.
Are they really worth it over normal fillings on teeth I'll probably not see, or am I being taken for a ride with the benefits? My old dentist never once mentioned doing things privately so I'm a bit suspicious.
I seem to remember there's a couple of dentists here, @Hikari Kisugi I believe, so any help would be appreciated.
Cheers