dentist

Efour · 19 May 2020 at 08:12

Same here. My sister's partner had tooth issues and she was denied emergency dentist treatment. 2 agonizing weeks later she's admitted to A&E and ends up overnight on IV antibiotics and an emergency extraction.

Good system.

Destination · 19 May 2020 at 09:39

England does have a network of emergency dental centres, your own GDP should be able to refer you to these.
Contact them and directly request it.

CircleFaust · 19 May 2020 at 09:57

i'm paying extra attention to my teeth because i know there is no way in hell of getting an appointment with a dentist during this

alchal · 19 May 2020 at 10:11

Not dentist related but similar.

Suffering from knee pain for a good 7 years been to phsyio twice seen the doctor and his partner multiple times,always told I don't need a scan.

Anyway knee has been in agony,can't sleep can hardly walk,so had a phone appointment.

Well all I received was,what can I do,you can't go for a scan blah blah,you do know about covid ? You are not an emergency,you will be wasting time.

I mean I should have told him that I have been busy making morgue slabs for the hospitals and it's impacting on my work.
But what do I know about covid doing the rounds,I'm not an NHS worker.

jpaul · 27 Aug 2020 at 14:31

what is the deal on NHS dentists ?

Are even simplest of fillings amalgam/expoxy out, since they need some drilling to tidy up a cavity, and will create aerosol.

Had wondered if you can send in a photograph, so the dentist can appraise the site, too.

VincentHanna · 27 Aug 2020 at 14:43

I had a normal check up the other day at my Dentist which also handles NHS patients, he fixed a chipped tooth with some composite there and then and it was still the band 1 charge of £22.70

Destination · 27 Aug 2020 at 16:20

VincentHanna said:
I had a normal check up the other day at my Dentist which also handles NHS patients, he fixed a chipped tooth with some composite there and then and it was still the band 1 charge of £22.70

The English are getting their NHS money for 2019/2020 during 2020/2021 assuming they manage to maintain a level of 20% the previous years output.
So they'll generally be happy to see you, fulfil their 20% and not kill themselves, which is good given current fallow time requirements.

McBain · 27 Aug 2020 at 16:36

My private dentist is operating as normal, I popped down for a check up and the usual scale and polish. 15 minutes later I'm £80 lighter, actually it was £92 as I had to pay £12 for PPE.

Im in the wrong line of work.

CircleFaust · 27 Aug 2020 at 16:39

McBain said:
My private dentist is operating as normal, I popped down for a check up and the usual scale and polish. 15 minutes later I'm £80 lighter, actually it was £92 as I had to pay £12 for PPE.

Im in the wrong line of work.

true, only Gas boiler engineers take more.
charge £90 to tell me it's not working and i can't fix it, i too am in the wrong job

something daft already!! · 27 Aug 2020 at 16:40

It's very important to get your appointments for 2:30.

Martynt74 · 27 Aug 2020 at 16:41

something daft already!! said:
It's very important to get your appointments for 2:30.

Well played sir.

It's annoying it's so hard to find an NHS dentist these days. I got lucky, but the wife and son have been ringing around recently and it's impossible.