Dentist

200sols said:
Wasn't charged extra for PPE at my private dentist. How do people get an NHS dentist anyway, never seem to take patients on around here.
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Find a dentist

You have to click on each dentist to see which (if any) categories of NHS patients they're accepting.

This is my current dentist:
  • Accepting children (up to the age of 18)
  • Accepting adults (18 and over)
  • Accepting adults entitled to free dental care
 
Surveyor said:
Find a dentist

You have to click on each dentist to see which (if any) categories of NHS patients they're accepting.

This is my current dentist:
  • Accepting children (up to the age of 18)
  • Accepting adults (18 and over)
  • Accepting adults entitled to free dental care
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It's a good idea having that website, but I used it a couple of times in the past when I was trying to find a dentist and the information was wrong (said a surgery was taking new patients when it wasn't) so you might well end up ringing round every dentist in the area anyway.
 
physichull said:
There are a lot of extra covid procedures though, temperature taking, hand gels everywhere, waiting rooms all closed so have to wait in your car until called. All very sensible. But their patient throughput has slowed to a crawl. If a filling took them 15 minutes before covid, it now takes them an hour as they have to clean the room thoroughly afterwards as there is potential for spray to exit from the patients mouth when drilling, etc. So a 15 minute appointment takes about an hour. Regular check ups etc are much quicker.
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This is pretty much right, anything with aerosol involves gowning up, and then additional cleaning time.
Also trying to socially distance as much as possible, so closed waiting rooms, door closed, bringing people into surgery directly, one by one.
It slows things considerably.
Many places are doing emergency and urgent treatment only, to allow this people to be seen in a timely manner.
If it involves bumping a check up for 6 months, then it'll happen if you can get someone out of pain instead.
 
NHS should not be charging anyone for PPE as a surcharge.
Private can do what they like.
30 is either taking the ****, or they are awful at discussions with suppliers.
 
for a white filling on one tooth plus root treatment and a colour matched crown on another was just under £600...I'm usually through the NHS but the only option to get it done was to go private due to the covid restrictions on AGP...I was in the same surgery with the work done by the same dentist I've had all my life!, only difference was the extra PPE the dentist/nurse were wearing
said he'd charge roughly the price the NHS would pay him for the same work... the price does seem pretty reasonable when looking at other advertised prices for private dentists!
 
Surveyor said:
Find a dentist

You have to click on each dentist to see which (if any) categories of NHS patients they're accepting.

This is my current dentist:
  • Accepting children (up to the age of 18)
  • Accepting adults (18 and over)
  • Accepting adults entitled to free dental care
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I just tried Stafford / ST16 and my local practices are either saying Not Accepting in all of the categories or info no provided. None say that they are Accepting.

Tbf, this has been a problem in Stafford since the early 2000s. It's the reason why I haven't seen a dentist for 20 years. If I did eventually find a dentist, the bill will probably max out my credit card and wipe out my savings!
 
Pawnless Endgame said:
I just tried Stafford / ST16 and my local practices are either saying Not Accepting in all of the categories or info no provided. None say that they are Accepting.

Tbf, this has been a problem in Stafford since the early 2000s. It's the reason why I haven't seen a dentist for 20 years. If I did eventually find a dentist, the bill will probably max out my credit card and wipe out my savings!
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I don't know if dentists work to a particular catchment area but mydentist, High Street, Stone is accepting NHS patients in all categories.
 
CaptainRAVE said:
Nope, nearly a year since my last checkup and clean. Pretty gross really. I do a better job of cleaning my teeth these days, but I wouldn't mind a clean and check at this point. Its never cheap.
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I'm really bad at cleaning my teeth. Every time I go for my checkup they ask what toothbrush I use. I tell them I use a manual brush and don't want anything I need to charge up.

They tell me I'm doing a **** poor job and should get a fancy electric one and floss and use mouthwash and stuff. I thank them for their time and pay the bill. Until next year, then ;)
 
Went a few weeks ago for a replacement filling and they said it was NHS policy to only offer temporary fillings during lockdown. So now have to go back again in a couple of weeks to get that taken out and a proper one put in.

Pretty stupid policy seeing as I now need to make two trips to the dentist instead of one. Great way of minimising the infection rate.

They charged me for temporary filling as well of course
 
weringo said:
Went a few weeks ago for a replacement filling and they said it was NHS policy to only offer temporary fillings during lockdown. So now have to go back again in a couple of weeks to get that taken out and a proper one put in.

Pretty stupid policy seeing as I now need to make two trips to the dentist instead of one. Great way of minimising the infection rate.

They charged me for temporary filling as well of course
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As it's all one course of treatment you'll presumably only pay the Band 2 fee of £62.10 for everything.
 
FoxEye said:
I'm really bad at cleaning my teeth. Every time I go for my checkup they ask what toothbrush I use. I tell them I use a manual brush and don't want anything I need to charge up.

They tell me I'm doing a **** poor job and should get a fancy electric one and floss and use mouthwash and stuff. I thank them for their time and pay the bill. Until next year, then ;)
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Heh, I've gotten better at flossing and brushing, but I know what you mean. The last guy I had was this massively overweight guy who kept preaching on about not eating too much sugar etc. He was old and absolutely obsessed with metal fillings. It all just got tiresome eventually and I left. The next guy I had was amazing, it was likely his recommendation of biodentine that eventually meant I didn't need a root canal. Unfortunately HE then left. I have no luck.
 
Had a cracked tooth in of Oct, got an appointment within 2 weeks right in the middle of lockdown, just the normal charge around £29.
 
FoxEye said:
I'm really bad at cleaning my teeth. Every time I go for my checkup they ask what toothbrush I use. I tell them I use a manual brush and don't want anything I need to charge up.

They tell me I'm doing a **** poor job and should get a fancy electric one and floss and use mouthwash and stuff. I thank them for their time and pay the bill. Until next year, then ;)
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Why not just get an electric one? You cant be so lazy that you wont charge it once a week?
 
200sols said:
Why not just get an electric one? You cant be so lazy that you wont charge it once a week?
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Because I don't want an electric one :p I prefer a regular manual toothbrush.

Anything electric with a built-in battery is just something that needs to be replaced every year, typically, at a cost of between £50 and £100 quid a time. A regular toothbrush is like 20p :p
 
Bought one of those water flossers. Seems to have good reviews. If it saves hygienist visits it's made its money in one go

Not been in year
 
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