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Strictly Come Dancing
Sandra:
--- Quote from: "Simon" --- I would rather have root canal work, without anaesthetic, than watch an episode of SCD! :P
--- End quote ---
Dont joke about that Simon, I have an appointment on monday for a root canal :(
GillE:
Don't worry Sandra. Root canal surgery without anaesthesia isn't as bad as it's cracked up to be. Unfortunately, I know this from personal experience :( .
Gill
Sandra:
Actually its an appointment with a member of that increasingly rare and almost extinct breed, a NHS dentist :)
I have been without a dentist for almost 2 years, after my previous practice partnership split up and they all went their seperate ways and went private :(
I have always had 6 monthly checkups for as long as I remember until that time and very rarely needed any treatment apart from a filling or a crown every 5 or 6 years, if that.
So it came as no surprise that last february I lost a rather large filling :(
I contacted NHS direct and asked for an emergency dentist in my area and they put me on the waiting list for a NHS dentist.
As I wasnt actually in tremendous agonising pain I couldnt get it done as an NHS emergency :roll:
I put up with eating on one side of my mouth and frequent use of a toothpick to extract peanuts and such from the gaping hole in my tooth until I managed to get in at my old dentists about 8 weeks ago, who had started a practice up in the old premises but for private patients only, but would carry out emergency NHS treatment.
I said that it was causing me pain this time when I rang up, so that they would treat me :wink:
When she saw my tooth she said it needed a root canal to save the tooth.
That cant be done on the NHS, only the nerve can be removed to stop the pain then it would need a privately done filling at £200 + :shock:
She could remove it on the NHS or put a temporary filling in :(
I settled for the temporary filling which has lasted very well so far.
This afternoon I received a phone call from a dentist about 3 miles away who asked if I was still on the waiting list for a NHS dentist. I told him I was and so I now have an appointment for monday :)
Clive:
There are no NHS dentists at all in our area. Ours went private last July and we were lucky enough to get back in with him on a private plan at £9.50 a month which includes 2 free check-ups each year and reduced treatment charges.
Simon:
I hadn't been to the dentist for 23 years (!!), when a few weeks ago, I thought I had lost a filling, so I went to the surgery most locals recommend, and asked to register, expecting to have to go private. I was most surprised to find that most surgeries in this area are still accepting NHS patients, and in fact, one new surgery is actually advertising for them! I got an appointment within 3 days, and then found that it wasn't a filling I had lost, but half a tooth! After a most uncomfortable clean up, I was given the option of a normal filling, a crown, or a 'white' filling, which apparently lasts the longest, so I went for that one, which I got an appointment for the following week. Total cost for cleaning and the filling - £82.
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