Just got into the dentist thread. I'm an NHS patient. About six years ago the only dentist I could get was in Prestatyn. Went there, a polish lady, told her trouble i.e. toothache with one of my teeth. O.K. gone to far for fillings. Have to extract.
Seemed to be taking a long time. Eventually she said thats finished. There you are, all bad. There alongside my head were 3 teeth. Oh. Not a lot I can do now, like cutting down a tree without planning consent. All in a row.
Went back 12 months later for a routine inspection with the same lady. She looked briefly, and then said "they are all very old and very bad. They all need to come out." Me "ALL OF THEM?"
Yes. Make an appointment when you feel ready.
Well I still had a reasonable mouthful of teeth, probably about 8 gone over the years. So I wasn't very happy,. By chance I managed to get into another dentists in Rhyl. So I transferred. Initial inspection and chat. Told him I had had a bit of general toothache.
His advice. I will give you a prescription for a mouthwash. Use this for 4 weeks and come back to me. I went back, toothache gone. O.K. he said, see you in 6 months.
I couldn't help myself. I told him a qualified dentist just up the road had said all out. He didn't really comment, just said there are different methods of treatment.
I'm still going to Rhyl every year or so. Thats about five years. The same number of teeth and touch wood no toothache.
How can two qualified dentists come up with such different treatments?
It's disgusting isn't it? And not at all amusing.
You don't get any more teeth, and people generally go along with what so called 'professionals' advise.
So many of them have a flagrant disregard for the quality of an individual's life.
The inconsistency beggars belief.
How would they like it if a member of their family was treated in this way?
Just to add my rant to this.............. I have been 'mucking about' with an aching tooth for 3 months, so to cut long story short 9 weeks ago I had a very big and painful filling done. 3 weeks ago it started to be very painful, so on the Monday morning I was on the doorstep of the dentist. Antibiotics, then an extraction she said, but it will be a while before I can find a 20 minute appointment. One was duly booked for yesterday, on the understanding that if they got a cancellation they would ring me. Yesterday arrived, so did I, 10 mins early, then waited over an hour to actually get into the chair. People were getting up and leaving they were so fed up of waiting, but I stuck it out. I actually left the place over 2 hours after I entered it. How long did the extraction take? Less than 2 minutes. Oh and the antibiotics made me itch unbearably !