07-06-2014, 12:41 PM
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Re: NHS Dental charges gripe!
Originally Posted by stevmk2
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It is all very unfair, especially for all of us on low incomes, not just pensioners but nearly all the dentists around here are private now and charge whatever they like - £46 my last hygienist appointment cost me - and I've only got 7 teeth of my own left! stevmk2
''No, just give me the damn shoes!!''
07-06-2014, 01:38 PM
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Re: NHS Dental charges gripe!
Originally Posted by lilac
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Yes..the dentist is getting like the shoe shop..buy a pair of shoes..''would madam like some waterproofing..polish..deodorant spray?''''No, just give me the damn shoes!!''
First of all the hygienist was insisting I needed a special inter-dental brush for the plaque but I had plenty of sets of the little inter-dental brushes given to me free when I helped move a dentist and I was still using them up then.
Now it's a special head for a Braun she's pushing!
I wonder if they get commission? stevmk2
07-06-2014, 01:53 PM
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Re: NHS Dental charges gripe!
Originally Posted by stevmk2
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Yeah, I've noticed that too lilac.First of all the hygienist was insisting I needed a special inter-dental brush for the plaque but I had plenty of sets of the little inter-dental brushes given to me free when I helped move a dentist and I was still using them up then.
Now it's a special head for a Braun she's pushing!
I wonder if they get commission? stevmk2
One of my fellow workers daughter went to the hairdressers..(she is 17...)
Got her hair cut and styled..and was then told that the hairdresser had spotted a teeny weeny bald patch..and if she rubbed her head daily with the magic elixer she was selling..this would stop..
Of course she bought it..only 40 quid..
07-06-2014, 03:11 PM
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Re: NHS Dental charges gripe!
Originally Posted by Eliza
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You can say No to the Hygienist,just say your on a low income,Im have a course of treatment on Nhs, ,it involve 5 extractions and denture made cost is going to be £218,
And i have to pay in two halves so next two months im on bread and dripping and jam for atreat...
I don't mind seeing her once a year but I think 4 months isn't necessary, I'm going to cancel the appointment and wait until my next check up is due and see what the dentist says
07-06-2014, 04:34 PM
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Re: NHS Dental charges gripe!
Originally Posted by Honey
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Unfortunately I need some treatment as I have gum disease which means I have to see the hygienist who will give a local anaesthetic to get to the sensitive areas and do a deep clean.I don't mind seeing her once a year but I think 4 months isn't necessary, I'm going to cancel the appointment and wait until my next check up is due and see what the dentist says
I'm a bit mystified though about the advice you have been given regarding hygienist appointments.
I actually asked a dental surgeon a few years ago about gum disease and the preventative measures you can take and he told me - quite emphatically - all I could do and all hygienists could do was to try to keep it in check as there is no definitive cure.
I've lost all but 7 of my own teeth, despite years of caring for them, right down to the years I regularly wore a tooth brush around my neck at all times, much to the mirth of my work colleagues at that time, but you can't fight nature!
I go to a hygienists twice a year; I ignore the revenue -enhancing phrase "you need it every 4 months" 'cos that's all it is - a means to make more money out of you.
If you do your utmost to try to keep your teeth, no amount of hygienist expertise is going to make that much difference!
It's like everything these days Honey - we're advised this, that, the other "needs" to be done regularly but it all costs us dosh and some of us mind our dosh better than others yet suffer no more dire effects on their teeth than those who abide by the hygienists / dentist preferred mantra and cough-up more regularly. stevmk2
08-06-2014, 12:35 AM
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I agree with you totally! incidentally, do you have to pay privately? I can't understand it when they say the dentist refers you to the hygienist and initially it's on the NHS scale then suddenly you're faced with private treatment for further appointments|
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