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My mouth used to be a mess as I could always feel everything the dentist did, and it was a frightful experience, so I didn't go. My wife made a terrible fuss about it till I eventually found a dentist who understood the situation and could deal with it (I never feel a thing now). I took advantage of her being a student to get everything sorted out free; I suspect the work was worth thousands, but I never asked.

I had the first tranche of treatments yesterday - £200, with discount £180...rest of treatment & £65 to pay in 2 weeks time. Dunno yet what I'll get back from my Health Insurance Plan.. She THEN wants to start the other half of the work? Well, I got news for her ::)...I'm trying my luck at the Dental Hospital...if they accept me, it's good-bye dentist, goodbye Denplan, hello shops  ;D

I hope it works out; I used to take clients there when I worked in mental health, and they were OK.

They're great Robert - they're so closely supervised & use cutting-edge ::) technology, no probs there, but I would imagine that their books are pretty full...anyway gonna try. Thanks.

I've a nephew who's a dentist, qualified some 3-4yrs ago. He deliberately targetted a wealthy area to live & set up a practice. I was horrified when he told me his plans. He's in Bath & married to another dentist. Doing very nicely I believe :-\

Just beginning to feel less depressed and now I've got all hot under the collar again  :( the inequity of life, basing life on the profit principle, materialism. Yuck yuck and yuck again.  >:( >:(

There's so much out there, most of us have more than we need, so why can't everyone have what they need?  .. and a few fewer Beckingham palaces and turbocharged nonsense....

..and as for dentists....!!!!! ;)
(if I rant enough I get it out of my system ;D)

Rant along, Anne & I'll do the descant ::)

Nephew did his first degree, got his Masters, put his head over the parapet, didn't like what he saw, was accepted for dentistry, offsetting part of his costs by lecturing in polymers with his dad funding the rest - again?! - then targetted the area that he thought was going to bring in the most dosh to set up a practice.

>:(

why are you £5/month cheaper than me ?  :-\ :-\

hmmmmmph !   ;D


and agree with all the rants above.

Lordy.  I have a dentist appointment in less than an hour and I am already petrified (following a very sleepless night)

I've been told I'm to have a crown on a tooth that can no longer be refilled (filling keeps falling out!) I am assured by various family members that this process of being 'jabbed up' and having the tooth filed down does not hurt - but I think they say what I want to hear just to get me there.  I asked my son yesterday because he had this process done just last week (his veneer (sp?) kept falling off!) and he said, yes it does hurt a bit.  WHAT? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?  :o :o :o
but it only lasts a couple of minutes.  Might just as well be a couple of hours!

Since the early hours of the morning I have toyed with the idea of cancelling it but I don't have a good enough excuse to give them at such short notice plus I signed a sheet to say I would have it done and pay the costs (why did I sign the darn sheet??)  As always, I will make a complete idiot of myself by crying and shaking and generally doing my impression of a rowntrees jelly on the floor.

I have decided to have two large mouthfuls of Jack Daniels plus several mints before I go just to try and relax me a bit.

Have I mentioned how much I don't want to go?  :-[ :'(
 

have faith.  in my experience, dentists have been trained 5000% better than in the bad old days.

the two i've had in the past 20 odd years, actually know how to give an injection without pain.  my mate is Miss Quivering Wreck and usually got a dose of calm you downer fluid before she even got in the chair.  Perhaps you could ask for that.

Good luck YP.  as with so many other things in life, the fear is worse than the reality !

;D

The last time i went to the dentist he wanted a arm and a leg to take out a tooth, I told him I could not afford it and ended up pulling it out myself.
PS I fainted straight after

My bestest dentist, and the one I think of when I'm having work done, was in Italy. Now that was a man who understood the psychology of dentistry 8) He'd play your favourite music LOUD so that your head was filled with that rather than the noise of drills, etc. & you'd find yourself (internally, like ::)) singing  along....

Had loads of bridge work done (Italians being good structural engineers ;D) with breaks  in between for us both to have f*g breaks & tots of whisky from the bottle in his drawer.....he was his own technician so made the falsies etc. in his lab. Remember once having an impression made for the bridge work just before lunch, him heating soup for us in that gadget that sterilizes the equipment (days before microwaves) then finishing the work after the lunch break and I'd watched him making the whatever. My son was little & at the age when milk teeth were loosening...he'd take them out & provide ice cream. Big shock to son when he came to England & found out that the practice wasn't universal ;D

Off in a few minutes for my second session with my current dentist. She's a friend and neighbour....gotta good trick of filling my mouth with paraphenalia then telling me all the latest village goss......and yep! I can only respond like this... ::) or this  :o. Still too expensive now for me, tho.

Hope it went OK YP (( ))

YP. Hope all went well. You are probably saying to yourself...what the heck was I worried about (hope so)
Let us know.
Lorna

Quote from: MrsKP on September 15, 2006, 19:37:22
why are you £5/month cheaper than me ?  :-\ :-\

hmmmmmph !   ;D


and agree with all the rants above.

You talking to me, KP?

You - "I pay £15/month and that includes 2 check ups, 3 hygenist visits, and ALL work carried out in the surgery i.e. fillings, extractions."

Me - I pay £10 a month for ONE inspection/scale & polish & X-ray per year...is all. Everything else extra.

I woz robbed :'(

Nah, Meg (I think) and my maths was rubbish.

;D

wonder how poor YP is.

Yeah, did wonder KP which one of us you meant..and like you, wonder how YP's got on.......c'mon YP, tell us? We're thinking of you... :D (gappymouthed smilie seemed appropriate :P)

I spent the afternoon in a darkened room .....

Oh, what happened? (we like gory details, we do ;)) and how are you now and what's threatened for the future???? Ohhhh! tell all!! Times like this a Gal needs her Mother.....grrrr ;) ;D shall we report Buddy to the CSA? ;D