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Dentist?
I need to register at an NHS dentist in the area, i've seen there are a couple on SGR itself, has anyone any recommendations/experiences as to which is nicer?
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We registered there 6 years ago. The dentist was a very nice man. He was honest and did good work.
Sadly, he's not there anymore. The woman that's there now has a very car-salesman attitude to dentistry. Every time I've been in there, she's tried to sell me private services I don't want or need.
Unaesthetic went in 5 months ago for a checkup. She said that one of his fillings was loose and insisted on replacing it. Fine. A couple weeks ago, the new filling fell out. He went back to get it fixed. The woman charged him again for it.
WTF? If you can't do a filling that lasts longer than 5 months, the least you can do is waive the charge the second time. It's not his fault that her work is shoddy.
If anyone knows of a good NHS dentist in the area, I'm ready to switch. I realise that dentists need to make a living, but you should be able to trust them when they tell you that you need something done.
According to the NHS site, there's another one at 105 SGR..
http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/Dentist.aspx?oid=de_QATB59&pid=000002_N43PX
I'll try that one and let you know..
The NHS only covers basic treatments. The fillings that are covered are the dark (metal?) ones. If you want a nice white filling, you have to do that privately. It costs something like £80 for each one.
Personally, I'm willing to pay extra to have nice white fillings in teeth that you can see. The woman tried to convince me that I should get white fillings for the two teeth at the very back of my jaw, on the top. I can't even see them with a mirror. She tried to sell Unaesthetic a gold crown!
Here's the info about NHS dentist fees:
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_083817
(I would make a proper link, but then what would tosscat do with his free time?)
We're going to try registering with the one that Lucy mentioned. Hopefully they're taking NHS patients.
Go to:
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Aboutus/Chiefprofessionalofficers/Chiefdentalofficer/DH_4138821
lick on the link just below
What to expect from your NHS dental treatment: your Personal Dental Treatment Plan
You will see that your supposed to get a dental treatment plan. Have a look and you will see that if anything falls out in the first 12 mths it is suposed to be fixed for free.
Just below that on the web page you will see how to complain.
I have very neraly done that but not quite
can anyone confirm or deny that the dentist on the corner of Hanley/Hornsey takes NHS?
Newbie here, signed up to talk Dentistry. AWESOME.
My experiences with Haringey Dental Care were exactly the same as others in this thread. Horrific, basically.
I went in with some tooth pain and she gave me two fillings on the spot, but somehow missed with the anaesthetic so they were both chair-gripping torture sessions. The pain didn't go away and instead got worse so I called up for a re-check, as part of one of the fillings actually fell off, but she claimed they were fine after a cursory look.
I left it another week, was still in pain and when I called up, she said that her place was "closed for refurbishment" and that I should try somewhere else. So, I went to M Shah at 105 instead. He was the exact opposite - kind, non-profiteering etc. He gave me an X-ray and found that the previous dentist had missed a giant cavity which was now so bad I had to have an extraction. Hooray. But anyway, he did the job spectacularly well - it was all done and dusted in 20 mins, zero pain, zero stress. Brilliant and all under the NHS.
So yeah, I'd go for M Shah at 105 Stroud Green Road.