grunnie
12-09-2007, 5:22 PM
A long rant sorry
I had a brilliant NHS dentist who I liked - he retired and his replacement changed to private only so I had no choice but to go private. At my checkup end July I needed a filling only to be told I couldn't get an appointment till November. So when I got home I phoned the dental practice in my town and got an appointment (private) with a new dentist there. At the inspection she said I needed a filling so I got an appointment for 3 weeks time but 2 days after this inspection I had very sore teeth from 4 of my front teeth. So another appointment. She said there was nothing wrong with my teeth and couldn't find anything to cause the pain. Eventually she said did I want a second oppinion. I said yes and she went off and got 1 of the other dentists. He took an exray and gave me an antibiotic for a gum infection. This didn't clear the pain so a week later I saw the 3rd dentist in that practice and he gave me another antibiotic. Returned to the first dentist for a filling and when she froze the front of my mouth suddenly no sore teeth. She tactfully called me a liar when I told her this and said I had face pain and I needed to see a specialist and to go to my doctor to be referred to one. Went to my doctor who said to try amitripoline (sp) and to come back in 2 weeks. In the meantime everytime I try to drink a cup of tea or something cold I just hit the roof with the pain from the tooth that had the filling. So now I have sore teeth still and am half asleep with the antidepressant. PS the filling cost me £113 which hurt too
I had a brilliant NHS dentist who I liked - he retired and his replacement changed to private only so I had no choice but to go private. At my checkup end July I needed a filling only to be told I couldn't get an appointment till November. So when I got home I phoned the dental practice in my town and got an appointment (private) with a new dentist there. At the inspection she said I needed a filling so I got an appointment for 3 weeks time but 2 days after this inspection I had very sore teeth from 4 of my front teeth. So another appointment. She said there was nothing wrong with my teeth and couldn't find anything to cause the pain. Eventually she said did I want a second oppinion. I said yes and she went off and got 1 of the other dentists. He took an exray and gave me an antibiotic for a gum infection. This didn't clear the pain so a week later I saw the 3rd dentist in that practice and he gave me another antibiotic. Returned to the first dentist for a filling and when she froze the front of my mouth suddenly no sore teeth. She tactfully called me a liar when I told her this and said I had face pain and I needed to see a specialist and to go to my doctor to be referred to one. Went to my doctor who said to try amitripoline (sp) and to come back in 2 weeks. In the meantime everytime I try to drink a cup of tea or something cold I just hit the roof with the pain from the tooth that had the filling. So now I have sore teeth still and am half asleep with the antidepressant. PS the filling cost me £113 which hurt too