Filling needs to be re-done! can't find dentist to do it now!!

Wiggynut

I got my filling re-done after 20 years but the dentist I saw wasn't very good as the filling 'failed' within months but they refused to re-do... I didn't really mind as I didn't want to go back to them (the painkilling injection they gave me didn't work either!)

3 years on after avoiding getting it re-done (not much work so I've been rather skint) but the tooth has started to become painful so it's best to get it sorted now (I'm starting Uni.. freshers this week... I'm a mature student so I'm finding freshers to be rather boring... so boring in fact I offered to go into work today! lol)

I've just tried ringing around dentists and they all insist on a check-up (extra costs) then another appointment for taking xrays and then I'd have to wait more than a week for the actual appointment!!!

is there any places that I can just get the filling redone without several appointments?

but also cheap... (asking too much here perhaps!)

the ones I've rang keep asking me if I have a dentist.. obviously not as I wouldn't go back to the one I went to before.. plus I can't remember what they are called anyway. plus why would I go to another dentist if I already have one????

grrrrr... just want the filling re-done! I don't want to set up a lifelong committment with some dentist!

any suggestions?

alison999

Wiggynut wrote: »

I got my filling re-done after 20 years but the dentist I saw wasn't very good as the filling 'failed' within months

it doesnt mean you dentist wasnt good, fillings can fail for many reasons NO DENTAL WORK is 'perminent'

Wiggynut wrote: »

they all insist on a check-up (extra costs) then another appointment for taking xrays and then I'd have to wait more than a week for the actual appointment!!!

how can they just book you in for a filling?!!!!! for a start they dont know your medical hisory, what type of filling you want, how big the filling is, so how do you expect them to even know how long to book you in for?!

without being rude, i find your post ignorant at its best

McKneff

i dont think the OP is ignorant and thats not nice. Because he has not visited a dentist for quite a lot of years he has no idea that the whole system has changed radically. The dentists are doing their job properly,
check up, xrays, preventative treatment, etc. If you just want one filling
done the only way is to go private and even then there will be an examination and a consultation. You just have to conform to the rules like the rest of us.

Wiggynut

alison999 - why do you find someone asking questions and asking for suggestions etc ignorant.. I've always found that to be a sign of intelligence myself!

Not everyone is an expert or knowledgeable on everything on the planet - so if you know better one one thing it doesn't mean you have to be rude to others.. we all know some stuff and not others!

anniehanlon - thanks - I would just like a quick way of getting this done rather than spend several weeks and enduring more pain than necessary - plus I've had other work done before and I just make the one appointment - they have a look - do the xray if needed and then do the work! might have to sit in the waiting room for an hour or so but that's fine - this wasn't totally private either

I've never had to wait a week to get anything done before... I don't have a 'family dentist' as I've moved a lot!

also, I do know other people who've had fillings re-done and they have also had it this way and the work done was great! (they live in another county which is a bit far for me to go to get a filling done)

I know that it's not forever but most fillings last more than 3 months before deteriorating... I don't think it's unfair to say that the dentist did dodgy work and they wouldn't re-do it free either... I really didn't fancy going there anyway. (and not paying twice!)

donteatthat

I can't see that any sensible dentist would just book someone they have never seen before in for permanent fillings, they may provide some "first-aid" treatment at the initial consult to get you out of bother. But if you are having pain then it may be the case that you would need a root treatment first anyway.
All of this will need to be investigated properly, and estimated first so you know what the bill would be before you start and can therefore give your consent to the treatment.

Wiggynut

donteatthat wrote: »

I can't see that any sensible dentist would just book someone they have never seen before in for permanent fillings, they may provide some "first-aid" treatment at the initial consult to get you out of bother. But if you are having pain then it may be the case that you would need a root treatment first anyway.
All of this will need to be investigated properly, and estimated first so you know what the bill would be before you start and can therefore give your consent to the treatment.

Thanks - it just odd how it differs so much! or changed so quickly... my friend had the same treatment as me last year and it didn't take a week or so before getting her filling done.. hers was done the same day - (large organisation too - very professional dentist)

guess I'll just have to put up with the pain and wait - I don't think it's to do with the root it's just the filling has come away and exposed the bottom of the tooth inside... which obviously causes pain. that's what happened last time (the filling had lasted 20 years though so not a total shock, lol)
I've rang one now and made the appointment - and they have already given the quote too.

donteatthat

Well done. Best to get it sorted. The dentist will need to see you first tho for the dentist to assess your specific case and give a definite cost, which may still be what the receptionist has said. It would be really unprofessional tho to just book you in and do treatment without properly looking first, and also that would be like spending your cash without your permission. I rarely start any definitive treatment at the first appointment to give the patient a chance to cool off as it were.

Olympika

Wiggynut wrote: »

I don't think it's to do with the root it's just the filling has come away and exposed the bottom of the tooth inside...

Hi Wiggynut, I am no expert but if it's a big filling (or more accurately was!) then you might need RC if there's any infection in the pulp (ie root).

I really think that you're going to have to get a full check-up type thing first, I doubt any dentist would do a permanent filling on a new patient with no history. It would open the doors to negligence claims etc I would imagine if anything went wrong. And ultimately wouldn't you rather have the job done properly?

Hope you get it sorted

Teerah

Wiggynut wrote: »

Thanks - it just odd how it differs so much! or changed so quickly... my friend had the same treatment as me last year and it didn't take a week or so before getting her filling done.. hers was done the same day - (large organisation too - very professional dentist)

guess I'll just have to put up with the pain and wait - I don't think it's to do with the root it's just the filling has come away and exposed the bottom of the tooth inside... which obviously causes pain. that's what happened last time (the filling had lasted 20 years though so not a total shock, lol)
I've rang one now and made the appointment - and they have already given the quote too.

With respect, I dont think that you can be certain that your friend required the same treatment as yourself. Until the dentist you have made an appointment with has actually seen you I find it strange that they have been able to quote you for anything other than a consultantion at this point. If the bottom of the tooth has been exposed and particularly as it has been exposed for some time you may well actually require a root filling or an extraction.

Wiggynut

Olympika wrote: »

Hi Wiggynut, I am no expert but if it's a big filling (or more accurately was!) then you might need RC if there's any infection in the pulp (ie root).

I really think that you're going to have to get a full check-up type thing first, I doubt any dentist would do a permanent filling on a new patient with no history. It would open the doors to negligence claims etc I would imagine if anything went wrong. And ultimately wouldn't you rather have the job done properly?

Hope you get it sorted

I've never actually been to the same dentist twice (moved a lot and luckily never had any problems with my teeth - always told that I have good teeth when having the odd check-up) - so they've never had any history as such, only what I tell them.

hope I don't need any type of root type work... rather skint and it sounds painful!
I still need my milk tooth removed (I'm 37! )

Olympika

Root canal can be pricey but in my experience (and lots of others on here!!!) it's not in the least bit painful. Honest!