Refixing crown

mikeassured

Hi

I had a crown re-fixed a month ago by my dentist who was then NHS. However, the crown has come off again and I was wondering what my position re paying will be. The reason I am asking is that from 1st April my dentist is going private and if I dont get an appointment before then, am I going to be forced into signing up for their dental care installment plan or should he re-fix it for nothing or an nhs charge?

Thanks for any comments


Sue

Rikki

Personally I would think it is a continuation of the previous work. It was refixed unsucessfully.
I would call them and say you had your crown fixed a month ago and it has come loose/off again and can you book in to have it done again as the last attempt was unsucessful.

Toothsmith

A crown coming off again so quickly would make me suspect there was something wrong with the support of the crown.

It could well need a new crown. Often you don't really know that until it comes off again in such a short space of time.

All NHS work will have to be finished and claim forms sent off by 31st March. Most labs have a 5 working day turnaround for work - probably longer for NHS stuff.

Chances are you will not get this crown replaced on the NHS, and so you will be forced into having a decent one!

Get back to the dentist and see what he suggests.

mikeassured

Thanks for both of your suggestions, will phone for appointment today.

Sue