NHS and white fillings

Queenie

trinnylilac wrote:

I wonder if someone can give me some advice.

I am due to have a few fillings tomorow ( very scared, but have found a nice new dentist) and I am still within my 1 years maternity exemption.

Good luck today!! Use your deep breathing technique to conquer any nerves, it really does help.

trinnylilac

Queenie wrote:

Good luck today!! Use your deep breathing technique to conquer any nerves, it really does help.

Thanks very much .. Just got back and I can't believe it was fine. He only did 1 big filling and I didn't even feel the injection...

Now a dilema one of my back teeth needs a root canal and my dentist has given me the option of having this or having it taken out, Not sure what to do.

Would be quicker and much lesss stressful to take out but then worried of the implications.

On the note of white fillings .He will only do either nhs or private . Although the filling I had wasn't the black of old days but a grey colour so I am happy with that .

Toothsmith

trinnylilac wrote:

Although the filling I had wasn't the black of old days but a grey colour so I am happy with that .

That's just because it's fresh. It darkens a little as the surface layer oxidises.

trinnylilac

Toothsmith wrote:

That's just because it's fresh. It darkens a little as the surface layer oxidises.

Oh !! never mind ...I'm just glad I managed to go through with it .

bank_of_slate

quote :
"Now a dilema one of my back teeth needs a root canal and my dentist has given me the option of having this or having it taken out, Not sure what to do.

Would be quicker and much less stressful to take out but then worried of the implications."

Talk to your dentist about what will be best in the long term, an extraction is often viewed as a quick fix but can cause problems with adjoining teeth 'drifting' or oposing teeth over erupting into the space.

Talk it through with your dentist to choose the best option for you
...Linda xx

Roxie

Can't get an NHS dentist in our area. Our dentist changed to private only for adults about 4 years ago, and we have been informed in last few weeks that he will no longer be providing an NHS service for children from 1st April. So rather than there being more NHS dentists available from 1st April I think it will be a case of more dentists will be doing as ours did and making it a private practice only for all patients.

peter65_2

I think i'm going to register with a private practice tomorrow maybe.. Do you have to be referred by your existing dentist? I asked mine to refer me to an orthodontist 2 weeks ago and still haven't heard anything

I've got a fairly big gap inbetween my top front 2 teeth, and had thought veneers/orthodontics would be the only way to go about closing it, but after reading about on here now it's possible to use white fillings if I understand correctly? hooray if so

trinnylilac

peter65 wrote:

I think i'm going to register with a private practice tomorrow maybe.. Do you have to be referred by your existing dentist? I asked mine to refer me to an orthodontist 2 weeks ago and still haven't heard anything

I've got a fairly big gap inbetween my top front 2 teeth, and had thought veneers/orthodontics would be the only way to go about closing it, but after reading about on here now it's possible to use white fillings if I understand correctly? hooray if so

My friend had her gap filled in this way and you can't tell. They match the fillling with the colour of your existing teeth. It looks great.

peter65_2

hooray i've made an appointment for wednesday with a private place as my nhs dentist is pretty far away and I can't be bothered waiting. Not sure whether to go for white filling or veneers though - will the dentist want me to have veneers as its more profitable for them do you think? what are the real advantages of veneers over white fillings?

Toothsmith

If the dentist has sorted out his fees correctly, then everything should be based on the time it takes him to do it plus the cost of materials. Therefore everything should be equally profitable. Not the swings roundabouts of the NHS. he can then just advise you on what is the BEST treatment for you.

White filling to close the gap is much less destructive of tooth tissue. It is often done without the need for numbing. The downside is that it is more limited in what it can achieve. It will also stain more quickly. Very quickly if you smoke. But, it can be done again very simply.

Veneers can correct much bigger gaps & disguise more crookedness. You do need to have some healthy tooth drilled away though. they will look better for much longer, but it's a bigger job when they need replacing.

Your dentists will (Or should) go through all this with you though.