Dental bridges on NHS?

Butterfly_Brain

It cost me £500 to have a bridge done and that is with a so called NHS dentist - B@"*&^* charged me private rates - needless to say I don't go there anymore

welshdent

when was that done?

Dizzy_Ditzy

**UPDATE**

I've had it done!!

I kept changing my mind right up until geting into the room!!

It is quite painful, I can hardly eat anything, I have to drink tea through a straw, i cant face looking at my mouth without my falsies in just yet, but do you know what? Its already been so worth it because I can smile properly for the first time, probably since childhood!!

I have also decided that if the dental school cant or wont do my implants for me, I will get them done privately

Thank you all again for your advice and stuff, i really appreciate it :-)

cavework

Congratulations QOC .:D
Just to add. My NHS dentist has extracted two lower front teeth last week and fitted a temp plate .(awful thing). In 3 months time he is replacing this with a bridge at the NHS rate. He is also fitting another bridge in the side of my mouth at the NHS rate in April.
I was a private patient with another Dentist for over 8 years and my NHS dentist is very angry with the work that was done.
He cannot understand why in his words " instead of treating the underlying problem he has constantly been patching up the affected teeth"..
Off to use the Polygrip again!