Dental Treatment Abroad

welshdent

Pennylane wrote: »

I've just paid nearly £200 (NHS) for 3 fillings and a crown (my first ever) A week later hubby went and has to have his first ever crown but nothing else and that's costing him the same.:eek:

I asked if I could have a scale & polish (I'm sure I've said this before) and was told I couldn't because it isn't "clinically necessary."
Yet we always got one in the past. Does this mean my teeth have to get covered in gunge before I can have a scale & polish? Despite regular cleaning etc they are not as clean as they should be, in my opinion.

His exact words were "you wouldn't scrape the windows on your car if there was no ice on them would you?"

The first time I went he wasn't too bad and he gave me the form telling me what I needed doing & at what cost. I was asked to complete a very comprehensive form asking about general health, whether my teeth caused me any embarrassment and whether I was a nervous patient etc.

I will wager This may not be what you want to hear but from what I can see you have been absolutely treated "by the book". From the estimate to the bandings. If you said they ave you a crown for almost 200 then said come back in 3 months for some fillings then I would say its shady but what you paid and what your husband paid are EXACTLY right. You pay the price of the highest banded item regardless of how many items of treatment you receive. I am VERY impressed you got the estimate/treatment plan because many places do not do this. re the medical form ... to be blunt its normal or at least should be. You may find it embarassing but we need to know what is going on with you medically. You may not see the relevance but you soon would if a medical intervention we provided interacted with any interventions someone else were undertaking. Its negligent NOT to take a thorough medical history.
Regarding the scale and polish ... they arent a necessity. Just because your old practice did them doesnt mean the new one will feel its needed. As long as they have done a full examination and have the records to explain why its not been offered then again they havent done anything wrong. If you have nothing to clean off ... then you have nothing to clean off. I can not comment on if they were correct because I am not in a position to examine you but treatment on the NHS is not like walking in to tesco and picking things up off a shelf. Its there to render you dentally fit and as such they only have an obligation to provide what is "clinically necessary".
Sorry you didnt like the staff there ... its clearly a busy NHS practice. They can not possibly know how to treat each individual patient at every single time. I am sure they are just trying to be professional. Its a fact that NHS practices are busier than private ones. Each dentist sees at least 30 patients a day in the NHS usually more. Its impossible to know each person and know how they like to be treated. You do become a name on a card as frustrating as that is. I am not saying its right just stating how it is.

As an example I used to run through a series of questions before taking x rays and would jovially ask some of my male patients "any chance you could be pregnant?" and 99% of the time they would jokingly reply back "I hope not". One day someone looked at me horrified and said "are you calling me fat??"

So you see we try and treat everyone well but some people do not like to be treated in certain ways ... we just dont know who they are!

welshdent

Meenu wrote: »

I suspect that its probably cheaper and less hassle to make several trips abroad.

What would be your reasoning for this then?

Pennylane

Thanks for your replies Toothsmith & Welshdent.

Regarding the brand new surgery Toothsmith, the girl was pretty busy TBH. I went to pay my bill and couldn't pay by card as she said the machine had not arrived and who carries a cheque book around these days? So I had to post a cheque.

I wasn't very impressed that, although I was given an Estimate form, the name/address of the dentist was not printed on it anywhere. I didn't think that was very professional at all. Hubby's form the next week was also blank.

Welshdent - I wasn't at all embarrassed about filling in the form I think you misunderstood me. What I meant was, it was asking questions like "Do your teeth embarrass you?" "Are you a nervous patient?" and when you say you are (nervous) they take no notice!:D

welshdent

Pennylane wrote: »

Welshdent - I wasn't at all embarrassed about filling in the form I think you misunderstood me. What I meant was, it was asking questions like "Do your teeth embarrass you?" "Are you a nervous patient?" and when you say you are (nervous) they take no notice!:D

Sorry my misunderstanding! :-)

rebeka02

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