The Nice People Thread, No.16: A Universe of Niceness.

PasturesNew

I picked up a nifty radio controlled clock at a car boot for just £1. I don't think they realised those things cost so much (starting at £12) ...so I was lucky.

My car clock I leave "as is" and half the year it's right and half the year it's an hour out - and as I know the time when I leave the house I check what the car says as I drive off to remind myself which it is each time.

I've had half a back/molar tooth randomly drop off.... so got to organise a dentist....

No mention of costs please.... this is petrifying me. It could end up nigh on £700 if it ends up as an extraction or something!

That puts this month's bills up to over £2,500! There's council tax, car insurance, car tax, just had the MoT/service done .... now this.

Beans on toast until 2021 I think.

chris_m

PasturesNew wrote: »

I've had half a back/molar tooth randomly drop off.... so got to organise a dentist....

No mention of costs please.... this is petrifying me. It could end up nigh on £700 if it ends up as an extraction or something!

Not if you can find one taking new NHS patients - around £56 for Band 2 treatment, including fillings or extractions.

I had a broken back molar last year and I manged to find an NHS practice. The dentist was determined not to remove the tooth if she could possibly manage it so she repaired it with some fancy stuff that is built up in layers and cured using UV light. It took a couple of goes (i.e. more work following the next checkup) but now it's perfect.

silvercar

The microwave, cooker, clock radio, kitchen wall clock and an assortment of watches need changing.

Things I didn't know: The cordless phone picks up the correct time once it has had an incoming call. The call sends the time information along with caller ID etc.

silvercar

I've had half a back/molar tooth randomly drop off.... so got to organise a dentist....

No mention of costs please.... this is petrifying me. It could end up nigh on £700 if it ends up as an extraction or something!

Hope you aren't in any pain.

Extractions are one of the cheaper treatments available, which is why the NHS do so many!

LydiaJ

silvercar wrote: »

The microwave, cooker, clock radio, kitchen wall clock and an assortment of watches need changing.

Things I didn't know: The cordless phone picks up the correct time once it has had an incoming call. The call sends the time information along with caller ID etc.

I've changed the cooker. There are three battery powered clocks that I haven't got round to doing, and the one in the car.

Thanks for the tip about the cordless phone. I've just called mine from my mobile, and it updated its time in front of my eyes.

silvercar wrote: »

Hope you aren't in any pain.

Extractions are one of the cheaper treatments available, which is why the NHS do so many!

What silvercar said.

When I had a dental abscess a while back, I was offered a choice between an extraction and a root canal. So glad I had the root canal. That tooth is still there and gives me no trouble now, having been sensitive for years before it got its abscess.

Pyxis

I think it's much better to try and save the tooth than to take it out.

Taking out a tooth affects the 'bite', which can then affect the TMJ (jaw joint), which, as well as the possibility of causing trouble in its own right, can lead to problems with the cervical vertebrae and beyond.

It might be possible to have a crown put on, but I don't know if that's cheaper than the layering thing.

I've got one, but I can't remember what it cost. It's been replaced twice over about 40 years; the first two were gold, and the current one is that white material.
The second gold one came out in a toffee! (It was near the end of its life, apparently!). I kept the gold pieces and melted them down with a couple of old single earrings that had lost their mates and broken, and made a ring out of it all, with some rubies salvaged from another odd earring!

ivyleaf

Pyxis wrote: »

I think it's much better to try and save the tooth than to take it out.

Taking out a tooth affects the 'bite', which can then affect the TMJ (jaw joint), which, as well as the possibility of causing trouble in its own right, can lead to problems with the cervical vertebrae and beyond.

It might be possible to have a crown put on, but I don't know if that's cheaper than the layering thing.

I've got one, but I can't remember what it cost. It's been replaced twice over about 40 years; the first two were gold, and the current one is that white material.
The second gold one came out in a toffee! (It was near the end of its life, apparently!). I kept the gold pieces and melted them down with a couple of old single earrings that had lost their mates and broken, and made a ring out of it all, with some rubies salvaged from another odd earring!

What a brilliant idea! :T

Pyxis

ivyleaf wrote: »

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What a brilliant idea! :T

I've got a pic somewhere, but I'll put it in t'other place.





Edit..... hmm, don't seem to have those pics on my iPad. Must still be on a camera card somewhere.
I'll have to look for them, as they should be uploaded really.

chris_m

Pyxis wrote: »

It might be possible to have a crown put on, but I don't know if that's cheaper than the layering thing.

Crowns are NHS Band 3 - £245ish.
Quite a bit more than the £56 I paid for a repair, or an extraction if it hadn't worked would have been.

PasturesNew

I've never lived anywhere where an NHS dentist was achievable to obtain. I think at one point the closest was 200+ miles away (according to some newspaper research of where the few existed).

The trouble is, for those who haven't moved for donkeys' years, they've probably had the same dentist all along, but for those who have moved ... it's a different ballgame.

My last dentist threw all his NHS patients off his list, so even those who had one found themselves without. I was private there.... but could afford the few bits/bobs I had done.

I suspect my teeth will continue to crumble from now on. Age and everything .... stuff .... and that's the way some people's teeth go.

I need to take a good look at all the options really ... need to understand what it's all about etc and what you get/don't and problems if you want something and trying to pay for it privately while an NHS patient.