Find me a dentist! Dentists?

Ah, yes- have the blocks glued on at the moment. Forgot to mention those.

Nice one :)

How much has the whole process cost, if you don’t mind me asking?

I'd need to check, but IIRC £4,500 for the two year process. My work dental insurance will cover ~£1,400 of that.

Not that much more than when I had mine done in 1998!

That’s not as bad as I was expecting. You recommend your folks? Got details?

I've been very impressed with them so far, the current treatment plan has had to be stopped - but we knew that was a possibility at the start, and pursued it as it was the option that (if it worked) didn't require any teeth being removed. I am pretty keen to see what the new plan is, of course.

I'm going down to Winchester to see the orthodontist, which may be why it's costing what Stonehenge paid in 1998 - any good to you?

Surely Hackney is a violent enough place you can get your teeth knocked out for free?

Only just seen this, I got three of my teeth knocked out in Hackney 10 years ago (for free)

This wasn't free.

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Aaaaaargh!!!!! Just broke one of my back teeth. Previously filled. Spoke to my dentist on the phone who said just whack some temp filling on.
Managed to acquire some from the chemist but despite following the instructions this shit doesn’t seem to want to set. In quite a lot of pain....

I’m guessing emergency appointments are available at nhs dentists but everywhere I’ve just tried calling is closed for the day now.

Yeah so emergency appointments aren’t available for new nhs patients, private dentists are closed. Ffs. I can totally understand why they’re closed but right now I just want this wanker out.

At least the temp goo seems to be starting to hold. Apparently I need some clove oil...

Just did a search and you need to call 111, they will then direct you to a dental hub near you.

Good luck with you that, I feel you pain (not right now but have 4 root canals)

If you have a dentist then 111 will likely direct you back to your own dentist. Your dentist can refer you to the UDC (urgent dental care) hub for telephone triage. Each area has special covid 19 UDC forms.

Basically all routine Dentistry (nhs and private) has stopped on the advice of Sara Hurley the chief dental officer..... All my clinics were cancelled by my employing Trust some time ago. I am on a redeployment register to help the wider NHS.

Thanks guys, my dentist did say exactly as you did and that it would be a very difficult process potentially to get seen at the moment.

Can anyone recommend a decent temp kit? I got the Dentek kit from the pharmacist(after calling round 10 diff ones locally), thought it was doing well but has mostly crumbled out.
Happy to order one and as it’s unlikely I’ll be seen soon I may as well get something decent.

Iirc dentek is a single paste that you pack in, the paste reacts slowly with your saliva to harden. Try a 2 paste system that sets harder, Dentanurse is one. When packing anything in the hole bite together with some folded up cling fim over the material to help shape it.

If you want anything even harder then it's buying stuff that dentists use. Glass ionomer cement and zink ploycarboxylate are two materials. If the pain develops and your dentist thinks it's an infection he can prescribe antibiotics without seeing you under the new "rules" for managing dental pain over the phone.

Thanks @midlife, have ordered some dentanurse. I’m guessing unless I take a turn for the worse I’ll be waiting a few weeks to see my dentist so a harder option will prob be what I want.
Dentek is indeed a 1-part zinc oxide putty, giving it another try now with some cling film.
Guess it’s veg soup and protein shakes for the time being.

^^ Good info that, thanks,,,,filed away for the future, Bear Grylls /Ray Mears style

My orthodontist has an offer on at the moment, which I thought I'd mention if it was of interest to anyone here - it's £700 off a course of treatment. I imagine that costs vary by the length of the course - I'm at the outer extreme (a full two years) and my bill was ~£4,500, but then they're moving my front teeth back over a centimetre. Let me know if this is of any interest, I'd recommend the orthodontist and his staff, the only caveat is that they're in Winchester (but most things are done remotely).

Suprised how easy it was to get some work done over the last couple of days. Usually I have to book a month and a half in advance.

Had sensitivity on Monday and they booked me right in for white fillings on Wednesday and today. So glad I got this seen to before leaving the country.

The dentists are bouncing between rooms after each session to replace the air and all had an extra layer of PPE but otherwise was pretty normal in the chair.

I had turn up at exactly the appointment time, clean hands and have my head shot with the temp. gun before being allowed in.

Just out of curiosity did you have to pay a PPE surcharge. There's lots of arguments at the moment over who should pay. Corporates like Bupa are passing the cost to patients.

Yep, they tried to charge me £125 per white filling and I said "like, when I came in two months ago the fillings were uh, like, £75".

They said the up-charge was due to the Covid, I said "whoa" and we agreed on £95.

Had a bunch of work I'd been putting off, shouldn't need the dentist for another ten years now though.

Thanks, if I remember rightly Bupa for example have a minimum charge of £7.00

Not sure what NHS dentists are going to do as the fees are fixed by government and not allowed to charge more. Comes out of the dentists wages? More likely the PPE will be supplied free by NHS England or the Government will nationalise the whole shebang.....

So they tried to charge you £50 extra and your settled for an extra £20?

Just had a look at my dentist’s webpage and they are charging an extra £90 but I am really confused as to if it’s an extra £90 per an appointment or £90 per a course treatment from strait to finish...

Their emergency appointment is £125 including a bunch of stuff but would one have to pay the £90 on top? I am all confused...

http://www.halfmoondental.com/COVID19AGPfee.html

Anyone care to have a read and let me know?

I don’t need any treatment right now but I do have a couple of really non urgent crowns that I want sorting out as soon as their open up their book for non urgent appointments, if it’s £90 each time I set foot in their room, it seems a bit steep.

Anyhow, might be time to look for another dentist, there is only 1 dentist there I like, who happens to be the co-owner, the rest is a bit... meh... the practice manager is a bull in a china shop!

My teeth are a state. Quite a few removed/damaged from kissing the floor on my bmx, this also resulted in 4 root canals. Had another one chip quite badly yesterday
Any recommendations on insurance?

So they tried to charge you £50 extra and your settled for an extra £20?

Per tooth in my case, said "fuck no".
It was work I'd put off for ages so didn't really have a choice but was able to negotiate down.