Implants (teeth)/ Assault compensation claim

ps. where you wearing a helmet?

yeah, charged but not sorted yet...and on the forum. migt not be wise

If people think this is unwise I will take the incident discription down, the PO (who has been really helpful) seemed to suggest it was just a case of him being sentenced, would this be right?

Shall we plan a holiday to Poland Joe? To fix your horrible grey teeth.

Yeah, we could visit cyberpunk23, and see if he wants to sell us any cheap Rychtarski's.

Stringerman, will PM you know cheers!

altered. cheers guys.

I had a root canal and two weeks of whitening treatment done here in Poland. Getting ready for my wedding sorting out the tooth that my uk dentist didn't want to touch for free.
I remember going to my final treatment with about 2000 złoty in my pocket(about 500GBP at the time) and feeling quite stupid when they asked me for 160zł for the whole treatment.

The dentists here are great and it is definately cheap.

Where's Dammit?
Ask Neil, as he had some "work" done following an accident.

You called?

If youhave any questions about implants in specific, I can help with these queries, I'm a dental technician and I make implants, crown and bridges for a living, you need to find a good dentist to go to to startoff with, I've been doing this job for 12 years now and I've only ever found 5 good dentists in the process, not only do you have to find a decent dentist but he has to be using a decent technician as this is the area that provides the most natural looking of teeth, but pm me if you need some secondary advice or you want a good dentist, where bouts you live?

^He speaks truth, and is a good man to speak to.

My advice (following a broken jaw and two teeth broken off at the gumline):

• Go and speak to your dentist, if they are any good then they are invaluable. Mine assessed me, then wrote to Kings (who saw me for the jaw/teeth originally and therefore had the file) and said (condensed version) my teeth before the accident were in great condition, I was a good boy and went to the dentist frequently, and that it was their view that NHS replacement of the teeth with full implants was merited in this case.
  
• Kings lodged an application with Greenwich PCT (whose area I lived in) who agreed to fund the implants (£2,500 per implant)
  
• I now have two titanium teeth, around 2 years after the crash
  
  

As these are your front teeth, and it was not your fault I would say you have a high chance of securing funding for the implants.

If you'd let them rot because you don't like toothpaste then it would be a different matter.

PM me if you want to chat- or my number is in the number thread.

Finally- implants are a faff, but they are the best option.

Finally- implants are a faff, but they are the best option.

Never having had an implant, I'm not entirely in a position to comment, but they were looked at when I mashed my face up coming off a bike when I was 17. In the end, they were ruled out, short of bone grafts, by my having removed all the bone above the missing (top front incisor) tooth.

It was however made clear to me that both rugby and boxing weren't recommended after implants, so I went for a metal plate which was a hell of a lot cheaper and has been zero trouble for the past twelve or thirteen years (though the tooth portion could do with repainting and the plate itself with some repair). So if money's likely to be a problem, maybe go for a plate for a bit and think about implants later if it proves a problem?

You will have to wait for the bone to stabilise anyway, so they'll probably give a plate or something similar initially.

I had two Ti pegs sticking out of my jaw for 6 months whilst the base units bonded with the bone.

I had two Ti pegs sticking out of my jaw for 6 months whilst the base units bonded with the bone.

Same here! Weight weenies, eh?

Two adult teeth never developed in my mouth (Lower 6, both sides (I think that's the right terminology?)) so I had a gap with pegs in for ages. Getting food out of them was a nightmare. Never again, peanuts, never again.

I'm almost a dentist (1yr to go) so let me know exactly what you wanna know and I'll point you in the right direction and let you know what your options are.. Cheers, Tom

so why does the state have to step in again? i don't get it? he should pay for it, surely!

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Thanks to everyone for the advice, will be sending a few PM's out to people, regarding specifics. Gotta lorra lorra love for yuz all right now...

Lynx I had the detail up earlier, and people correctly advised me to take it down, as the case is not entirely closed yet. yes, and headbutted to keep it simple.

So I'm left with 2 broken front teeth (Now dead and greyish) after being assaulted, and a further 2 which have moved. and a dentistry bill of around 4-5k

But main reason for the post is to ask if anyone has any experience with implants, I have been told I will need both teeth done and thought I would ask here.

Also thought I may as well ask if anyone had advice on claiming compensation for this type of thing, as the dentistry will cost so much. There is the government assualt victims compensation service, but their guidelines on teeth are pretty festidious and looks like I might not be entitled for much from them.

Would also like to thank David (Velocio) for helping me in a time of need, in trying to track down the perpetrators whereabouts.

Any advice welcome.

cheers

First thing is you need to get a CICA application in, they are pretty straightforward but if you need help I can advise you over PM.

I had one in previously for an unprovoked assault which left me with a smallish scar above my eyebrow, and I got £1500. I have two friends who needed dental work after assaults and that was paid for. They got pretty hefty compensation, though it never, obviously, was enough for the overall trauma and the fact they lost their teeth.

http://www.cica.gov.uk/

Hope this pans out ok.

Ah, thanks that's reassuring! All this stuff is such a hassle when your at uni, I can only be at one Dr's/dentist so when I went home had to change to emergency dentist, and change back to my dr's, now i'm back in Brighton had to change back to dr's down here and trying to find a dentist...