i live in hertfordshire, and there are no dentists that offer nhs treatment. for over 2 years i have had to pay for private treatment, but at least they treated my children who have exemption forms for being students on the bhs. recently my daughter had a problem when half a tooth broke off, she managed to see an emergency dentist where she is at uni, though it was difficult, they took half the tooth out and covered it with a temp filling and told her to see her own dentist. when i rang our dentist who we have been with for over 20 years but has just changed hands, they said they will not see her on the nhs and even worse wanted £33 in advance to register her even though she has been there for all her life. I feel the nhs is breaking down. I have rung nhs direct and there is not one nhs dentist in this area. What are people to do if they really cannot afford to pay for private care i feel it is a great worry and not how things should be
nhs??! whats that now?! to be honest, im glad the dentist have gone private, and im sure i will anger a few people but i hope the local docs and the hospitals will too
Yes I have got an nhs dentist after having to wait ages. My original dentist was nhs, and then he decided to follow everyone else and become private. After trying to get into various nhs dentists within my local area and having no success, I had to try further a field and luckily I managed to find someone after being on a wiating list for about 18 months. I have to go twice as often as I did with my private dentist, but it still works out far cheaper.
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