mexico1970
Well-Known Member
“NHS” dentists (they’ve never really been part of the NHS) used to get paid per procedure. NHS teeth is what my dentist calls them, basically teeth filled to fuck for no dental reasons when we were kids. It sorted of worked but wasn’t great in that sense.
The current system was introduced in 2006 and was condemned as unfit for purpose in 2008 with deteriorating dental health in the general population ever since. However under this system everyone has the right to be allocated an NHS dentist and you should contact England.contactus@nhs.net for help.
More and more people are now having cosmetic work, it's a bit of a pisser if you're nursing an abscess or a chipped tooth and can't get to a dentist because you haven't got one and are too poor to pay to go private.
I know doctors are feeling the pressure too but they wont do anything if it's dental, now if you can't get to see a dentist and the doctor wont see you then that's a big "Fuck You", some areas are worse than others depending on the dentists in your area.
What happened to children's teeth in the 60's was scandalous, filling healthy teeth for no reason other than money.