A while ago I had extreme dental work done on alot of teeth. I paid the maximum amount that you can for nhs treatment. The reason as to why I required such crucial work is because I went to a different dentist before this one, who took multiple trays and recognised I had a tooth that was literally a ticking time bomb, he even admitted it required immediate care before it flared up but everytime I saw him it would be at the end of the day and he neglected that tooth as it would 'take too long' and focused on the quicker ones. Basically he wanted to go home sooner rather than later and obviously I left that practice and went with my current one. So after paying all this money my dentist started work on my teeth, and injected some sort of medicine into this bad tooth to keep it settled . The pain I got was the worse pain I've ever felt from this tooth. She left it to calm down and focused on my other teeth during appointments. By the end of all my treatment she concluded I either needed a serve root canal, but because the tooth was so filled down from previous treatment she was leaning more towards extraction as it was more gum than tooth at this point. I asked her to sort a referral for me for extraction as I was scared the tooth would flare up again and she said it was something she would have to sort as they cant do it at my practice? Not to sure what the problem was. A couple months later the tooth started kicking up again and I booked an emergency appointment only for her to reinstate I needed an extraction and offered me antibiotics, I left with a prescription and then the receptionist tried to charge me for the 5 minute appointment. When I pointed out this was treatment I had already paid for and my dentist left unfinished knowing it would only be a matter time until it was a problem again the receptionist went and spoke to my dentist to only confirm I had to pay as she technically 'finished treatment.' Now a couple months later and the tooth has started leaking, I know it's most likely infected as I feel pressure and pain from it again. I'm furious I've just been left in this state, I cant afford to pay for it again and I'm scared and confused on what to do during the lockdown. This should of been sorted ages ago and now I may have to risk my health leaving the house pregnant to get this tooth sorted that already should of been! Am I being unreasonable or do I have every right not to pay/be angry. I'm really dreading having to book a dentist appointment and just hoping the pain goes away although I know it's not likely