NHS dentist question - what rights do you have as a patient?

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What rights do you have as a patient to decline the treatment that the dentist wants you to have and that you don’t want? There is no pain but they are advocating an expensive treatment that you don’t want.

You can decline the treatment - you do not have to have it.

Just say no. They can't force it on you🤷

You could get a second opinion if you aren't sure if the treatment is right.

You can decline the expensive treatment that you don't want, of course - and then you can pay through the nose for emergency treatment when the outcome the dentist wished to avoid happening due to the preventive treatment they recommended causes you intense pain.

You have the right to decline, but if you and the dentist have very different views on treatment plans and goals they have the right to drop you as a client.

Really?that seems a bit OTT. I’m not in pain at all and won’t be due to previous treatment.

My dentist wrote out a treatment plan and said take it away and let me know what if any you want to go through with, you should never feel like your being made to have something done. Saying that, dentists can see what we cant so they are only doing what's best.
If I felt under any sort of pressure id find myself a new dentist

Nailed it

Like I said I am not in pain and unlikely to be as I have had previous treatment to deal with that.

Well, you know best, then.

Find yourself a different dentist and you won't have to feel awkward about refusing the recommended treatment.

My dad is 93. He was scheduled for a lower molar extraction. I live 2.5 hours away. I spoke to the dentist when we took him in and said does he "HAVE" to have the extraction and she was happy to leave it. It's a broken tooth but she's built it up. There is a risk of infection but the roots looked tricky so we thought the risks of extraction over leaving it were greater. Saved him £50 too 😁

You can decline anything you don't want. I usually decline x rays because I don't like to have unnecessary x rays and I don't feel they are worth it for me - I have good teeth and no issues.

If they are suggesting a crown or onlay after root canal treatment, yes you can decline it. The reason they will recommend it is 60% of root treated teeth break within 3 years of treatment without protection. Treatment is recommended not mandatory.

What treatment are they suggesting?