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NHS tooth break repair?

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Sunnyarty · 05/06/2018 22:15

Hi,
Sorry to post in AIBU, I'm just not worried so was after any reassurance! I'm abroad at the moment in one of the Canary Islands, I've smashed my face on a jet ski ride and broken both my two front teeth. Been to the doctors here, and they have given me some painkillers etc, but said to get the teeth replaced in the UK. Do the NHS do things to fix broken teeth?? I'm concerned because it's my front teeth and obviously they are very visible!

Thanks in advance,

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itsbetterthanabox · 05/06/2018 22:17

Yes they do. How smashed is it?

PlaymobilPirate · 05/06/2018 22:18

They do but they charge for procedures on adults

Gaspodethetalkingdog · 05/06/2018 22:20

Your holiday insurance should pay

YetAnotherThing · 05/06/2018 22:22

Holiday insurance will cover it. I guess you might need to get a report or evidence to confirm happened on holiday

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Sunnyarty · 05/06/2018 22:23

It's pretty smashed up. It's my two front teeth. I'd say one is only chipped a little, the other is half gone.

I know they charge for adults- but is that just the standard banding charges? I have a low income so can usually avoid paying them. Travel insurance I'm not sure covers it because it's back in the U.K when I get treated.

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Nonotmenori · 05/06/2018 22:24

Just had my front tooth veneer replaced on the nhs it's band 3 so £255 for a porcelain one. Took two weeks. Hope you get it sorted soon.

bluerunningshoes · 05/06/2018 22:26

call the travel insurance now.
you might need an accident report from the hospital.

are watersports covered? sometimes they aren't...

FairySpring · 05/06/2018 22:27

My friend's dd broke both front adult teeth in half 7 years ago. They were repaired on the nhs (free as she is a child). They look as good as new, but she does have to be careful not to eat hard food. One of the teeth died from the trauma and she had to have a roof canal - totally painless with no anaesthetic needed apparently.
Hope all goes well for you too.

Longdistance · 05/06/2018 22:29

Dentists will always try to save your teeth.

I cracked mine in Cuba last year when I accidentally bit into a piece of shell that was attached to the seafood I was eating. My tooth crumbled the next day, and I ended up with half my tooth 😭

I came back to the Uk, and the dentist said to me, that they will always save the tooth and repair it. I could have kissed her, I was having nightmares about it being pulled out.

FairySpring · 05/06/2018 22:29

Just to add - her teeth have been built up / filled rather than replaced. I think they plan to continue with them like this for as long as possible.

Herja · 05/06/2018 22:34

Half my tooth fell off recently due to a split filling. It was crowned (and saved) on the nhs. It would gave been under normal banding, as would a bridge if necessary, but I'm currently on income support so didn't pay.

mrcharlie · 05/06/2018 22:35

You have my sympathy OP
My partner has got to go private yet again (2nd time in 3yrs) the cost for treatment will be unsurprisingly the same as last time £750!!

She's fastidious with her teeth flosses every evening, dental check ups every 3mths but work done in her teenage years has come back to haunt her.

As much as I think its right she gets the work done, it completely pisses me off that we both pay taxes and NI and yet still have to pay!!

Another reason to have a snipe at the BB generation, the generation that got absolutely fucking everything and we're still having to fucking fund it too!!

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