Covid profiteering dentist.

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NC for this.

I'm pissed off at my dentist, I called today to make an appointment because my filling dropped out 3 weeks ago and now I'm in bloody pain, both top and bottom gums hurt.

I called up and got told, I've got to pay 7 pound for fuckin PPE. Nevermind the fact they are not the cheapest dentist anyway.

AIBU to think they are just profiteering?

I mean really a fuckin apron does not cost 7 pound. It's total bullshit. I did disagree down the phone but the short and sweet is, it's tough shit.

The dentist always wears an apron and mask anyway.

They are a private dentist as well as NHS. I'm private. I'm not saying that to sound stuck up, but to point out I do not pay NHS prices as is. I just think it's shady as fuck to be marking a apron up so much. I will be leaving them after this.

Well, when I went to the dentist (not in UK) in the summer all the hygienists and dentists were breathing through some kind of mask that attached to a battery-powered filtration system on their back. As others have said, dentistry is extremely hazardous and I imagine these devices were not cheap. There were also new filtration units in the practice. Obviously additional cleaning, etc.

As a healthcare professional who is also required to wear PPE to a minimum fpp3 standard I can tell you that in order to get a properly fitting mask i paid £250 up until a few weeks ago for just 20 masks, of which i could use 1 per patient. So no your dentist isn’t ripping you off!

My NHS dentist doesn’t charge for PPE

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Thoroughly depressing that so many on mumsnet and perhaps the general population hold their health care professionals with such contempt. The ignorant, inaccurate and downright nasty comments directed on this forum towards dentists has been horrendous during covid 19. The dentists did not choose to close their doors/limit treatments - they were ordered to in order to limit the spread of covid 19. Dentists trying to keep their businesses from going under - how to people think this is somehow unacceptable. It's s not a charity but people seem to think it should be! No wonder poor mental health is on the rise among health care professionals.

Agree, far too many opinionated and very ignorant individuals.

I've recently had a lot of work done and never been charged for PPE (private). I think if you need to have a filling they just done redone it's very bad form to be charging you anything. If they had done the filling properly in the first place you wouldn't have to be going back, I'd leave too, just out of principle.