Aibu to have expected this at the dentist?
Im having a nightmare trying to get DS’s teeth extracted so he can have braces.
He was accepted for braces at the end of July and got an appointment to have them fitted in august. First though he needs 4 teeth extracted.
I’ve been trying to make appointments since. My own dentist has given us the run out, every week it’s ‘next week we’ll have an NHS dentist again, book then’. I think they actually have one but for whatever reason they want to filter children to someone not yet qualified? It’s unclear tbh. Since the end of July I’ve been calling every 1-2 weeks. In September we got an appt, turned up ready and it turned out they have booked it with someone unqualified to remove teeth (a therapist). Wasted journey. I’d given them the letters, discussed…
After this I was promised a call to rebook. 3 weeks in they haven’t. So I ring today to be told they don’t remove children’s teeth and he needs a hospital referral.
If this is the case they could have done it in July! It’s months more waiting.
Aibu to have expected it to be at the surgery? He’s 12, it’s pre molars, no medical or Sen history or fear of the procedure.
I’ve tried so many places instead of the usual dentist, but no one is taking on patients. I though the orthodontist would be the tricky bit, but we have that. I’ve had to rearrange the appointment 3 times now due to not being able to remove the teeth to start treatment.
Have others had this at the dentist? Or is this more fob off? Initially today they refused to book the extraction because he’d had an appointment in September and children aren’t entitled to appointments less than 6 months apart… the unnecessary appointment with the non-dentist… 🤦♀️