Hi, just after opinions please & what I should do next.
My teeth are really awful & I accept it's entirely my fault. I currently need (diagnosed) 2 root canals and at least 5 fillings.
Today saw a dentist to try & get treatment started - hadn't been able to before whilst pregnant. This is the 3rd dentist I've seen at this surgery - the 1st one left, the 2nd one started my treatment before I got pg but is apparently the 'lead' dentist and his files are full so he's passed me over to this new lady.
That's 3 different check ups I've had before anyone would do work. Today I'd booked a double appointment to actually get started.
After doing my checkup & x rays, dentist said she wouldn't do any work today because there's too much to do & - as i was nhs - I'd need to book multiple half hour appointments. She said longer appointments are reserved for private patients & to do any more than half hour at a time would 'stress her out'?!
She then began a really hard sell. She told me the root canals couldn't be done nhs. I pointed out that I knew they could...she said to do so shed have to put me down as high risk treatment because 'she only had very limited access to equipment on the nhs'. She said she would strongly recommend I went private & quoted me £600-£700 for one root canal. I said there was no way we could afford that whilst I was on maternity leave. She kept emphasising that I'd therefore be high risk.
She then repeatedly said all the fillings would be amalgam unless I went private. I said this was fine as they were right at the back, then she just kept saying it would be lots of half hour appointments.
It felt like a really hard sell to go private. I can't easily do lots of short appointments as I have the baby who is only 6 weeks. My DH called the surgery & they are refusing to let me switch to a different dentist...
