Very urgently need a dentist but none will take us on!! What do we do?

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Dp got kicked in the face trying to stop someone beating up his friend quite a few years ago. He lost one tooth at the front and now the other one is on the verge of falling out and giving him quite a bit of pain. We have lived in our area for two years and have been unable to find an NHS dentist and are now getting a bit desperate - anyone know what we can do?

ring the health authority they are olbliged to find you a dentist !

Do you have a Dental Walk-In centre near you (similar to the usual NHS walk-in centres but this one is specifically for emergency dental treatment)?

not as far as i know but will definately have a look - i'm not very knowledgable when it comes to dentists - they terrify me and havent been for a very long time! But cant bear the thought of a dp with no front teeth bless him!!!

thanks for your help guys will give them a call

i wish we were! we're kind of in the middle of nowhere so we would have to get one in the nearest big town

go to www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk
search for local dentist, key in your postcode and will show all dentists in yr area including those open to nhs patients.

excellent! THink i found one - that was so easy! Amillion times esaier than getting some irate receptionist telling me that they 'only accept private'
dp will be chuffed!! Thank you!