I'm very much hoping @Bs0u416d sees this thread as when I searched you'd given some helpful advice to another person about the denture process.
I was lucky to get a one off NHS appointment in a town miles away to address painful tooth. It's my upper 2nd molar and basically it's falling down because it's opposite bottom molar had to be removed during COVID.
I have no other molars at the top.
So advised to have this removed and a partial denture. The dentist said I'd basically hate it and it wouldn't fit properly.
Slightly off putting.
I am exempt from NHS fees due to long term disability but haven't had an NHS dentist for ten years or so have had the removal in COVID done privately.
My initial glee at having this one off course of treatment, ie the removal and partial dentures on the NHS has now made me wonder why he would say oh you won't be happy with it and will have to start again anyway.
The appointment was a bit of a rush the chap was lovely but I'm confused tbh.
The appointment to take out the tooth is in a month. I don't understand when impressions get done iyswim.
Can't be at the same time surely. Or do they do the impression then take the tooth out.
On the NHS I'm guessing that's that, the first set you get are it?
Or do you get another set later when the hole has healed.
Help! I don't know what the dentist meant.
I asked the nurse after the dentist went for his lunch but she said all she knew were a lot of people were coming in unhappy with their dentures.
Lol
I'm 54 and mortified to be having a plate in this first place
Hopefully there's advice for me.
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Advice on NHS partial upper denture after dentist visit required please. Thanks
Tcateh · 28/03/2024 08:53
Bs0u416d · 29/03/2024 07:52
So everything the PP said regarding immediate dentures is spot on (guessing they're also a dentist!)
Immediate dentures are a compromise in terms of fit but provide a space filling for function/aesthetics whilst the healing process is underway. They're most valuable when multiple teeth have been removed or when a front tooth has been removed. Less so for a single molar tooth (that's a lot of plastic on the roof of your mouth for a single tooth).
I think you've misunderstood the basis of your treatment on the NHS. You are either exempt from NHS dental fees or you're not. There is no such thing as a one of special offer. If you didn't have to pay for this course of treatment, assuming your circumstances don't change, you won't have to pay for the next course of treatment either.
What may be true is that you were accepted for a one off course and that this practice has not made a commitment to seeing you again for future courses of treatment. If that is the case, you may indeed have to pay for subsequent treatment on a private basis, either at this practice or another. Unless you're able to find another NHS appointment that is.
For what it's worth, I suspect you'll probably not end up missing this molar tooth tooth much and despite having a denture that you could wear, are probably choosing to cope without it.
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