Sign of a good dentist

[alanyoung1000]

Which is more the sign of a good dentist:

1. It hurts more when the anaesthetic wears off, or

1. it hurts more when you have to pay?

Are you a dentist?

Eh? Can't you get an NHS dentist for things that hurt? I thought people only went private for more cosmetic results e.g. ask the same (NHS) dentist for white fillings instead of metal ones.

I was with an NHS dentist for years but the practice was grubby, shabby and dirty and i always barely spent 5 minutes in the chair while she was whizzing around like a speeding bullet.

I had a check up with my old private dentist from years ago and he was wonderful. He finally picked up on a filling that needed doing that i'd seen for a couple of years that the NHS dentist didn't bother with and i was in there for a good 45 minutes for both appointments! He was chatty, pleasant and funny and i have so much faith in him that i took my 2.5 year old daughter there for a check up too.

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Not all nhs dentists are bad and we provide a good, affordable service for millions of people so lets stop berating them for a bit hey? You must have been one of the unlucky ones.

Sorry tofto, of course all NHS dentists aren't the same. My current new (private) dentist used to be my NHS dentist years ago and he is wonderful, which is why i went back to him. Proof really that my then (NHS) dentist was so good that i went back to him many years later!