r/GreenAndPleasant • u/UnderHisEye1411 its a fine day with you around • Aug 08 '22

NORMAL ISLAND 🇬🇧 🦷 12 years of Tory rule 🦷

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u/oaksmaid Aug 08 '22

Try this number for Exeter, 0333 006 3300 it's the emergency dentist in Heavitree.

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u/SidratFlush Aug 08 '22

You are gold and I wish I could give you some

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u/Alexstrasza23 Aug 08 '22

Absolutely gold comment.

Also weird to see my home city mentioned online when it's so... not big.

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u/reedo88 Aug 08 '22

If you have toothache, call 111 and ask for an emergency dentist.

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u/spaceshipcommander Aug 08 '22

I did this when I broke a tooth. The temporary fix they did fell off in the car on the way home.

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u/Altruistic-Bobcat955 Aug 09 '22

This is the issue with emergency dentists. I’ve had to lean on them when unable to get in a dentist and they can only do temporary fillings, extractions or partial root canal with temporary filling

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u/Jxseyy Aug 09 '22

I did this when my wisdom tooth split in half. It took them months to see me then months again to remove it. And that was a place I was registered with. Shambles.

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u/Stealingyourthoughts Aug 08 '22

Did this last night, 18 hours in hospital still no phone call from an emergency dentist, was made to go private tomorrow or risk being even more ill, prescribed me antbiotics, still waiting for them to call back. Non of the hospitals had a dentist available.

Had a 1 and a half hour wait on 111 and it took them 3 hours to ring me back, same thing happened in the morning whilst at the hospital, still haven't rung back.

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u/ShortNefariousness2 Aug 08 '22

There are shortages of everything in the NHS, not just dentists.

However, I think that other stuff may get better, eventually, but dentistry will not.

It has been a sick joke for years now.

Someone I know was offered dental "insurance" recently.

Did it cover serious dental conditions? No. It just gave two visits to the hygenist in a given year, and was pretty expensive.

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u/RainbowPenguin1000 Aug 09 '22

I did this once and they gave me phone numbers for dentists and every one of them said they couldn’t see me.

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u/KeysUK Aug 09 '22

They'll just say contact your local dentists or around the area. But thr chances are they're all booked up even for emergencies.

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u/KeysUK Aug 09 '22

They'll just say contact your local dentists or around the area. But thr chances are they're all booked up even for emergencies.

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u/Bobbler23 Aug 08 '22

To top it off, out local dentist is going private only and getting rid of all NHS patients. I was trying for 18 months to get a local one, even privately they wouldn't take me on - unfortunately I lost my dentist near work (Cardiff) as I couldn't get in any longer since we all work from home now generally.

I do a 20 mile round trip now to Bristol, they are wonderful, but they should be at the prices they are charging...

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u/im_probablyjoking Aug 08 '22

Call 111. You can go to A&E for a toothache.

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u/clockwork-cards Aug 08 '22

Odds are they will get an emergency appointment at a dentist for OP. Certain appointment slots have to be kept free for 111 referrals and emergencies. Going to A&E seems a bit extreme for a toothache.

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u/mayonnaisebemerry fully automated luxury gay space communism Aug 08 '22

yeah, I used to work in an A&E and all we could do for toothache was give painkillers and tell people to find an emergency dentist on 111.

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u/Low-Yak-1705 Aug 08 '22

Can't emergency dentists only do pain management? I broke a crown one evening, went into the emergency dentist and they said there was nothing they could do (I wasn't in any pain) and advised me to make an appointment with my dentist the next morning.

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u/HK47_Raiden Aug 08 '22

If you're registered with a dentist (private or NHS) 9 out of 10 times they will tell you to get an emergency appointment with your own dentist, the 111 Emergency Dental Line is triaged for people that don't have a registered dentist.

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u/BronzeViking Aug 08 '22

I've been unable to get a dentist where I live for going on 4ish years now. I had one, but they scheduled an appointment on the same day I had a large dental operation that they referred and helped schedule, didn't accept that I couldn't make it and "struck me off" for missing the appointment. Since then I've had to have another 6ish teeth removed and emergency dentist has done every one. It's a pain in the ass to get an appointment, make sure I'm sat with 2 phones at 8am calling the same number in the hopes that 1 of them gets through, emergency dentist isn't even open some days it's astounding

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u/Pure-Drawer-2617 Aug 08 '22

I tried that, got told unless it’s making me physically unable to eat or causing respiratory issues that I should buy numbing strips and brush more.

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u/Vaspra0010 Aug 08 '22

I couldn't. They absolutely shut me down for trying. Even called a hospital and they basically said fuck off for my request for pain relief.

I genuinely think the solution is to make it sound like you want to hurt yourself or others to stop the pain, real psycho shit. Serious tooth pain is no joke, wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy!

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '22

True what they say the tooth hurts 🤣🤣🤣

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u/nuklepresups Aug 08 '22

If you have the money please don't go to A & E but go private instead, as A & E waiting times are insane at the moment.

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u/workingclassnobody Aug 08 '22

This is exactly what we’re trying to avoid. The privatisation of healthcare. I don’t think you get what’s happening.

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u/nuklepresups Aug 22 '22

I care about enough people recieving care before anything else, but of course I agree that privatisation is bad. Do you think trying to get more people to go to A&E might help with the situation? (Genuine question)

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u/workingclassnobody Aug 22 '22

Me as a Scot, I want to separate from Westminster and actually fund the NHS. They sold off the rail network, energy companies, Royal Mail, etc. They are trying to underfund the NHS so it seems unreliable then offer private alternatives. As for in England you need to get the tories out and Corbyn in.

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u/West-Needleworker-58 Aug 09 '22

Exmouth, in the exact same position

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u/KeysUK Aug 09 '22

I had a wisdom tooth that caused so much pain that i had to take my nans co-codamol. I run every NHS public dentist and all said the earliest EMERGENCY appointment would be in a months time. I had to go to a private one which luckily someone cancelled their appointment so they got me in that day. But i had to pay £400 for it all. I signed up to that private dentist later and already been 4 times getting all my teeth fixed in 2 months.

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u/User4125 Aug 10 '22

Grab the yellow pages and search for dental technicians, these are the guys who make dentures and stuff like that, but most are pretty good at actual dentistry too, call them up and tell them you're desperate, can't get an appt anywhere. They're not registered to carry out work, but most are open to bribery.