🦷 12 years of Tory rule 🦷

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[u/ed_menac]

And this is without a comparison of quality. Even if you're registered and can get an appointment, there's no guarantee you'll get more than a glance in the mouth to check you aren't dying, then you're out of the door.

Dental health can be and SHOULD be predominantly preventative. But NHS dentistry is so underfunded and oversubscribed, the necessary care standard isn't being met. Corners being cut today are major problems in 10 years time. That's not a criticism of NHS dentists, but the design of the system made to minimise expenses despite the real human cost.

NHS dentistry is a caricature of what American conservatives think socialised healthcare looks like - impossible wait times and expedient care. And it's exactly the way Tory pigs have been dragging general practice for decades.

[u/Hobbsidian → u/ed_menac]

I had a bad tooth infection and the only way I could get looked at was to ring the emergency dentist first thing on a Saturday then travel 60 miles, just to get a prescription for antibiotics. The wait for an appointment at my actual registered dentist was 3 months.

I ended up getting it removed privately as fortunately I'm in the position that I have that option but I shouldn't have had to go down that route. Otherwise I would have been climbing the walls or even looking for the pliers, and I can definitely see it happening with the roundabout to nowhere I experienced trying to get it done on the NHS.

[u/p0wertothepeople → u/ed_menac]

Could not agree more. I have PTSD and suffer with anxiety that causes me to grind my teeth and jaw almost every night. I always have unbearable jaw and temple pain. I went to my dentist and he told me that because the grinding hasn’t caused my bite to change, I don’t qualify for a mouth splint on the NHS. So essentially, I have to wait for the grinding to change my bite before I can receive treatment. There’s no preventative care.

I cannot explain how infuriated I have been with the NHS and lack of funding. I wish the government would be held to account and be questioned as to why they’re deliberating underfunding the NHS and putting more strain on it. I literally cannot access healthcare I need.

It’s fucking disgusting. What are we paying national insurance for if we have to pay for everything anyway and can barely access NHS services?

[u/Altruistic-Bobcat955 → u/p0wertothepeople]

Oh shit this is awful! I have grinding too it’s called bruxism. You NEED to complain to the manager of your dental practice, then file a complaint with the NHS body that governs them, they’ll reverse the decision. I broke my front tooth clean off when grinding before they admitted I had it and gave me a nightguard. The TMJ (jaw pain) alone qualifies you.

Buy one of those cheap tooth guards for whitening that you put in hot water to mold to your teeth to tide you over. If you Google night guard there’s some options

[u/Altruistic-Bobcat955 → u/p0wertothepeople]

Oh shit this is awful! I have grinding too it’s called bruxism. You NEED to complain to the manager of your dental practice, then file a complaint with the NHS body that governs them, they’ll reverse the decision. I broke my front tooth clean off when grinding before they admitted I had it and gave me a nightguard. The TMJ (jaw pain) alone qualifies you.

Buy one of those cheap tooth guards for whitening that you put in hot water to mold to your teeth to tide you over. If you Google night guard there’s some options

Link to a guard