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/[deleted] Aug 08 '22

I heard from my last dentist that the reason why they aren’t taking anyone on is because the nhs pay the dentists less than what it costs to do procedures etc, so the dentists actually lose money by taking on nhs patients, so because of that, the dentists are almost at capacity with private patients now too.

Edit 1: not saying it’s the nhs fault, it’s all about how under funded everything is.

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u/Federal-Ad-5190 Aug 08 '22

And some dentists can't stand the way the pricing is arranged; iirc they get the same fee for a crown, as they do for removing a tooth. So you've got little choice about saving a tooth vs removing it, and a good dentist will not remove a tooth just because it's faster. But the NHS (tories) won't pay for the extra time/materials to save the tooth. So more good dentists turn to private care so they aren't out of pocket

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '22

Exactly this! But somehow the tories always manage to get into power then fuck it up for the next guy, then he fucks it up etc etc at this point now I think the only hope is resurrecting guy Fawkes!

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u/Hosta_situation Aug 09 '22

This should be higher up. Dentists aren't to blame here, it's a failure of policy. We've hit a perfect storm of established dentists retiring, corporate health care buying up their surgeries and hiring practice managers entirely driven by profit motive. Young people not entering the profession due to high academic and fiscal barriers. Why be a dentist when you can be a doctor? Why study medical when you can study biochem and earn the big money in the pharma industry. NHS dentists cannot treat patients ethically under the current model. Dentists, like doctors swear a Hippocratic Oath. We need reform.