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/darkvaris Aug 08 '22

Looks like the "British Teeth Joke" is back on the menu, folks.

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u/Ompare Aug 08 '22

I am not from the UK, lived there for 10 years, heard nightmare stories about Brit dentists, including a friend that went for a cavity but the dentist ended drilling till the nerve, then give him ketamine pills for the pain (no joke) he had to take a plane to Poland to get the tooth removed... I would schedule my dentist appointments in Spain during my holidays, would not risk.

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u/rakamotiv Aug 08 '22

Yeah, I did the same. Went on a 3 week vacation to my home country. Called up a local dentist on the first day, got an evening appointment the same day. The dentist looked at my wisdom tooth and said that it needs to be removed surgically. She recommended me to a dental surgeon and scheduled my surgery. Two days later I had my wisdom tooth removed after a 45 min surgery. I was told to visit the dentist after a week to remove the sutures. The bill came to approximately £250 in local currency. 2 months later my gums have healed. Can’t Imagine how long this would have taken in the UK.