Dentist, what would you do?

Mid way through the process now mrs mopp, I'm a real wimp in the dental chair but there's nothing to worry about if you do need a crown. All painless and every step explained. Pleased all is good for now.

Glad you're sorted, mrsmopp.
Veneers are not the same as crowns. They are a porcelain (or sometimes composite) facing which covers the front of your tooth and is bonded onto it.
if you have a crown, the dentist will prepare your tooth so that there is just a stump remaining. Then the crown fits over that.
Your dentist will advise you which is the best for you, if you need it.

Hi, an update. You were all right. The tooth was repaired at no charge. I really did not think this would happen. Whew!
If the filling falls out again, I shall need a crown.
So no bottle opening or cracking nuts from now on. I shall even start dunking my biscuits!
Is a crown the same as a veneer?

I phoned today. He is away till Monday, so I will try again.
Thanks for your supportive comments, I will let you know what happens.

I'm mid way through a dental procedure. My (NHS) dentist talked me through the process, explained the risks attached, gave me his opinion illustrated by x-ray pictures then gave me time to think. As we're in stage one there is a temporary covering, I am instructed to return immediately if it detaches before the next appointment. I was also told the expected life of the finished article and it was made clear if it failed it would be replaced. All highly professional. In your situation think I would be asking for remedial work at no charge and perhaps querying the suitability of the filling as this is a recurrent problem. Better to take action than get cross about it, the worst they can say is 'no'. Hope it works out for you, it's upsetting as well as frustrating.

All dentists have to belong to the GDC. Ring the dentist.

Don't take above advice! Never use superglue.
If you go back to the dentist and complain about the quality of the work I am sure they would redo it for you . If you are not satisfied you can complain to the General Dental Council (? You can find on google - the body which private dentists have to belong to) if you think the work / treatment unsatisfactory. A couple of years ago I paid £500 for some dental work which failed and I complained, got a refund, and went elsewhere and had it done properly.

I would try superglue ! I am not sure if it would discolour in time but seriously I would give it a go
£85 seems a lot especially if it is only lasting for a few months. My dentist asked me if I have any elephants in the family - I presume he was talking about my teeth not my figure .

I had to get a single tooth put on a bridge after my old crown root crumbled . Less than year later it broke so I went back thinking they'd glue it back on . It was a different dentist and he demanded angrily who had made this bridge, it didn't fit my mouth , was badly done and was never going to be any better. He whipped it out of my mouth , binned it and told me just to use my original temporary 'flipper' . That damned bridge cost me a lot of money and dental visits but nothing was said about it .

Wouldn't it be worth going to a nearby town you don't have to live in the area do you I know people here whose chosen NHS dentist is in a different town We must be lucky as a lot of our dental practises take on new NHS patients I changed last year and had no problems I suppose different areas have different levels
Mind you i expect it ll be VERY difficult if BEXIT happens as we seem to have no English dentists There are about a dozen in my practice and none are British they are all blooming lovely

You have to register with NHS dentist, I know it's very difficult in some places. It used to be here, but over the last couple of years there seem to be more being provided. They are soon snapped up.

Do you have to be register owith NHS dentist - you can't just go to one can you?
This is in case I phone my own dentist and he says its same price, which he will, knowing him...

Can't get registered with NHS dentist, they all full up.
Just want someone to glue my filling back.
Can anyone on here do it? £25??
Either that or I phone my dentist

Why not use a NHS dentist then a filling would be in band 2 which is £53 for fillingS root canal and extractions and if it came out quickly they would redo it for free

I'd take Janeainsworth's advice.

From memory, dentists have to replace NHS work for a specific period after treatment. Jane will know that too.

I think if you complained they would redo
It for you.

Private dentists don't do 'free' - unless it was literally the day before that they'd done the filling!

My DH's filling fell out less than six months after getting it done. Our NHS dentist replaced it for free. I would phone and enquire about it. Nothing ventured, nothing gained!

I had a front filling when I was a teenager and it would come out every couple of years. Finally I saw a dentist who said that this was going to keep happening and that a crown would be best - that was almost 40 years ago and that crown is still going strong - no problems biting anything. Every time I have a check-up I always ask how it is and up to know I've been told it's very stable. I also had a repair on one of my bottom front teeth about 8 years ago when the top broke off for no reason - that's still going well. What I'm saying is that these things should certainly last longer than a few months!

I had a filling which failed after three months and my nhs dentist did it again for free. I was most surprised as I expected to be charged again, so definitely worth a phone call.

I'm sure they wouldn't think
that you were being cheeky mrsmopp especially as you paid last time.

Nothing to loose in calling, four months isn't really good enough ?

Can't you find an NHS dentist in your area?

£85 sounds about right for private, even with Denplan, unfortunately...

River walk, the clue is the smiley face followed by 'but seriously' so, yes, I was joking.
We finished the Brazil nuts at Christmas!

I think I might phone the surgery, if you don't think I'm being cheeky.
I just wish I had had the foresight to train as a dentist when I was young, as they seem to be as well paid as barristers now. Pension goes nowhere these days......

DGD head butted a Formica table in school about 6 years ago and chipped about a third of a front tooth. The repair has fallen off twice since , a dentist friend tells me that this is common and doesn't imply any inefficiency by the dentist. As a child she's had it replaced free but she's 17 now so may have to pay next time.