I have been viewing your website dreaming of dental implants

Q. Hello there, I have been unrealistically viewing your website and dreaming of having dental implants. I don’t think I have smiled in over 5 years. Some 10 years ago I foolishly had my own healthy teeth filed down to have a bridge on my upper teeth so they had the appearance of looking straight, but gradually my own teeth have fallen out and the bridge/s had to be replaced. Further, a partial bridge became loose and fell out and the remaining bridge is loose and unsightly. I am only 47 years old and feel deeply depressed that my only option in my present financial circumstance would be dentures. I feel so ashamed of my earlier vain decision to have a bridge/s and have given up on any help from the NHS. Not only that I moved location over a year ago and no NHS dentist is willing to take me on as a patient, and was incensed when trying to put my child on a waiting list that they would only register him if I registered as a private patient. The irony of all of this, is that I am employed by the NHS but in mental health. I would appreciate any help or advice. Yours miserably

A. hello
unfortunately you are not alone, it is a difficult situaton as the cost of implants is sometimes hard for patients to manage despite their long term advantages . contact yor nearest pct with regards to practices accepting patients but your likely route on the nhs is some sort of basic denture, given the sorry state of nhs dentistry in england.
the only other alternative is to consider treatment abroad.

Dr Safeer Butt
S3 Dental Studios
www.s3dental.co.uk
Surrey Kent Sussex

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