Q. Hello i wanted to ask you a question regarding an NHS dentist and treatment i recieved and treatment i could have to resolve a problem. I was visiting a dentist for about a year and he failed to treat my teeth in a way to get them to a resonable health. One tooth inperticular was left, he never investiagted the cause of the pain, no x rays were taken and he never drilled in to the tooth or cleaned it and now i will lose the tooth as all he did was paste it with filling material, like i said he never drilled in to it, the filling kept coming off and breaking the tooth even more, the tooth now has absess and has to be extracted as an emergency dentist confirmed and also by a second dentist. I have made a complaint to PCT but still waiting for an outcome, what i would like to know is, 1. What treatment will they provide me with after they have looked inot my complaint to correct it. 2. Could they provide me with an implant on the NHS if they do find i was poorly treated by this dentist as there will be a gap (tooth is at front of mouth on right side) and i feel the tooth could have been saved if he treated it properly, i went to him 5 times with this same probablem and with the pain and when i told him he just said rinse it with mouthwash(no exageration here) So what are my options, can he actually get away with this, also another dentist said i had plaque very deep in my gums that he never treated either in the time i was with him as a patient, i dont think its fair that i have to have a denture or gap or bridge (which would involve disturbing other teeth next to it) when he could have prevented me with losing my tooth, i am very sure of this. So what do you think i can do on this, it is really lowering my self esteem, some advice would be ver appreciated. Thanks