Posts Tagged ‘nhs dentistry’

I hate my teeth but I don’t have the money to fix them, what can I do?

Saturday, December 4th, 2010
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I have awful teeth and have always hated them. There’s 24 of them, too many so they’re wonky, jutty and make me, an extrovert really self-conscious. However, I watch all the make-over programmes and do not have £30,000 to put this right. I dare say you can’t help someone without the money

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Dr Mark Hughes Harley Street Dental Studio 52 Harley Street, London W1G 9PY Web: www.harleystreetdentalstudio.com Tel: 020 7636 5981 View My Profile Dr Hughes

Will the NHS provide cosmetic dentistry?

Friday, November 26th, 2010
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I am 57 and feel quite young except for my teeth. They are in a terrible state and it spoils every day for me. I cannot afford anything other than NHS treatment and feel that life is just passing me by because of my mouth. Please could you suggest anywhere I could go that would give me a sympathetic hearing. I don’t care how far I would have to travel I just want to be able to smile.

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Dr Mark Hughes Harley Street Dental Studio 52 Harley Street, London W1G 9PY Web: www.harleystreetdentalstudio.com Tel: 020 7636 5981 View My Profile Dr Hughes

Can I have my teeth fixed on the NHS if I am unemployed?

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
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am 23 years old women and i have very very bad teeth and am anemployed!
can you fix my teeth fully on nhs pls. i really need help !!!!!!

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Dr Andrew Moore Advance Dental Clinic 104 Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 0JG Web: www.advancedentalclinic.com Tel: 08443 87 87 88 View My Profile Dr Moore

Is it possible to get a bridge after having a tooth extracted instead of dentures?

Friday, November 19th, 2010
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Hi! i have a big problem whith my teeth. After a check up to a NHS dentistry i was informed i need to extract the 5th tooth down right because it’s damage and the same dentist told me i need a denture (after 3 month from extraction)because the 6th one have a filling and there it’s nothing to do.In january i had the 3th fill on 5th tooth and the other dentist told me i can have a fill then a crown. I ask her if is posible to have a bridge but the answer was you can’t .Know i don’t know wat to do do because i’m only 25 and a denture can be only a temporary solution for that tooth. I read on the internet i can go to private dentist and have a bridge.Can you please give me a answer about what do you think is better to do in that case? Thank you,
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Dr Andrew Moore Advance Dental Clinic 104 Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 0JG Web: www.advancedentalclinic.com Tel: 08443 87 87 88 View My Profile Dr Moore

How can I find a NHS dentist that will help me with my dental phobia?

Thursday, November 18th, 2010
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I am 36 and not been to the dentist since i was 13 and had a bad experience over the last 16 years i have really needed to go but been in a controlling relationship and wasnt able to go even if i wanted to luckily he was sent to prison for 6 years just over a year ago now. Since then although i have a really bad phobia i have had to try and force myself to take my 2 kids to a dentist as my phobia and inability to go has caused them needing dental work.Although i have actually managed to walk through the door it is a very uncomfortable feeling and i can not be in the room when they have work done i am just glad my 2 teenagers are braver than me its them seeing if im ok on the way home instead of me being there for them . I need to try and get myself to a dentist but all the ones i come across have just made it even harder for me to see someone.They dont know my history so assume it is just a case of cant be bothered .I know i need all my teeth out as the ones that are left are stumps or rotten and after being basicaly locked in a house fo the last 10 years i also have problems with agrephobia where i find it difficult to actually walk out the house it doesnt make things any easier when i have visable rotten and missing teeth when i talk.I have tried emailing a few places in my local area but to be refered to anywhere that treats phobias and does this sort of work under sedation i am told i will need to be refered by a dentist..if i could find a dentist i was happy with and who understood my fears then i wouldnt be in this situation. I dont know if you work with nhs patients but if you do i would really appreciate some useful advice before i end up a total recluse.
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Dr Andrew Moore Advance Dental Clinic 104 Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 0JG Web: www.advancedentalclinic.com Tel: 08443 87 87 88 View My Profile Dr Moore

Can I get any financial help to replace my fillings?

Friday, September 3rd, 2010
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hiya when i was younger i had metal plates put on the backs of my four front teeth. i was at the dentist today and have found out the front of them teeth are completely covered in white filling . why i dont know . but my front left one the filling is coming off and has a stain going up it. i have been told that i cant get the work done on the nhs . and that to fix the chip in the filling is going to cost me £95 and then to have them properly sorted is oing to cost me hundreds . if i dont have them done privatlhy then ill end up with dentures. and as i am looking to be a model i dont want that . i am a mum of 3 on income support is there any help i can get to sort this . thanx,
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Dr Kailesh Solanki Kissdental – UK Practice of the Year 2007 157 Woodsend Road, Flixton, Manchester, M41 8GN.2 New Street, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 2QS. 13 Stanley Street, Manchester, M8 8SH. Web: www.kissdental.co.uk Tel: 0161 748 5250 View My Profile Dr Solanki

Are there any other alternatives to the awful appliance that my daughter has to wear to bring her jaw forward?

Friday, September 3rd, 2010
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My 12 year old daughter has been refered to an orthodontist for nhs treatment. She has a 10mm overjet, and has to wear a functional appliance to bring her lower jaw forward. However, the appliance she has been given is absolutely hideous and my daughter is absolutely distraught at having to wear it in public. It has a plastic plate that fits into her palate which clips onto the back teeth, with a wire coming round her front teeth. Protruding from the front of the palate from behind her front teeth, is a huge sort of gum shield that comes down to sit on her lower front teeth, to pull her lower jaw forward, that fills up the front of her mouth. My question is therefore is it possible to get a different and more discreet style of appliance that would do the same job? I have seen other types of appliances online, twin blocks etc that look much less obtrusive. The orthodontist is extremely unhelpful and uninformative, when i rang to ask this question, she wouldnt speak to me personally, but through her receptionist informed me that this was the only style that would do the job without explaining why, and that she just had to get on with it and wear it. My daughter is so upset by it all.,
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Dr Andrew Moore Advance Dental Clinic 104 Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 0JG Web: www.advancedentalclinic.com Tel: 08443 87 87 88 View My Profile Dr Moore

Can I have the gap filled free through the NHS?

Friday, September 3rd, 2010
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i have a gap between my front teeth. i’ve had this all my life and i think its due to thumbsucking because i didnt like dummies. i’ve always wanted it to be filled so i feel more confident. i am 15 almost 16 and i was wondering would it be free on the nhs?,
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Dr Rob Tennet St Johns Dental Practice 18 Bennett’s Hill, Birmingham, B2 5QJ Web: www.e-dentalpractice.co.uk

I feel that I need braces, what do you think?

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
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Hello there, I am 15 years old and just over a year ago I went to my orthodontics and they said my teeth were at ‘2’ on a 1-10 scale; 1 being the best. However, my bottom teeth are really quite crooked. I would be happy to have braces but what do you suggest? Also, my two top front teeth arent straight at the bottom. They seem to go up and down in a hill type motion, if you know what I mean. What do you think would be best to make them more straight? And how old do you have to be to have your teeth whitened? Cheers,
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Dr Andrew Moore Advance Dental Clinic 104 Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 0JG Web: www.advancedentalclinic.com Tel: 08443 87 87 88 View My Profile Dr Moore

Can you recommend a specialist for me and advise me about the cost involved?

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
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obturators. After oral cancer surgeries I will need oburator in order to talk and eat more normally. specialist recommendation? cost involved?…thank you,
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Dr Andrew Moore Advance Dental Clinic 104 Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 0JG Web: www.advancedentalclinic.com Tel: 08443 87 87 88 View My Profile Dr Moore