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Old 06-29-2009, 10:35 PM
PatmDoyle PatmDoyle is offline
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Default partial denture

I went to a cosmetic dentist in Chester for an implant. Told him I was going on holiday to South Africa and he said he would do he extraction of the tooth and give me a denture and the healing could take place. I was in the chair from 3.30 in the afternoon till 5.30 whilst he was pulling at the tooth. He kept topping me up with cocaine and eventually got the tooth out. Gave me the partial denture and a prescription for antibiotics should I need them. Went on holiday and took the antibiotics and was in terrible pain. Got an abcess and when I came home went back and he told me off for not coming back sooner.! Flushed the extraction with water and a piece of bone came out. He then said the implant would cost considerably more because I would need a bone graft. I told him the denture didn't fit and he told me to buy some Poligrip. The denture didn't touch the roof of my mouth so I knew it was a bad fit.Left the surgery feeling I had been mislead. The denture broke the week later. He charged £250 for that and £200 for the extraction. I then went to a denturist who made a denture and charged me £25 and told me I had been ripped off. That was 5 years ago. Denture still okay. I am now scared of cosmetic dentistry because I don't know who to trust.
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