Q. Hello, I am 21 and i have 2 children and receive a benefit, I can not afford private treatment so i have to rely on the NHS. I was seeing an NHS dentist for several monthes and 3 teeth needed work. One inperticuar was giving me lots of pain and when i went to him he never cleaned my teeth, he never drilled the teeth or took decay (i now realise that he should have done that for treatment to work). so he just kept putting filling material over the tooth and it kept coming off coutless times, he must have put filling over the tooth at least 5 times and everytime the fillig came off more of my tooth came off leaving a big hole, then he filled it again and i told him after this time i was still getting pain but he just said rinse it with mouth wash. i was told by the receptionist when i wanted to make an appointment that they had left the NHS, i was left with the same problems but bigger and an emergency dentsit said that the tooth should be removed due to absess formed and there was two other teeth that were undertreated too and treatment never worked that he did. I was told i had bits of plaque in my gums by another dentist (NHS) who did a cleaning for me but the other dentist never did this, just let it get worse, is there any way i can get that tooth replaced for free? like an implant? because i wouldnt feel comfatable with wearing an removable onebecause i feel if the dentist treated the tooth properly in the first place it wouldnt have resulted in this happenening. is there any way i can claim compensation for the correcting of these problems? because he had a duty of care and didnt provide the proper standard of treatment or are there any hospitals that will give me free treatment if they know my situation? i have been so depressed since this happened, i am sorry for the long read but need advice and would be grateful. Also just to add do they give dental payment plans to people on benefits? Thanks i would be grateful for your time and advice