Hi

I have jsut moved to the boarders area of scotland and have spent five days trying to find a dentist but they have all said that there is at least a 2 year waiting list!  Does anyone know if all dentists are the same or if I went private would i get scene?  I have never been private before but after not being able to get a dentist down south for the past 7 years I really need to go!  Can anyone offer advice?

Also looking at teeth whitening,  A couple of customers who have really white teeth have said in conversation they all buy there solution of ebay?  has anyone tried these before and if you could recommend anything.  I am a but sceptical trying ebay for this type of stuff

Any help greatfully appreciated

M

Can't help with the dentists I am afraid - it seems much the same everywhere.  As for tooth whitening - I think you need to be very careful - I have very sensitive teeth and would rather them look discoloured then have them ache. Anything you do to your teeth will affect the enamel - the thinner the enamel the more sensitive your teeth will be.  I don't know if bleaching really does thin the enamel but I would find out first -

ceejay, ME TOO.  Can I ask you about your teeth?  My Dentist thinks I'm a "one of".  I get terrible pain in my teeth after being outside.  It gives me a headache even migraine medicine won't touch and makes me nauseus.  I won't whiten either due to the chance of making the extreme sensitivity worse.

Ask around.  My private dentist is cheaper than my NHS one, especially if you don't want amalgam fillings! :)

Hi, my friend bought a teeth whitening kit off ebay and her teeth are lovely and white! So ive gone ahead and bought one too (yet to try), its the one with the blue laser light, if you would like a link to the one we have bought, pm me and il pass it on :)

I'm private for the dentist now too and with a dental plan it doesn't work out too expensive at all. I'm getting my teeth whitened for my weeding in September but I'm going to get the dentist to do it - they do a home kit but to have it done at the dentist was only a little bit more and its all done in one go thenrather than a few weeks (and I would have been bound to forget). I think its going to cost about 350 which when you think how much a filling is these days isn't too bad, and apparently it can last up to 10 years as I don't smoke or drink red wine (I'm a bit of a coffee addict tho!).

I am with a private dentist but pay monthy into Denplan http://www.denplan.co.uk/.  You can search for a dentist in your area on the site.

It covers most things other then cosmetic and lab work.  I certainly am better off paying into this then paying privately.

My NHS Dentist went private last year and it was a case of going with Denplan or finding another NHS dentist.With all the work I have done over a year it won't cost any more :)

Just depends on the individual :) Our dentist also went private last year with Denplan the only option. We worked out the finances and have switched to a very nice, young dentist (;) ) - still NHS. Based on the work that we usually have done (or don't) we will be much better off :) Having work done privately on top is still an option :)

Personally, I don't like whitened teeth - they look very false to me. I have been told that the healthiest teeth are not very white anyway :) :) :)

Daisy

8 years ago my NHS dentist would always charge me £15 for a temporary filling and then £55 for the permanent amalgam.  She charged £75 for an acrylic filling if it wasn't on the incisors - the only ones that the NHS would support.  I would go every 6 months and supposedly always needed loads of work done.
My private dentist is still only charging me £55 for all acrylic fillings now.  He is always on time - is never in a rush because he allows longer for appointments - has never caused me any pain.  He also runs his own 'insurance' for those who need a lot of work and ploughs any profits back into the practice rather than support an insurance company's profits.  Having moved away, I now travel 140 miles each way to him now that I don't need much work done.
As in every field, recommendation is always the way to go. :)

My dentist lives 800 miles away ... in Strasbourg, France!

I moved away from there over 7 years ago, but still haven't found a dentist that I can afford and am happy with :D!

I have never paid that much for a filling!!!!

Unfortunately, I have!  I am so scared of dentists even for a filling I choose to be sedated, me a big wimp, been orthodontist with daugther this afternoon and I sit there so scared and it's not me he's seeing, she takes it all in her stride and I could get an oscar for acting so brave, she has no idea how scared I am as I would hate it to rub off on her. 

I hate the dentist too.  I must admit I rarely go but last time I went was when I went to Thailand.  My boyfriend goes to the dentist everytime he goes to thailand (twice a year) for check up and teeth cleaning so his Mum asked if she should book me in and knowing I haven't been for a while my boyfriend told her yes.  So on my holiday I went to the dentist! I hated it and didn't speak to my boyfriend for the rest of that day and refused to let him go to the computer superstore!

Didn't cost much at all though! :D  Still don't want to go to the dentist again....

Will be even worse when I leave uni and I'll have to pay over here!

i worl in cannons haelh and there is a post up stating 40 off teeth whitening the cost is £240.00 and it is done at the club not at the dentist

I do go every six months but don't find it easy, I go with the fact embedded in my head he's only going to look.  Which he does, must admit have fairly good teeth so never needed much treatment but if and when I do, I can be sedated and don't mind that so long as I wake up and it's all over.  I go every six months as I feel if I need treatment a little bit is better than letting it get worse and worse and needing lots in one go.  I am a big wimp, scared of birds too!

> I am a big wimp

But a very sensible one tho' :D :D :D

Daisy