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Rotton Tooth
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So I've got a rotton tooth, I've had it for ages, a year or two maybe and it doesn't hurt or bother me, isn't rotting more but i'm starting to think i should maybe get it sorted. the reason i haven't previously is because im loathed to pay £60 odd for it. but now i am in austria and im wonderin if health insurance would cover it? any ideas? obv i have the ehic but top up insurance too.the tooth started as a cracked tooth, well still is i suppose. thankies.
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If you had some kinda infection you could have something that would spread from tooth to tooth. - whatever you do you should get it looked at.
Lots of insurance doesn't cover pre existing problems.
See the pdf here
Worth also reporting them to the PCT because I have a feeling that they are breaching their NHS contract by refusing to treat you, as an NHS patient, under the NHS tariff system.
As for the OP, health insurance will not cover treatment for an existing ailment, only emergency health needs.
Or they can't be arsed to work for the NHS anymore because the new contract is rubbish beyond belief.
NHS dentists don't have to take anyone on, and the new contract means that people don't stay 'registered' with a practise for very long, so unless you're doing for regular check ups you're a bit stuffed. The new contract also means that long treatment plans (people who need lots of work) are not attractive patients (often lucky to break even on overheads, let alone make a profit). It's also worth remembering that one of the reasons people can't get an NHS dentist is because the dentists who do offer NHS treatment are set a quota of how many units of NHS work they will get paid for a year, which is now where near enough to meet the demand.
Only if you are greedy. It's amazing how many Dentists are actually satisfied and adhering to the contract. They just don't make the news.
If you are registered with them as an NHS patient, the you should be getting NHS treatment. Full stop. Not just on those areas where they will make a tidy profit.
It's no different to a hospital refusing to treat you because you need a new hip. Hospitals actually lose money on those cases. The whole concept is that the negatives are far outweighed by the areas where profits can be made.
In some areas.
In much of Kent the reverse is true and so I must use that experience.
how will you afford that? :no:
You aren't the only one. Just that stories like yours don't sell papers.
What you having done for that kinda money?
There was a programme on people flying to Poland to have work like that done, think one woman was quote £20,000 for some dental work in the UK and only £5,000 in Poland including 4 weeks in a nice hotel whilst the treatment took place, whilst in the UK it would take like 4 month..
Sometimes it isn't a case of 'letting' teeth get into any state. You can take great care of your teeth and gums and just have poor teeth anyway. My brother never used to do anything with his (gross, I know!) but they're still in perfect condition, whereas other people I know take great care and even floss daily only to be plagued by problems. Some people just have 'weak' teeth, like my mum. It doesn't mean she doesn't go for regular check ups and clean her teeth properly.
Yes, definitely. I've got weakened tooth enamel (i think this is what sara has too, im not sure?) and even though I've always brushed my teeth twice a day, etc I've still got quite a few fillings
Six root canals, with porcelain crowns. Nine fillings. 6 more porcelain crowns, two veneers. Some of it is cosmetic and i would have had to pay for it even if it'd been done on the NHS - like i'm having white fillings instead of silver, special crowns which won't stain the gums (which some of them will), and the veneers. But still, it's pretty pricey - some of my teeth are going to cost about £600 each!
And no, paperdoll, it's not a case of that. Some people have malformed enamel on their teeth, and as such need more extensive dental treatment than others.
And I agree MOK, I should have had a reasonable amount of it done on the NHS, but part of the reason it's costing that much (and they're so bad) is because we spent two and a half years being passed from dental surgery to surgery, to Guy's dental dept, to Kings... while noone would actually do anything about it. So we've paid for it before they get worse.