If you can’t see, those bad teeth don’t matter I suppose!
Yeah but in fairness it is a case of “oh, an extraction – that’ll be 30 quid” instead of “oh, an extraction – can I see your mortgage agreement, please?”
I agree, it should be paid for out of general taxation.
Don’t forget eyes.
Teeth are luxury bones
Being a dentist these days… oh the money must be ridiculous
There’s a two word explanation for that. Margaret. Thatcher.
I get dental on the NHS.
They stopped a lot of procedures on the NHS, as an example they will not fix a varicose vein in your leg.
Still better than the US
Australia too?
It bugs me that they will set your broken bones and cut out your cancerous organs for free, but antibiotics for a chest infection? £8
It’s only teeth in your mouth you have to pay for.
Don’t ask me how I know this. You don’t want to know.
I’m sure the dentists are laughing all the way to the bank.
You don’t pay if it’s bad enough to need the hospital. Tbf you don’t wanna be that bad.
Dentists refused to join NHS due to payment methods not being within their payment methods. NHS per course of treatment is one payment versus dentist payment is one payment per visit. Thus big discrepancies.
Gotta keep the culture alive. 🤣
It’s wild how the government sees dental health as optional like it’s not part of your body or something.
There once was universal NHS dental cover.
Now they’re all private.
There was no official closure of NHS dental.
See how that works?
Trial run for privatising the NHS. The dentists were privatised and nobody cared.
And the dentists are always fully booked too, like why even pretend it’s an option? 🫠
Yeah and toe nails. Toe nails as well are not covered.
Denplan. £20 a month, all dental treatments free.
They ask you to pay for prescriptions as well in England but not in Scotland, it’s weird.
*No teeth darling!*
I can’t get an appointment, so you can’t really get any thing done.
My twice yearly nhs dental check is less than 20 quid. I guess not perfect teeth is not an illness and as long as they are working ok, pretty isn’t an nhs problem. Eye tests are cheap, children and some illnesses mean free tests, for example a family history of diabetes or glaucoma make it free, even if you don’t have that. I get my glasses online at £5.95 a pair although bi focals or varifocals would be expensive even online. But if cost is an issue these options are a choice not a necessity.
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Same with eyes. Opticians aren’t free for most 😭
If you can’t see, those bad teeth don’t matter I suppose!
Yeah but in fairness it is a case of “oh, an extraction – that’ll be 30 quid” instead of “oh, an extraction – can I see your mortgage agreement, please?”
I agree, it should be paid for out of general taxation.
Don’t forget eyes.
Teeth are luxury bones
Being a dentist these days… oh the money must be ridiculous
There’s a two word explanation for that. Margaret. Thatcher.
I get dental on the NHS.
They stopped a lot of procedures on the NHS, as an example they will not fix a varicose vein in your leg.
Still better than the US
Australia too?
It bugs me that they will set your broken bones and cut out your cancerous organs for free, but antibiotics for a chest infection? £8
It’s only teeth in your mouth you have to pay for.
Don’t ask me how I know this. You don’t want to know.
I’m sure the dentists are laughing all the way to the bank.
You don’t pay if it’s bad enough to need the hospital. Tbf you don’t wanna be that bad.
Dentists refused to join NHS due to payment methods not being within their payment methods. NHS per course of treatment is one payment versus dentist payment is one payment per visit. Thus big discrepancies.
Gotta keep the culture alive. 🤣
It’s wild how the government sees dental health as optional like it’s not part of your body or something.
There once was universal NHS dental cover.
Now they’re all private.
There was no official closure of NHS dental.
See how that works?
Trial run for privatising the NHS. The dentists were privatised and nobody cared.
And the dentists are always fully booked too, like why even pretend it’s an option? 🫠
Yeah and toe nails. Toe nails as well are not covered.
Denplan. £20 a month, all dental treatments free.
They ask you to pay for prescriptions as well in England but not in Scotland, it’s weird.
*No teeth darling!*
I can’t get an appointment, so you can’t really get any thing done.
My twice yearly nhs dental check is less than 20 quid. I guess not perfect teeth is not an illness and as long as they are working ok, pretty isn’t an nhs problem. Eye tests are cheap, children and some illnesses mean free tests, for example a family history of diabetes or glaucoma make it free, even if you don’t have that. I get my glasses online at £5.95 a pair although bi focals or varifocals would be expensive even online. But if cost is an issue these options are a choice not a necessity.
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