[BNM] [OT] Brighton dentists and is private worth it.

[Toby Hammond]

I've had some shoddy experiences with the Sydney St one, involving pain.
Quite a lot of it.
The dentist filled a wisdom tooth that by rights, should have been pulled.
It really hurt.
Then when I tried to cancel an appointment three times on the phone, and
couldn't get through coz it was engaged everytime, they tried to charge me
fifteen quid.
I told them I'd called three times to no avail (why was there no voicemail,
or a call queuing system?) and the receptionist basically called me a liar.
In a manner somewhat out of character for me, I told her to fuck off and
never went back.

I go to the Brunswick Rd Dental Practice now.
Florentina the dentist is really nice (and hot too!)
Never had any problems with them at all.

Dunno if they do NHS though. I just bit the bullet (no pun) and went
private.

Toby

2009/5/7 David Pashley <david at davidpashley.com>

> On May 07, 2009 at 14:36, Robert Stevens praised the llamas by saying:
> >
> > OK folks, this is a *bit* of a rant.
> >
> > First of all - does anyone use the Sydney Street NHS practice - In
> > particular (I shouldn't name names here) the guy who works upstairs?
> >
> > I've always found him ok. Really personable and thorough during
> > previous check-ups. But today was the first time I'd needed any
> > treatment (and I got a bit worried when the guy before me came down
> > the stairs and said to his partner in the waiting room, 'god, that was
> > a painful experience').
> >
> > Some stupid Asda cereal bar (avoid them!) cracked a small molar. So
> > one side of the tooth was loose around a central filling, just held by
> > the gum. He removed this ok and did an x-ray. Put in a temporary
> > filling. Didn't clean it out first - just a big load of amalgam
> > (although it looks white in the mirror - what could that be?). But
> > then he tries to pull the bib away from me while I'm still rinsing my
> > mouth out.
> >
> > So, I need to go back for further treatment. He couldn't say via the
> > x-ray whether or not he could save the tooth and I could have a crown.
> > Else it'd be yanked out and we're talking £2000+ for a prosthetic
> > replacement.
> >
> > But now I've lost confidence in him. So my question is, could anyone
> > recommend a better practice in Brighton, or is private the best way to
> > go, when you're likely to have to spend big bucks anyway?
> >
> > Apologies for long email and rant - but I recall a few dental
> > recommendations on here recently.
> >
> I use Brighton Dental Centre up on Dyke Road by Seven Dials. They seem
> to do the job pretty well. Couldn't tell you if they were any better.
> They are currently accepting NHS patients.
>
> As far as the filling goes, it could be a white plaster like filling. A
> bit like polyfilla if you will. I had one while I waited for my inlay to
> be made. Only lasted 3 days though before it fell out. You'll be
> surprised at how quickly dentists do work. I had a pulpectomy on Tuesday
> and he'd finished it before I thought he'd taken the inlay off.
>
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