The old farts retired persons are aware of my recent problem so bare with me, there is a reason for this post.
I have (or had) a crown on a molar. a couple of weeks ago, while eating, there was an ominous crack accompanied by sudden pain. It seemed that the crown had come loose. I tried to remove it, thinking I could cement it back, but it refused to come away. It seemed to be hanging on to my gum. I couldn't chew anything at all and was living on porridge and rice pudding etc.
Anyway the point is that it was impossible to get help. All dentists are closed. I tried all private and BUPA offering to pay but they explained they are not offering ANY treatment full stop. All they would offer is telephone consultation and pass a pain killer type prescription through the letter box.
Eventually I was passed to the one emergency dentist in the town. Everything had to be done online via set forms.......it was not possible to speak to anyone.
In a nutshell they offered that (only if I was in extreme pain) they would extract the tooth. Absolutely no chance of any other treatment.
Anyway the point of this post.
Someone I know was really irate over this, stating the reason being that dentists earning eg £100K per year have gone on furlough at 80% while hospital workers and shop workers etc are expected to keep working. I can see both sides but admit they have a point.............If they were willing to extract it why couldn't they just remove & replace the crown and get me out of my pain?
Eventually the tooth just broke off at the gum leaving a jagged root sticking through but fortunately no pain. I am keeping it as clean as possible until this lock down is over and hoping for the best.
I have (or had) a crown on a molar. a couple of weeks ago, while eating, there was an ominous crack accompanied by sudden pain. It seemed that the crown had come loose. I tried to remove it, thinking I could cement it back, but it refused to come away. It seemed to be hanging on to my gum. I couldn't chew anything at all and was living on porridge and rice pudding etc.
Anyway the point is that it was impossible to get help. All dentists are closed. I tried all private and BUPA offering to pay but they explained they are not offering ANY treatment full stop. All they would offer is telephone consultation and pass a pain killer type prescription through the letter box.
Eventually I was passed to the one emergency dentist in the town. Everything had to be done online via set forms.......it was not possible to speak to anyone.
In a nutshell they offered that (only if I was in extreme pain) they would extract the tooth. Absolutely no chance of any other treatment.
Anyway the point of this post.
Someone I know was really irate over this, stating the reason being that dentists earning eg £100K per year have gone on furlough at 80% while hospital workers and shop workers etc are expected to keep working. I can see both sides but admit they have a point.............If they were willing to extract it why couldn't they just remove & replace the crown and get me out of my pain?
Eventually the tooth just broke off at the gum leaving a jagged root sticking through but fortunately no pain. I am keeping it as clean as possible until this lock down is over and hoping for the best.