Dental check. Probing question I didn't like. Hope I didn't upset her with my answer.

[Dave7]

When you refused to answer the question your dentist will have assumed you have a drink problem and will have written some secret acronym in the notes like "HDWA" (Heavy Drinker Won't Admit) or "SA" (Suspect Alcoholic).

I did think along those lines although I don't know who that would benefit. My Doctor knows my approximate alcohol consumption (true one......not made up to look good).

 

[Drago]

I did think along those lines although I don't know who that would benefit. My Doctor knows my approximate alcohol consumption (true one......not made up to look good).

Because your Doctor also runs the local AA group?

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Every so often my dentist asks me to review/update/initial a form that I completed when I signed up with the practice 20 years ago. It asked then and still asks now about alcohol consumption. I have to update it upwards every time I review it these days. This evening it's been a Glen Scotia before tea and am enjoying a Tamnavulin for afters.

 

[winjim]

For many people, their dentist is the primary healthcare provider they will see most frequently. I would expect that this is especially true for men from young adulthood up to middle age, being the group that is most reluctant to visit their GP, but also the group most likely to be heavy or problem drinkers. So having dentists ask about alcohol use and other lifestyle factors, as well as directly relating to oral health, is part of a wider public health strategy to enable early intervention in patients who would not otherwise come into contact with the primary care system.

Report published by the Royal College of Surgeons in 2012:
http://publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/loi/fdj#/doi/abs/10.1308/204268512X13312096186325

Current NICE guidelines: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng30/chapter/recommendations

Current guidance from Public Health England: https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...alth-an-evidence-based-toolkit-for-prevention

 

[Maverick Goose]

Miss Goodbody usually gets a good probing from her dentist. Occasionally he even visits her at home, to give her the once over.

With his great big drill, obvs...

 

[KnackeredBike]

I thought it was customary to lie for all the questions dentists ask?

I told mine I brush my teeth every half hour and have an actual phobia of sugary food.