Priestess
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- Feb 15, 2022
- 83
I've got two cracked teeth, a damaged filling and a chipped tooth. I am in constant dental pain and can't find an NHS dentist. After calling 111 they sent me to the "stabilisation clinic" for poor people who don't have an NHS dentist. They are meant to stabilise you - fix the problems and send you on your way. The dentist was absolute shit. He denied there was anything wrong with the filling. He confirmed the two cracked teeth and the chipped tooth, but refused to do anything as he said they're "not that bad." I argued that I'm in such pain i can't even chew on one side. He said if they're bothering me that much he'll just pull them out. So just because I'm poor my choices are either be in pain forever or have multiple teeth pulled out. This is like 18th century barber shit. I said I didn't want multiple teeth pulled out (I'm already missing 4, at this rate I'll be like a toothless medieval peasant) and he told me "then rub some sensodyne toothpaste on it to numb the pain."
If I could afford a private dentist I could get these issues fixed for just a few hundred. It is so insane that in this world there are people who have private jets and others who can't even afford food or medical treatment. Something so simple and inexpensive would make such a difference to my life but it's so out of reach.
If I could afford a private dentist I could get these issues fixed for just a few hundred. It is so insane that in this world there are people who have private jets and others who can't even afford food or medical treatment. Something so simple and inexpensive would make such a difference to my life but it's so out of reach.