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Sore tooth

TheCatWoman

I've got to go to the dentist again tomorrow, I'm facing a dilema, I think it might need a root canal filling and those are over £600, even a normal filling is around £250, its cheaper to have a tooth removed at £190, but I'm starting to run out of teeth!

The dentist herself is really good and the whole practice is very ASC friendly, but the cost!!! It's not like there's anywhere cheaper either, they all charge the same, should this be another case for government investigation? There's no NHS dentists left on the island now, so it's not like we have a choice, it's just so wrong.

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  • It’s a dire situation and every so often the government comes out with a statement about what they are doing to fix it, yet it continues to deteriorate, at least that is what I hear of in N Ireland and England. 

    Several NHS Dental Surgeries on Anglesey appear when I search online.

    The Welsh government says you can access NHS dental services through this new portal  https://dhcw.nhs.wales/product-directory/our-digital-services/dental-access-portal/ which was rolled out last year. It says it is getting positive feedback from users. It’s not for emergency NHS care, it’s for routine NHS care.

    https://www.gov.wales/accessing-nhs-dental-services

    It would be a shame to lose a tooth that could be retained with a filling, so an option might be a cheaper temporary filling until you can get allocated to an NHS dentist.

    Edit. The portal asks you to receive an access code in a smartphone. Perhaps you could get help with this from the Advice and Help place you went to recently with another issue. It’s not ideal but if it saves you hundreds of pounds it could be worth it. The portal states that alternatively you can contact your Health Board to tell them you are unable to use the portal. 

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  • It’s a dire situation and every so often the government comes out with a statement about what they are doing to fix it, yet it continues to deteriorate, at least that is what I hear of in N Ireland and England. 

    Several NHS Dental Surgeries on Anglesey appear when I search online.

    The Welsh government says you can access NHS dental services through this new portal  https://dhcw.nhs.wales/product-directory/our-digital-services/dental-access-portal/ which was rolled out last year. It says it is getting positive feedback from users. It’s not for emergency NHS care, it’s for routine NHS care.

    https://www.gov.wales/accessing-nhs-dental-services

    It would be a shame to lose a tooth that could be retained with a filling, so an option might be a cheaper temporary filling until you can get allocated to an NHS dentist.

    Edit. The portal asks you to receive an access code in a smartphone. Perhaps you could get help with this from the Advice and Help place you went to recently with another issue. It’s not ideal but if it saves you hundreds of pounds it could be worth it. The portal states that alternatively you can contact your Health Board to tell them you are unable to use the portal. 

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