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Menopausal Magpie
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- Dec 10, 2009
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Hi all, long time no see! Hope you're al staying safe and well! What strange, strange times we're living in...
So, to cut a long story short, earlier this year, I wasn't satisfied with the (very brief) checkups I'd been getting from my NHS dentist here in the UK. I had a recommendation from a friend for a private dentist, so I went and booked an initial appointment.
I was SUPER nervous, but she was VERY nice, very gentle and reassuring with the exam and Xrays. (I took the checklist of dental fears from this site, and she said she'd look at it and keep it on my file. ?). She said she'd look at the Xrays and get me back in a couple of weeks to discuss a treatment plan (I have a loose upper second incisor that the NHS dentist had treated an abscess on and said it would need removing, but the private dentist said a bridge would be a possibility.)
...And then this virus happened. I ended up having the discussion over the phone rather than in person, and she sent me a treatment plan in the mail. Two sessions of deep cleaning (which I hadn't had on the NHS in several YEARS!), extraction of the tooth, then (as discussed, a few months later when the gum's had time to settle) the bridge fitting.
That was in late March, just before the surgery temporarily closed its doors...
Cut to this week, and I look up the surgery and find they're opening again. I called them, and the receptionist said that the hygienist might not be able to do a sonic clean, because aerosols, but a manual clean might be possible. She said the dentist herself would be in on Wednesday, and she'd call me back.
Well, I got a call today and it seems NO hygienist cleaning will be possible at the moment, since they can't get the appropriate PPE and don't have enough treatment rooms to clean them between patients, basically logistical stuff which I totally understand, they need to keep safe. She said they COULD book me in for the extraction and then, later, the bridge.
I'm now wondering what to do. They don't know when the deep clean will be possible, and it sounds like she thinks I need it, but they just can't take the risk. But they can do they extraction? I'm confused as to why one but not the other. Any thoughts, anyone?
So, to cut a long story short, earlier this year, I wasn't satisfied with the (very brief) checkups I'd been getting from my NHS dentist here in the UK. I had a recommendation from a friend for a private dentist, so I went and booked an initial appointment.
I was SUPER nervous, but she was VERY nice, very gentle and reassuring with the exam and Xrays. (I took the checklist of dental fears from this site, and she said she'd look at it and keep it on my file. ?). She said she'd look at the Xrays and get me back in a couple of weeks to discuss a treatment plan (I have a loose upper second incisor that the NHS dentist had treated an abscess on and said it would need removing, but the private dentist said a bridge would be a possibility.)
...And then this virus happened. I ended up having the discussion over the phone rather than in person, and she sent me a treatment plan in the mail. Two sessions of deep cleaning (which I hadn't had on the NHS in several YEARS!), extraction of the tooth, then (as discussed, a few months later when the gum's had time to settle) the bridge fitting.
That was in late March, just before the surgery temporarily closed its doors...
Cut to this week, and I look up the surgery and find they're opening again. I called them, and the receptionist said that the hygienist might not be able to do a sonic clean, because aerosols, but a manual clean might be possible. She said the dentist herself would be in on Wednesday, and she'd call me back.
Well, I got a call today and it seems NO hygienist cleaning will be possible at the moment, since they can't get the appropriate PPE and don't have enough treatment rooms to clean them between patients, basically logistical stuff which I totally understand, they need to keep safe. She said they COULD book me in for the extraction and then, later, the bridge.
I'm now wondering what to do. They don't know when the deep clean will be possible, and it sounds like she thinks I need it, but they just can't take the risk. But they can do they extraction? I'm confused as to why one but not the other. Any thoughts, anyone?