Patients pull own teeth as dental contract falters
 

Sarah Boseley, health editor
Monday October 15, 2007
The Guardian

Large numbers of people are going without dental treatment and some even report extracting their own teeth because they cannot find an NHS dentist in their area, a survey reveals today.

The Dentistry Watch survey of more than 5,000 people, from the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health, found widespread unhappiness among both patients and dentists despite government reforms to increase the availability of NHS dentistry. More than three-quarters of those who have a private dentist consider they were forced into it because their own dentist went private or they could not find an NHS dentist.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/medicine/s...191204,00.html

o snap.. those are some fucked up teeth

This is really fuck up.

Kids - be sure to floss.

damn, dont they snap off when he eats ribs?

Too bad.

We all know the brits have bad enamel so now we know it's their health care system ?

My dental insurance kicks in tomorrow and i'm going to get 19 teeth pulled and a top denture plate.. GO ME!

Sucks that i'm only 22 though lol.. oh well

I'm 22 and need about the same amount of work.

I bet you, just like me, will be glad when it's all done. We can fucking smile.

Indeed. It's going to suck going there and having them look at all the crazyiness but once it's all said and done (and my bank account recovers) I know that I'm going to feel 100% better. And I might even start smiling lol

here's another one:

http://www.brightonfamilydentist.com...37;20teeth.jpg

all you can eat right here...

http://mj.mykiss951.com/cc-common/ga...album_id=81682

....second thought, might not be able to eat too much:tongue:

damn...that is so fucked up