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General Diabetes Discussion: Dental Care and Diabetes

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    • CommentAuthorDray
    • CommentTimeNov 5th 2007 edited
     

    I'd appreciate some views on dental treatment.

    Actually - ANY views on dental treatment. I need some. No pain or anything, but I live in an area in the north of England where for some years dentists haven't been accepting NHS. Actually, not keen on accepting patients at all. After a regular check with my doc recently, we got to chatting about it, and he pointed out that diabetics are more prone to dental probs than most. In my case true. Shrek has better teeth than me :shamed:

    I suppose my worry is that if I can't afford some kinds of treatment, they'd find it cheaper to yank teeth rather than fix 'em.

    Any tips peeps?

    • CommentAuthorC.W
    • CommentTimeNov 6th 2007
     

    Dentists are not my favourite people. Apparently with our medical exemption certificates we are entitled to free dental checks, which private dentists are reluctant to do.

    In my corner of London I have found a good dentist, I only go when it hurts, and although it is private, my last check xrays and antibiotics for a gum infection was only £20. It is a no frills dentist, but the treatment and pricing plan is outlined BEFORE the examination, and the dentists are all as nice as dentists can be. After the examination, the necessary treatment is also explained in depth, and the different options. I personally would rather have a toothe taken out than drilled and filled!

    We get free eye checks and other checks because we are diabetic, so it makes sense (even if we don't like going) to get our teeth and mouths checke too. Last time I went, I asked the dentist if there were any special diabetic oral checks and was told although he was aware of problems and took them into account, he didn't know of any specific checks, but this may vary from dentist to dentist

    • CommentAuthorDray
    • CommentTimeNov 6th 2007
     

    Thanks C.W. In the light of what you've said, I'm going to canvass - a standard letter - to my local dentists and see what kind of response I get from their practice managers. Chatting to them over the counter was pretty useless - since I find walking a little awkward, it was a mean feat. But interesting.

    So a more business-like approach is probably called for. I'm already resigned to the fact that I'm going to get more chance of treatment if I can work some private/NHS combo deal to keep costs down. Pity we can't use dental brokers. Lol. :bigsmile:
    Hmmmm......!

    It's a little known fact that there is no such thing as an NHS dentist. Dentists run private practices that take on NHS work, but I'm told the current contracts make NHS work unprofitable.

    • CommentAuthorC.W
    • CommentTimeNov 7th 2007
     

    Slightly off key, have you noticed how poor NHS eye tests are as compared to private ones? I go to a private opticians that does NHS work. Because it is a private optician with a reputation to maintain, I get an extensive, and decent eye test for nothing! The glasses I have to pay for, but you can't have everything free I guess.

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