stevebt

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I have just found out I have a fractured front tooth under the gum line. I have a terrible bite and presume the shape of one of my teeth has finally put pressure on the bottom jaw tooth and broke it?

The dentist wants me to get a pallet as they don't do anything more but I want a screwed in tooth. How do I go about finding a dentist that will sort my gum as I really can't be done with a pallet even if it is a cheaper option.

PaulC72

If you are being done privately I am sure they would accommodate your request as it'll cost more money.

dpb

I see the problem here

You're on an iphone.

thenewgalaxy

Front teeth invariably break due to dental decay or the effects of being heavily filled. Trauma can be responsible but without seeing the case it's difficult to comment.

I think you're referring to a removable partial denture as a pallet is a form of storage, a palate is something you have at the top of your mouth. There are lots of different types but some can fit very well.

Depending on the other teeth in your mouth the best option would probably be something colloquially referred to as a Maryland-type bridge, secured to another tooth or teeth by a metal/composite or ceramic wing.

I'm not sure what you mean by screw-in tooth as it could mean a dental implant (screws into bone, costs thousands of pounds) or a post-retained crown (placed down the canal of a viable tooth root, costs a minimum of hundreds of pounds).

If you want to drop me a PM with any more detailed information I might be able to advise you a little more accurately.

Is it a crime to provide bespoke private dentistry to people who seek a higher quality option to the limited options offered by a sometimes unsympathetic and often punitive health service system intent on recovering it's costs from patients?

PaulC72

I assume you are a dentist otherwise you wouldn't have gotten so protective about my comment which for clarity was actually a positive comment offering the advise the OP wanted.

He made no comment if he was going private or NHS so advising him to ask his dentist if private was a good thing to advise since if he is paying he is more likely to get what he wants.

Maybe before reacting to a post you should understand it's meaning, mind you it's probably because I didn't type it in the mumbled fashion that dentists are used to having conversations in.

Midlife......

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PM me a pic if you can and I can give you a few pointers..........it's sort of my day job.

Shaun

urban

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**** the PM.
Post the pic up so we can all see

Dr Hu

Go for the implant.... Yes its fecking expensive, but i had one a couple of years ago to replace a baby tooth that didn't have an adult tooth under it, (baby tooth lasted 42 years , so did quite well!) My implant is now quite possibly the strongest, most solid tooth I have... hahahaha

My dentist told me that implants are a bit ironic... The people who can afford them tend to be older/retired, but dont have the good bone structure/gum health to support them, but young people who need them and who have the healthy bone etc generally don't have the dough to buy them!

thenewgalaxy

"Private" "accommodate your request" "cost more money". Yeah whatever mate.

Had you not got your outrageously generalised dig in at the end there, you could have fooled me

Midlife......

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I spend quite a bit of time doing NHS implants for people who have retained baby teeth.....

Shaun

thenewgalaxy

I was about to say that there is a framework in place for hypodontia and cases where teeth have been lost due to trauma or pathology...

PaulC72

I would never try to fool a fool.....

I really think you need to get out more.

bustaMOVEs

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How else did you buy the corworth and s202

thenewgalaxy

I'd love to say "by providing a handful of high cost implants every week"

But unfortunately I do so by working three jobs and assisting medico-legal work on the side, and can't claim to be a member of the 9-5 club.

RobJenks

Have a holiday in Thailand and get your implant done for less than a grand.

http://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/t...ttaya/implants

gussy

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Steve have a chat with Midlife he's only at Carlisle so only a 1/2 hr drive from you all I can do is recommend him after he saw my family regarding their dentistry plus he recommended another dentist when my daughter went private to have some brace work on her teeth a couple of years ago.

stevebt

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Cheers Gus, I will email some teeth pictures over and there not pretty I presume that once the tooth comes out that's when a new one will need to be sorted? I never realised an implant was a few thousand as I thought it was cheaper.


Rob, we were due to go to Thailand at Chrimbo but the airline cancelled my flights so now we are off to New York

Midlife......

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Hi Gussy

If Steve is only a half hour away I guess it's my area as I cover half a million people including the Scottish Borders.

Hope you are well......

Cheers

Shaun

stevebt

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I live in Newcaslte so I'm a little more than what Gus, says

thenewgalaxy

I'm sure there are bargains to be had from healthcare abroad but having personally picked up the pieces from several treatments carried out abroad both in hospital and in general practice, I can't say I'd recommend it. I've seen some shocking work return from India/China and quite... well "novel" approaches to treating fractured jaws from Thailand.

But I can recall work from Germany, Greece and Turkey that is absolutely top notch.

For the most part I genuinely believe that our country has the balance just right when it comes to approaching the way treatment is done here, generally clinicians on our shores are quite cautious and with that, ethically and morally conscious. More and more we tackle cases with an evidence-based approach and our emphasis is on recommending the most suitable treatment for the situation rather than what the insurance company will pay out for, or what gives the quickest result.

If an implant is your desired treatment it would always be a better idea to see someone like Shaun if you're seeking a treatment with that level of complexity. It takes years of training and patient follow up to achieve good results with them.

Dr Hu

Hmmmm, i was told that implants weren't covered by the NHS as it was considered cosmetic!, had to shell out Ł2,200 instead! I've got another baby tooth, but that ones solid at the mo! Thank ****!

gussy

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Steve if you have a look on a map I live about the same distance from Carlisle as what you do probably further as you have a better road to come across on

gussy

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Im fine Shaun so are the family as I hope yours are, been quite few years since the old days at the sportsman's on a wednesday night……I remember the night you turned up in the impresa with blue neons and the car wiring started to melt I presume you still have it.