Dental Prices

[jennyjoan]

Private dentist today. Anaesthaesia which to me didn't work as I didn't feel woozy at all. Two dentists tried 4 times to get the sedation in. Once in both arms and twice in the back of hand.

Numbness and removal of tooth. £350. Like i did expect perhaps £200 so surgery was very busy and have asked receptionist a breakdown of today's treatment.

I await that.

[jno]

was it painless in the end?

[barry1010]

You should know the price before you agree to the work.

[jennyjoan]

Barry - that's right - just caught up in the moment of not asking before the treatment - stupid me of course.

[jennyjoan]

jno - painful enough as in trying to get the sedation in - next time - wouldn't pay for the woozy thing - as numbness would have done the trick. The tooth was infected with a swelling on top of it and it was making me gag so my imagination as usual ran riot - thinking of stitches etc.

[jno]

that's what happened to me, jj, I used to need sedation but one day I didn't dare have any because I was alreadya bit woozy from something or other, so I settled for numbness and to my surprise it was fine. So I never had sedation again.

[Buenchico]

>>> Anaesthaesia which to me didn't work as I didn't feel woozy at all

That could well be a sign of how well it really did work!

The drug you had was probably similar to the one which I had when I had my prostate operation, which was done with a regional anaesthetic. (i.e. with me fully conscious). It's purpose is to reduce anxiety, rather than to create wooziness. I was fully alert (and, indeed, chatty) throughout the operation but totally unconcerned that someone had pushed tubes up the most intimate part of my male anatomy and was hacking bits out of my insides.

If you didn't feel scared or worried during your dental procedure, the drug was similarly working exactly as it should be. (Wooziness would actually be a sign that something was going wrong!)

[jennyjoan]

I wouldn't have cared jno if the bloody thing had have worked

[jno]

Buenchico, the dental sedation I used to have usually made me woozy. They only wanted me alert enough to respond when told to open wide, and that was fine by me. I don't think dentists do that now , though, do they?

[jennyjoan]

Oh I was worried Chris and whilst lying down I started to get a bad headache I wanted to sit up. Whilst they were working on the arms my eyes deliberately looked at clock and it was 3.40pm and I knew they spent 10 minutes trying to get the sedation in - that would have brought them up to 3.50 and tooth was out at 4.05 so definitely not woozy for minutes but I did let them know in a nice way of course. The back of my hand as I am typing is very painful with two puncture marks in it. Never again

[jennyjoan]

thats right jno - spot on - when I got sedation years ago recall getting the sedation and it ran right up the arm into the head - next thing an hour was over.

He told me today oh that doesn't happen now - we just make you a little calm so it is definitely different today.

[jennyjoan]

oh another wee thing - all those years back I had to get somebody to pick me up, today I got my own taxi.

[webbo3]

Could you not have got referred into a hospital, we do conscious sedation in my hospital where the patient is partially asleep and we refer people on to an anaesthetic clinic in Bristol, we do GA appointments for children tho.

[Mamyalynne]

Just glad you got rid of the tooth JJ.

[jno]

well, jj, now you know you can do it without the sedation, you can do it without the fuss and the friend, so this could be a big step for you as it was for me.

[jennyjoan]

Here jno. Hope to GOd there won't be a next time thanks mamy

[hellywelly4]

Whenever I’ve had a tooth out or a big filling I’ve had a local anaesthetic injected into my gum. Is that not possible for you jj?

[zebo]

Back in the mid 70s we went to a dentist in Bradford who, if you needed sedation, clip something to your nostril and after a minute or so you couldn't care less if it hurt and the sky looked much brighter through the window. I've often wondered whaat it was and if it was remotely legal!

[DTCwordfan]

I went into Boots today my Oral B, after 10 years, slowly giving up the ghost as to being able to turn it off after its two minute timer 'bumps'.

Got one for £20, half price, so about what I paid at Waitrose, which, if I remember well was £19, the cashier saying that she had the same new model and very good it was.

However, could I but help notice that they had an Oral B model on sale at £180 - and this was 50 percent off - who in eff's sake would pay £360 for a ruddy toothbrush?

At this price, I would expect Alan Fitztightly, Prince Charles' valet, to put the paste on the brush or some form of deviant sexual satisfaction. In short, even if I was worth £400 mill, there is still nor way I would spend nigh on £400 on an effing toothbrush.

Pray, what does it offer over and above a bog-standard Oral B electric toothbrush? And how many are they going to sell on 'Pydar Street in Truro - Bond Street maybe......?

[douglas9401]

Sounds like you got the plain burger instead of the Big Mac