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More or less same situation here. Obviously everything is rosy and bright in jambutty's land though, as he thinks it's all so simple to call up NHS and get a place at a dentist's.

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I can only go off my experience here in Darwen and of course I have no young children.

But NHS Direct doesn’t just cover Blackburn and Darwen.

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For anybody who needs an NHS Dentist, Central Dental Surgery which is just next to Morrisons in Blackburn are taking patients on. Their phone number is 691311, surely that is eay enough for most folk to get to:)

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I wish I could get a NHS dentist. I was also kicked out of the dental practice I was with because he went private 5 years ago. Because I have an allergic reaction to certain anaesthetics it would have cost nearly four times more for me to have a dental insurance plan than a person without allergies and I sure can't afford that. NHS Direct haven't found a dentist for me as yet and I'm beginning to wonder if it is because of my allergy problem. Last time I actually got emergency treatment I ended up having a reaction to a different anaesthetic and needed emergency treatment. That dentist will not now take me on as a patient. Where does that leave me? Am I blacklisted or something now. Makes me wonder. :mad:


Does anyone know what happens to the medical information when you are kicked off a dental practice.

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They down load it onto a disc, then its sent of to the government who then lose it:D

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Some dental procedures damage health.
Mercury amalgam fillings cause a slow gradual build up of that toxic metal in your body and cause health problems in later life.
Fluoride in water and toothpaste is also toxic.
The way to lessen all such problems is to cut down on sugar intake.
Even that will not be enough to guarantee that your teeth will last as long as you do.
So whether you have fillings or suffer bad teeth - you lose them eventually.
As you age, gums shrink (the expression 'long in the tooth'), so even good teeth wobble and need replacing with dentures in order to continue eating normally.
So by all means try to preserve them as long as you can, but be wary of hazardous dental procedures, and weigh up what is best for you, because some people have inherited genetically wonderful teeth - lucky 'persons'

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Most, if not all, medicines are toxic if taken to excess.

Mercury amalgam fillings were used because it was the best material at that time but the amount of mercury in a filling is infinitesimally small. You got more chance of being poisoned with lead water pipes and even then it was only a few susceptible people and not the whole nation, otherwise none of us would be here now.

Dentists developed a new medium for filling teeth and then started a campaign to try and frighten people into getting their mercury fillings drilled out and replaced with the new material. More work for dentists who were complaining about their level of earnings, so they could enhance their income.

Fluoride in the water is a huge no, no but fluoridated toothpaste is a good thing as science has proven that fluoride is good for the teeth for most people. But then in my youth fluoride in toothpaste didn’t exist and at 71 I still have most of my teeth, some of which are mercury amalgam filled.

The key to healthy teeth is regular brushing from the earliest day possible and regular check ups to nip problems in the bud and to establish a good habit. Regular brushing and regular check ups is even more important once the second teeth make an appearance but hopefully by then the habit has been well ingrained so it will continue through life.

It’s not the sugar intake that is the problem but the sugar that remains on the teeth for a long while, like overnight. Fortunately the natural saliva will neutralise this if given the chance.

I wonder how many people get up in the morning, have a wash and clean their teeth then eat some breakfast and go off to work or school? Thus leaving the sugary residue in the mouth.

We were told that eating an apple after meals was good for the teeth. There is just one problem with that in that apples contain sugar, as does other fruits.

The problem with all these health scare issues is that the worst case scenario as applicable to the minority is presented and given the implication that it applies to all and sundry.

We are all uniquely different.