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The filling has broken. Again.

Dentists appointment on Friday afternoon. Blargh.

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At least it's the same filling. So only one job for the dentist to do. Much empathy anyway, though.

I wonder why people decide to train as dentists. It can't be a very pleasant job, looking at people's faces in the most unflattering way possible, and none of your patients would ever be glad to see you. It's probably even less fun than being a gynaecologist.

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I wonder why people decide to train as dentists.

I understand that it pays quite well. I suppose it might appeal to someone who wanted to help people, but doesn't want to do all the things (and the long hours) that are involved in being a doctor. And of course, some people are just strange :-)

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I understand that it pays quite well.

It certainly seems to. One of the local dentists runs a Rolls-Royce, so he can't be all that badly off :-)

Thankfully, I haven't needed any dental repairs for several years. Just as well, as I couldn't afford them anyway :-(

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Oh that is awful! I wonder why you're having so much trouble with it.

I hope he/she manages to fix it properly on Friday.

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She did say when she first did it that it can be difficult fixing a filling in the edge of a front tooth. But short of going on an entirely liquid diet, I don't see what I can do really.

I hope he/she manages to fix it properly on Friday.

Thank you - so do I! :-)

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Ouch! I hope he does the repair free, under warranty, so so speak...

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Well they didn't charge me on the previous two occasions it's broken...

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Oh poor dear! Maybe they should go for a crown instead?

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Oh, dear, I hope not - that would be horrendously expensive!

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Really? I am not sure about the exact price here because I haven't had one in a while, but considering I have 16 all together (yes, no kidding) I should be bankrupt if I had paid that much :-)

They are a relief, I'm telling you, and well worth the money. I haven't had any trouble since. My mouth is very stable. Occasionally, there is a replacement, but in 20 years that was very little trouble indeed.

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Really?

Yes. Just the filling cost £90. A crown would be somewhere in the hundreds. It would be cheaper (though not cheap) on the NHS, but we couldn't get on an NHS dentist's list, so we have a private one :-(

Besides, I'd rather keep my own teeth wherever possible.

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Ah, I see, different system there.

Our doctors are (almost) all NHS (or the equivalent). Just our insurances differ. So if you go to a doc and you are state insured they charge the insurance company directly with the normal price, and when you are privately insured they charge you directly, and about twice as much. You then charge your insurance in turn. So before my private insurance I had to pay a little extra for the crowns (I think it was around 50€ each and since they came one after the other in a stretch of time it was quite ok) and after I switched to private they pay it all. Eventually.

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Here, even on the NHS you have to pay part of the cost, unless you're a child (up to age 18 if you're in full-time education) or a pregnant woman. i think being on some benefits exempts you as well, but I'm not as sure about that. It's much less than private treatment though.

There are insurance schemes, but they're not as ubiquitous here.

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Nrgh, *commiserates*

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Thank you. I hope they can find some better glue this time! :-)

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