"Derek ^" wrote in message
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On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 12:01:31 GMT, "Sylvain VAN DER WALDE"
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"Mark" wrote in message
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Derek ^ wrote in message

I've also had 7 titanium implants which are superb, they feel exactly
like natural teeth The biting/chewing function is about 95% as good
(the form of the biting surfaces is not quite as effective).

DG

Any change out of £10,000?

Sylvain.


Probably about that, I paid £7,200 for 5 hours work one afternoon
placing the titanium implants. The crowns were extra. I had a lot of
other restorations done at the same time, total cost about £15k.

Because of the missing back teeth I had been chewing on the biting
edge of my front teeth I had lost 2-3 mm off my front teeth and the
enamel had started spalling off from the raw edge. When I mentioned it
to my NHS dentist he said "It's your age, what we do is round them off
when they get like this."

The private dentist said that was precisely the opposite to the
correct treatment which was to add restorations not remove more
healthy tooth material.

Because off the missing tooth material my lower dental arch had
collapsed inwards and the front teeth were crossing over each other.
ISTR Tony Blair also has this if you notice. I had to have orthodontic
treatment to pull them all square and crowns on all of them but the
ultimate result was very good.

Unfortunately the dentist got very greedy towards the end of my
treatment. Prices went up, he changed the working conditions of his
staff and they left, he started doing his own sedations with an ECG
machine which he borrowed, and the cost was double what a Private GP
used to charge to come in and do it.

Needless to say the atmosphere in the practise became unpleasant :-(


You were lucky that this happened "towards the end of your treatment". I
believe that we're entitled to a fair profit, and not a maximum one. This is
capitalism at its worst.

P.S. I believe that we have the most expensive dentists and doctors in the
world (probably other trades as well).
P.P.S. I heard very recently that London is the most expensive city in the
world.

Sylvain.

DG