In message , at
22:39:12 on Sat, 21 Jun 2008, John Rumm
remarked:

He said he could just about do a filling in that time, but only by
drilling directly after injecting analgesic, and skipping most of the
thermal insulation and nerve protecting layers of the filling.
Basically clean out the decay, and fill directly, with little time to
tool a decent surface on the filling. The result would be a filling
that would last at most five years, and would transmit even slight
temperature changes to the owner of the tooth quickly and painfully.

I've been receiving mainly NHS dentistry for 50 years without those dire
consequences.

Take the money and bodge it?
Decline that patient?
Do the job well enough and make a loss?
Most do the second (ie they decline all NHS patients).

Indeed, which means the NHS is failing to provide any service at all in
most cases.

It can be hard to find, but I've never failed to yet.

A conscientious one will do the third.

Perhaps, but you can only do that as an exception rather than a general
rule.

Even NHS patients include quick-and-easy alongside the difficult ones.
The there are the fees they get for checkups, as well as those for
treatment.
--
Roland Perry