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Teeth - who needs 'em any way?

Written by Matt B · first published 05/12/2008

I've been doing a little research into the state of all things dental in Thanet.

You may recall that Thanet Star at the start of the year published a list of dentists in Thanet in an article called Dentists and Thanet - Things You Should Know". Well in a follow up I phones a few practices to see what they offered.

In all cases there were no openings for NHS patients (don't even get me started on that). One was "private only" and gave me the impression I was something to be scraped off the bottom of their shoe for even asking (*cough* Dalby Dental *cough*). The remainder were "too busy" to take on any more under NHS.

It seems that if you want teeth left in your head then you had better start saving now.

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Peter Checksfield wrote:

When I moved from Herne Bay to here 10 years ago I did manage to find a NHS dentist, in Margate High Street, but I thought they were terrible (& the waiting list for appointments was ridiculous), so fortunately my old dentist took me back.

Slightly off-topic: during the October 1987 hurricane I lived in Garlinge, & the next day I had a dental appointment (just a check up) at a dentists in Westgate-on-Sea. To their surprise I actually turned up for the appointment (after climbing over several fallen trees & other debris to get there), & they went ahead & examined me despite having no electricity!

05/12/2008 16:04:29

Matt B wrote:

Now that's service! I wish had access to a dentist my teeth are in need of work to stop them getting worse.

05/12/2008 17:11:19

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