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I have had a broken/decayed tooth for the past few months. It is now beginning to cause me A LOT of discomfort to the point where I have now been awake for 72 hours and I'm beginning to lose my mind. I don't have the £250 odd a dentist is going to charge me for a root canal job nor am I likely to have any time in the forseeable future. My question is, can I go down to the hospital and ask them to pull it out or will I end up sitting in a waiting room for 6 hours only to be sent home and told to go see a dentist?
Not what I wanted to hear 
What are my options other than try to survive on painkillers for the next 3-4 months until I scrape up the money to pay a dentist? I even considered pulling it out myself with pliers until I watched a few videos on Youtube and decided that might not be such a good idea. Hard to think straight with the pain and lack of sleep.
What are my options other than try to survive on painkillers for the next 3-4 months until I scrape up the money to pay a dentist? I even considered pulling it out myself with pliers until I watched a few videos on Youtube and decided that might not be such a good idea. Hard to think straight with the pain and lack of sleep.
You MUST get it seen to. Now. Tomorrow. It WILL turn into an abscess. And the pain you are feeling now will be as nothing to the firestorm of agony your entire head will become if that happens. The most powerful pain killers won't help you. You will need strong antibiotics. Apart from that the infection from an abscess could possibly poison your blood. It's called sepsis. Google it for the full horror story.
Get it pulled. Or, get a credit card, or bank loan and get it properly root-canalled and crowned privately for £1,000 . Even if it takes you three years to pay off. You have only one set of gnashers for the rest of your life.
I know of what I speak
Get it pulled. Or, get a credit card, or bank loan and get it properly root-canalled and crowned privately for £1,000 . Even if it takes you three years to pay off. You have only one set of gnashers for the rest of your life.
I know of what I speak
Edited by audidoody on Tuesday 6th December 22:34
Ring NHS direct and see if they can get you into a dentistry school, they do free work on people that can t afford it and can prove so if in a lot of pain.
A friend has done this in Sheffield for several years when I was there and he had no issues doing it but you would have to get prove that you are in immense pain and painkillers are not working.
Oh and then you have to put up with a student under supervision sorting it out.
A friend has done this in Sheffield for several years when I was there and he had no issues doing it but you would have to get prove that you are in immense pain and painkillers are not working.
Oh and then you have to put up with a student under supervision sorting it out.
As Audidoodly said... Get it sorted now! I had dental pain so bad once even tramadol wasn't damping down the agony
I know you said you can't afford it but this should be your top priority, got anything to sell? Can you get a credit card? Have you spoken to your dentist about a payment scheme?
There are only a handful of universities that offer dentistry as a degree, but if you live near Glasgow, King’s College London, Leeds, Liverpool, Newcastle, Sheffield, Southend or the Peninsula Dental School in Devon, you could be in luck.
http://www.moneymagpie.com/article/free-dental-car...
Good luck!
I know you said you can't afford it but this should be your top priority, got anything to sell? Can you get a credit card? Have you spoken to your dentist about a payment scheme?
There are only a handful of universities that offer dentistry as a degree, but if you live near Glasgow, King’s College London, Leeds, Liverpool, Newcastle, Sheffield, Southend or the Peninsula Dental School in Devon, you could be in luck.
http://www.moneymagpie.com/article/free-dental-car...
Good luck!
Hope you get it sorted quickly Op. Dental pain can be a real.. erm.. pain.
Until you get to see someone, use a warm/hot salt water wash (mug of hot water, lots of salt) to 'bathe' the tooth every hour. Spit, don't swallow. If you already have an infection it 'may' help.
A&E depts normally have an emergency dentist, ring first to check. If you do already have an infection they might (anyone know for sure if they can?) be able to prescribe antibiotics.
Under NO circumstances consider pulling it yourself. If it is infected you will make yourself much worse.
Until you get to see someone, use a warm/hot salt water wash (mug of hot water, lots of salt) to 'bathe' the tooth every hour. Spit, don't swallow. If you already have an infection it 'may' help.
A&E depts normally have an emergency dentist, ring first to check. If you do already have an infection they might (anyone know for sure if they can?) be able to prescribe antibiotics.
Under NO circumstances consider pulling it yourself. If it is infected you will make yourself much worse.
Thanks for all replies, they really are much appreciated.
I have been washing my mouth out with salt and water and it gives me 15 minutes of relief if nothing else.
Unfortunately I can't go to a dentistry school as I'm in Northern Ireland.
I'm not in a position to get credit due to some bad (rather stupid) financial decisions when I was younger that I'm still trying to pay for.
I have managed to get an appointment with my doctor but it's not until next Monday so it's just going to be a case of MTFU until then. Hopefully he can prescribe me some antibiotics to keep me going until I can get some cash gathered up to get my tooth fixed properly. Looks like Christmas is taking a bye this year.
I have been washing my mouth out with salt and water and it gives me 15 minutes of relief if nothing else.
Unfortunately I can't go to a dentistry school as I'm in Northern Ireland.
I'm not in a position to get credit due to some bad (rather stupid) financial decisions when I was younger that I'm still trying to pay for.
I have managed to get an appointment with my doctor but it's not until next Monday so it's just going to be a case of MTFU until then. Hopefully he can prescribe me some antibiotics to keep me going until I can get some cash gathered up to get my tooth fixed properly. Looks like Christmas is taking a bye this year.
audidoody said:
You MUST get it seen to. Now. Tomorrow. It WILL turn into an abscess. And the pain you are feeling now will be as nothing to the firestorm of agony your entire head will become if that happens. The most powerful pain killers won't help you. You will need strong antibiotics. Apart from that the infection from an abscess could possibly poison your blood. It's called sepsis. Google it for the full horror story.
Get it pulled. Or, get a credit card, or bank loan and get it properly root-canalled and crowned privately for £1,000 . Even if it takes you three years to pay off. You have only one set of gnashers for the rest of your life.
I know of what I speak
this a million times over Get it pulled. Or, get a credit card, or bank loan and get it properly root-canalled and crowned privately for £1,000 . Even if it takes you three years to pay off. You have only one set of gnashers for the rest of your life.
I know of what I speak
Edited by audidoody on Tuesday 6th December 22:34
had 2 impacted wisdom teeth at either side of my jaw on the bottom. Both turned into Absecces at the same time.
have never felt debilitating pain like it- NOTHING touched it, morphine hardly knocked the edge off! just incredible pain- and i alqways thought myselof good with pain (have stitches with no pain relief, played rugby matcheds with broken ankles- all sorts of painful stuff_, but this pain was like nothing else you can imagine.
If you want to even out your pain killers. Remember you can take Paracetamol and Ibuprofen at the same time. But spread them out by 2 hours rather than take them all together every 4. Then rather than going from bliss to agony every 4 hours you'll end up with discomfort all the time. For the paracetamol you can get ones mixed with codeine (Co-codamol), which is a tiny bit stronger.
Around here I went to the local walk in centre and they gave me a number for an emergency dentist if I couldn't sleep. (I could sleep so didn't call and don't know if it was an NHS service or private)
Around here I went to the local walk in centre and they gave me a number for an emergency dentist if I couldn't sleep. (I could sleep so didn't call and don't know if it was an NHS service or private)
JAHetfield said:
Thanks for all replies, they really are much appreciated.
I have been washing my mouth out with salt and water and it gives me 15 minutes of relief if nothing else.
Unfortunately I can't go to a dentistry school as I'm in Northern Ireland.
I'm not in a position to get credit due to some bad (rather stupid) financial decisions when I was younger that I'm still trying to pay for.
I have managed to get an appointment with my doctor but it's not until next Monday so it's just going to be a case of MTFU until then. Hopefully he can prescribe me some antibiotics to keep me going until I can get some cash gathered up to get my tooth fixed properly. Looks like Christmas is taking a bye this year.
A root canal on NHS is £47, per this link:I have been washing my mouth out with salt and water and it gives me 15 minutes of relief if nothing else.
Unfortunately I can't go to a dentistry school as I'm in Northern Ireland.
I'm not in a position to get credit due to some bad (rather stupid) financial decisions when I was younger that I'm still trying to pay for.
I have managed to get an appointment with my doctor but it's not until next Monday so it's just going to be a case of MTFU until then. Hopefully he can prescribe me some antibiotics to keep me going until I can get some cash gathered up to get my tooth fixed properly. Looks like Christmas is taking a bye this year.
http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/1781.aspx?CategoryID=7...
And if the treatment is "Urgent" then you can get it done for £17.
I bet you've not even seen a dentist yet, have you? Stop dicking about and get down there, we live in the UK, not the USA and they won't let you suffer if you can't pay up.
More info on costs here:
http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/1781.aspx?CategoryID=7...
More info on what's included in each band here;
http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/nhs-dental-band-charge...
That took literally 20secs on google. Sort yourself out now. Please. Thank you.
mrmr96 said:
JAHetfield said:
Thanks for all replies, they really are much appreciated.
I have been washing my mouth out with salt and water and it gives me 15 minutes of relief if nothing else.
Unfortunately I can't go to a dentistry school as I'm in Northern Ireland.
I'm not in a position to get credit due to some bad (rather stupid) financial decisions when I was younger that I'm still trying to pay for.
I have managed to get an appointment with my doctor but it's not until next Monday so it's just going to be a case of MTFU until then. Hopefully he can prescribe me some antibiotics to keep me going until I can get some cash gathered up to get my tooth fixed properly. Looks like Christmas is taking a bye this year.
A root canal on NHS is £47, per this link:I have been washing my mouth out with salt and water and it gives me 15 minutes of relief if nothing else.
Unfortunately I can't go to a dentistry school as I'm in Northern Ireland.
I'm not in a position to get credit due to some bad (rather stupid) financial decisions when I was younger that I'm still trying to pay for.
I have managed to get an appointment with my doctor but it's not until next Monday so it's just going to be a case of MTFU until then. Hopefully he can prescribe me some antibiotics to keep me going until I can get some cash gathered up to get my tooth fixed properly. Looks like Christmas is taking a bye this year.
http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/1781.aspx?CategoryID=7...
And if the treatment is "Urgent" then you can get it done for £17.
I bet you've not even seen a dentist yet, have you? Stop dicking about and get down there, we live in the UK, not the USA and they won't let you suffer if you can't pay up.
More info on costs here:
http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/1781.aspx?CategoryID=7...
More info on what's included in each band here;
http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/nhs-dental-band-charge...
That took literally 20secs on google. Sort yourself out now. Please. Thank you.
gjc10212 said:
I had emergency root canal treatment completed a few months back, total cost was around £600.00 (BUPA dental plan). I was advised to book again in 6 months time for a crown to be fitted :/. Good Luck OP.
I'm not talking about BUPA I'm talking about an NHS dentist, hence the link to an NHS website. I don't see the BUPA cost as having any relevant to the OP really.gjc10212 said:
mrmr96 said:
I'm not talking about BUPA I'm talking about an NHS dentist, hence the link to an NHS website. I don't see the BUPA cost as having any relevant to the OP really.
The BUPA cost was covered by my dental plan.....JonnyFive said:
I was quoted £204 for Root Canal and a cap or something.. I haven't £200 at the moment, but am in no pain (Luckily!) so am saving for it.
A crown (aka cap) is a level 3 treatment on the NHS, which is £204 as you were quoted.But Emergency or Urgent treatment will always be free or £17, so I can't see any reason for the OP not getting it done.
mrmr96 said:
JonnyFive said:
I was quoted £204 for Root Canal and a cap or something.. I haven't £200 at the moment, but am in no pain (Luckily!) so am saving for it.
A crown (aka cap) is a level 3 treatment on the NHS, which is £204 as you were quoted.But Emergency or Urgent treatment will always be free or £17, so I can't see any reason for the OP not getting it done.
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