Tooth Ache!!!!

Well after having a Chinese take away on Friday night and trying to bite into a chicken ball that made a ball bearing seem like putty. One of my teeth decided it had had enough.
To "cap" it all it was one of my wisdom teeth at the back.
Now I haven't been registered with a dentist for about 3 years now and so the search started this morning (Monday) for a dentist. You would think it wouldn't be that hard but, it was. The first one I tried was suggested by Tracey on information from a neighbour of ours. This turned out to be a clinic rather than a surgery. The difference, well I didn't think there was one, but apparently this clinic only took referrals from Doctors. So that one went out of the window.
The next one was a Dentist I remembered from my far off youth. Who had not only changed names but also gone from a NHS dentist to a private Dentist. So at a cost of £130 for the extraction £40 for the Xray, and about £20 for the examination before the extraction. It was starting to look like £200 worth of dentistry. And he still wouldn't be able to see me until later this afternoon.
Not perturbed I decided to try another place my darling wife Tracey had suggested. So off I went to see if he was available. I walked into the surgery and spoke to the receptionist, explaining my problem. Well stood behind me was the dentist himself. Who said he would see me straight away. After a quick examination, and an Xray, he gave me an injection in the gum and asked me to wait in reception for a while. 15 minutes later I was called back in, where he gave me 2 more injections and then said he was just going to check the tooth. 10 seconds later it was all over, and I didn't even notice him pulling it out. The total cost was being added up by the receptionist. Well I pulled out my wad of notes and got ready for my big bill, thankful that the offending tooth had been removed. Before giving me the bill she asked me when I wanted my next appointment (as after 3 years there is a lot of work to be done in my mouth). So we arranged the next appointment and she told me the cost of this one. Well I could have fainted. After being told the cost by the other dentist I was really not ready for how much the actual job was going to cost with this dentist.

Are you ready for this


It'll shock you


Total cost for : Examination, xray, 3 injections and extraction was



just short of


£25:00


What a difference NHS makes.

Final point, Tracey has had to put up with my moaning about the tooth all weekend. So I appologise to her here and now for not listening to her in the first place.