Resorting to pulling out your own teeth

May 8, 2006

Due to poor dental coverage in the UK:

Every time he has tried to sign up, lining up with hundreds of others from the ranks of the desperate and the hurting “” “I’ve seen people with bleeding gums where they’ve ripped their teeth out,” he said grimly “” he has arrived too late and missed the cutoff.



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{ 3 comments }

1 AndyD May 8, 2006 at 10:24 am

Interestingly, Dentists are a profession that avoided full incorporation into the NHS – the situation with dentists is more akin to medicare in the US. Hence the poor coverage.

2 Anonymous May 8, 2006 at 2:30 pm

Time to pull out Lisa Simpson’s Book of British Smiles…

3 Anonymous May 11, 2006 at 10:07 am

The strangling regulation and poor government pay has caused dentists to leave for the private sector which is why there is poor coverage. It has nothing to do with incorporation into the NHS. I mean, the NHS service is just super duper, I love waiting months for an operation. If the govt left health care alone it would be cheaper for everyone and better run because the market would adjust to the demand. Right now they’re not even pretending to try and fix things.

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