Re: Hi everyone -- still alive?
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On 11 Sep 2021, at 11:55, Purler <susan.platter@...> wrote: Ooh that sounds nasty. ?The hygienists I get are very considerate. ?My old dentist, the NHS one, used to do the scale and polish himself but now the partnership is ?bigger and has more staff, so it¡¯s hygienist and assistant as well. ? Take it easy with yourself, Jude! Best Susan On 11 Sep 2021, at 05:20, Judith Hall <glenidol@...> wrote: I hate the hygienist with a vengeance. Most of them have been Fllipina and cruel with it. ? I have complained to the dentist. He agrees he got rid of one of them he had had more complaints about. Last time I was in he did the clean himself as he used to do and I thought that was much more satisfactory.? He has been nagging with texts to go back but they rang the morning I got home from surgery and I said no - give me a month - but I underestimated how long before I could bear anyone to go anywhere near my neck and jaw as the surgery cut was from bottom of the right ear ?to the base of the neck at the front ? ¡ª not exactly keyhole. But I am now at a point I think it will be ok. ?I will just have to be brave :-) Jude On 9 Sep 2021, at 6:55 pm, Purler <susan.platter@...> wrote: My father was a schools dentist, in fact the Principal Schools Dental Officer for Devon (formal title!). ?While he was still working, he looked after my teeth, then handed me over to a former colleague in Exeter who treated me under the NHS. When he retired and his practice went private, I was allowed, as a ¡°dental daughter¡±, to keep my NHS status, so just paid the minimum amount as I never needed anything major. ?Even his successor carried this over but, after I had been away elsewhere in the country and returned after perhaps 15 years, I had to pay the private fees and that was a bit of a shock; around ?100 for a scale and polish from the hygienist and a dental exam by Martin himself. ?At least they are reliable and seem very skilled. Better skill than drill, eh? ?:D Best Susan On 6 Sep 2021, at 09:51, zuiko <ftog@...> wrote: Wow, Jude! Those are pricey bits of kit! Because I was in the RAF for nearly 40 years everything medical and dental was covered, as a matter of flight safety; so it was a bit of a shock to start having to pay for all these things. ?I hope that my hearing holds out a little longer . . . Chris
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