Posted on 07/02/2008 11:57:46 AM PDT by pissant
Changes in the way dentists are paid mean they effectively have no financial incentive to give appropriate treatment, the Commons Health Select Committee said.
Under the new contract, dentists receive an agreed annual sum rather than being paid for each individual treatment.
The committee found the number of dentists extracting a decaying tooth rather than carrying out a more complicated procedure had increased.
As a result, the volume of more complex work like crowns, bridges and dentures has fallen by 57%.
Evidence presented to the committee also suggested that patients were being pushed unnecessarily into the hospital system.
A survey carried out by the British Dental Association in 2007 found 78% of clinical directors had seen an increase in referrals from general dentists.
"We are concerned about the increase in referrals of patients requiring complex treatment to dental hospitals and community dentists," the MPs said.
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The UK has a dental system?
Is there a way to say “Duh” in a super-clear manner?
Gee, maybe they need market based incentives in their socialized medicine paradise.
Coming soon British Airways direct flight to Tijuana
They focused on 5 people who needed dental care.
All of them but one eventually had their teeth repaired.
The one who didn't had a dentist phobia, and the best the dentist could do for her was to partially clean her teeth.
The dentist said that it would be impossible to repair her teeth without going through general anesthesia.
Seems there is a two year waiting period to receive dental treatment with general anesthesia.
As someone still smarting from an abscessed tooth extraction yesterday, I’d like to know why root canals cost $800+. That doesn’t even include the crown!
One look at “The Big Book of British Smiles” will answer ALL your questions...
Yeah DUH LOL!
Been there, done that, almost died.
“Seems there is a two year waiting period to receive dental treatment with general anesthesia.”
Socialism works!
My sister is an ER nurse. She told me quite a few of the death by heartattack are caused by infections that reach the heart through the teeth.
I’m sure this comes as a big surprise to UK liberals. Like American liberals, they don’t grasp the concept of cause and effect.
So THAT’S why it’s so darned hard to understand him!
I was told mine was had reached a point very close to the optic nerve (and thus the brain).
Morphine and bag antibiotics.
Its not the infection per se, IMHO.
It’s that the infection stimulates clotting factors causing thrombocytosis. The excess platelets clot up and cause the coronary.
Happened to my dad, and nearly to me as well.
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