I presume you paid for an x-ray. Go back and ask for it. If it shows that he was lying, then I would report him.

He checked them visually - no xray and no payment

I cut the visit short as soon as he said seven fillings

I don't blame you Renton....what a con!!!

I would definitely report him Saint. Wanting to put in seven fillings and remove a tooth without justification is terrible. He could be potentially dangerous. Sounds like he has a long list of unhappy patients  

http://www.gdc-uk.org/Memberso...plaints-Service.aspx

 

I would like to do it anonymously as I'm a bloody coward.

I was thinking along the lines of  ... someone should visit for a check up from your association - or something.

Seems like a good site Saint. Though it says they don't cover NHS dental treatment? Wonder why?

I think the NHS will have their own complaint procedure.

Oh yes, right enough.

 

Lucky you trusted your instincts Saint and left  

I've pondered complaining for well, 2yrs.

But now i hear its rampant - it should be stopped

It should be stopped. Sounds like there's something wrong with him. You'd think he'd be reported by your current dentist? But possibly dentists are like doctors and don't report each other 

 

Good luck with it 

I would like to hear other people's experiences - good or bad

I was out of work from 2007-2009, funny how there was no work to do at my dentist, yet when I got back into work in 2009 I had fillings that needed doing  

Oy oy! I killed a fred again 

I had a dentist years ago who was a 'drill and fill' merchant. Probably ruined a lot of healthy teeth!

Not so much a bad dentist, but rather the doctor that has to be there to administer anesthetic. I was in my early 20's and needed a tooth out, anesthetic given to me, last I remember was the doctor popping my boobs out of my bra. Tried to talk to the staff members later who were present ( one of which I went to church with) and no one would say anything to help me report him.

Cinds, that's horrific!  To make things worse, he probably continued to assault young women because nobody backed you up.

Omg Cinds, that must have been horrible Did you ever get him reported in the end? Bet you felt like tracking him down and giving a swift kick!

I had a similar experience too once, a private dentist told me I needed 8 fillings at £50 a piece! I knew I needed 2, but felt 8 was ridiculous! So I got a 2nd opinion from an nhs dentist- I did need 2 fillings, and an old one replacing. I've had no trouble with my teeth since and that was 6 years ago

cinds that is very shocking! The horrible dirty scumbag And very frustrating that no one backed you up either, there must be other girls it's happened to too

Also, at a different dentist when I lived somewhere else; I was alone in a corner of the waiting room and a receptionist & a dental nurse came out of the staff room, they cannot have seen me, I heard them laughing about how the dentist had talked an old lady in to having a procedure because of the commission he'll get from it. She could have had a cheaper one that would have been fine, but he wouldn't make as much money from it Then, the dentist used my chest as a table for his instruments, and slipped with the little grinder style cleaner, taking a chunk of flesh out of my inner cheek! I walked out without paying and never went back!

Bloody hell! Makes me thankful i have a great NHS denist,she's excellent.I hadn't been for about 6 years the first time i went to her.I didn't need any fillings(I have a mouthful already)Though my teeth needed a good scaling and cleaning to get rid of tartar buildup. two visits to the hygienist for this.Checkups are free in Scotland.I go regularly now.I had to get a replacement filling about three months ago as the old one had cracked and was loose.

That is absolutely appalling Cinds    Its indecent assault!

The staff wouldn't even back you up... shame on them.

Did you ever know the name of that anaesthetist? It should be in your dental notes.

 

Unfortunately its probably not an isolated incident either...

 Wow thats awful, Sweet.

Sweet

 

One of the reasons i stopped going to the dentists was due to my old dentists attitude.

There was something i asked him to do (cannot remember) and he said,

"No - i won't make enough money out of that procedure."

I never returned.

Many many years ago probably in the 1930s or 40s my father went to his dentist who told him that he had gum disease and would need to take some teeth out. He was given gas to knock him out. When he woke up he discovered that the dentist had removed all but a handful of teeth.

 

He had a set of dental plates to replace the teeth. Not surprisingly, he never went to see any dentist again. He used the same set of dental plates until he died a few years ago. If a tooth in the plates broke off, he used glue to stick it back on.

flippin 'eck Cinds - that's shocking.   

 

I'm terrified of the dentist  - really deep rooted fear that my unconscious can't conquer.  I remember having a tooth out with gas when I was at primary school and being off school for a few days afterwards and my friends coming to visit me.    When I was 19 I had toothache and went to a dentist who agreed to knock me out (injection) to take the tooth out - I thought, this will be fine, I'm fine... and thought i was calm.   I woke up with no shoes on, I'd been kicking him so hard!  Anyway - I agreed to go back for a couple of fillings he promised were so small I wouldn't even need anaesthetic (he was right) and he rolled up his sleeve and said 'i had some trouble explaining that after your last visit' - and his arm was covered in deep scratches       I only found out years later than when I'd had the tooth out as a child I'd gone blue and they couldn't wake me up - they thought I was goner for a bit.    I'm guessing that's where the fear comes from.   I'm too embarrassed to be knocked out now - but I'm still terrified even though a dentist has never really hurt me.

Bloody hell - this is striking the fear of God into me!!

 

Has anyone had a tooth pulled out with only a numbing needle.

Is it as horrific as i imagine?

 

Yesterday the dentist said mine wisdom teeth at the top need two tiny fillings - or i can leave it OR i can have them removed !!!!

 

Me aint having them removed !!! I can imagine its a terriying experience!!!

I had my bottom two back wisdom teeth taken out over 30 years ago,they were impacted no room for them.(I have a small gob!). On different visits mind.I had an injection into a vein to knock me out it was fine .However they no longer allow this,I think you have to go to hospital now to get knocked out for wisdom teeth.

I went  with my niece  a couple of years ago when she needed two wisdom and a back tooth out,she's asthmatic so this was done under sedation rather than totally knocked out.

This was a specialist dental place,she was kinda of aware but looked like a junkie when i picked her up,spaced out etc she had to have some stitches in the gum too.Just rest after it,no driving etc and she had to have someone with her for the next 24 hours.

I've had 3 wisdom teeth out (at different times) with the needle and while you do feel the scratch of the needle its not that bad. the actual extraction isn't  painful as you're numb but the yanking is a little weird.

 

My daughter has had milk teeth pulled with the needle (she only 10 now) on 3 different occasions when her big teeth had grown but the baby ones were still there, and she was fine each time.... it's not that bad

I've heard that was commonplace, unfortunately El Loro... people with perfectly good teeth had them yanked out. Your poor father... no wonder it left him with a distrust! Completely understandable  

You'd hope things would have improved though with modern dental technology advancements... maybe not.

I had 4 wisdom teeth out in hospital when I was 16, I looked like I had been in the boxing ring when I got home  I've still got them  they are massive.

 

I had a back tooth pulled when I was pregnant without any pain relief,  I was in agony and had blood all down my top cause the dentist couldn't get  it out, I have a massive fear of them now

Took me a long time to go back to the dentist after that little incident.  Obviously I've changed dentists since then and the one I see now is brilliant so much so I travel to Penrith for check ups etc.

I also had a gas induced nightmare of a time at the age of 9, I gave them a right good kicking. Since then it's been injections all the way. Just a scratch. However I am more frightened of dentists than anything else.