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Knightskye
09-28-2009, 03:27 AM
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/6232341/NHS-dental-crisis-Can-the-rot-be-stopped.html


The majority of dentists are unhappy, too. One complained: "If you take on a new patient who has not been to the dentist for a few years, they might need a lot of work, and you are effectively penalised for doing it. Under the new contract, whether a patient needs one filling or 10 fillings, the dentist gets paid the same."

Another said: 'Dentists are unwilling to take on new patients whose teeth are in a poor state. They know they will be paid the same as if they treated a patient who needs very little work. This is very sad for patients. It means that those who are most desperate for treatment are finding it most difficult to get a dentist."

Obama talked about this, how evil doctors want to take out your tonsil when they don't need to, just to make a few extra bucks.

Full steam ahead!