Are dentists overrated?

Motorist

I was just thinking of how in the media teachers and guards are commonly criticised, but what about dentists? I think people used to treat them as gods, especially the older generation, but what exactly do they do?

Why is it necessary to pay someone €60 for a bit of drilling on your tooth, and then for them to lob a bit of composite material in your mouth. Sure any carpenter or handyman would be more skilled with a drill or mixing up a bit of cement.

notnumber

Yeah sure who needs teeth anyway.

xDramaxQueenx

If you're from westmeath..

Scioch

Hey OP, you go get a handyman to do your dental work then come back and tell us how good of an idea it was.

Fuinseog

Motorist wrote: »

I was just thinking of how in the media teachers and guards are commonly criticised, but what about dentists? I think people used to treat them as gods, especially the older generation, but what exactly do they do?

Why is it necessary to pay someone €60 for a bit of drilling on your tooth, and then for them to lob a bit of composite material in your mouth. Sure any carpenter or handyman would be more skilled with a drill or mixing up a bit of cement.

you did not have to copy my thread word for word.
at least with dentists you have competition- dental smiles and many dentists now display their prices so you do not get any nasty shocks.

you also have the possibility of going to Spain or Hungary for treatment, thereby saving a few hundred euro even with the flights.

juan.kerr

There's a similar thread about Doctors...

Motorist

Fuinseog wrote: »

you did not have to copy my thread word for word.
at least with dentists you have competition- dental smiles and many dentists now display their prices so you do not get any nasty shocks.

you also have the possibility of going to Spain or Hungary for treatment, thereby saving a few hundred euro even with the flights.

I did not copy your thread. This is about a completely separate profession.

But since you have brought it up, you can ask you GP's secretary in advance what the standard charge is. There is competition in Ireland, every GP practice is separate. Contact the Competition Authority if you think something is amiss.

You can go to Spain if you want to get a cheap GP appointment. It will probably cost you more in flights though.

notnumber

Builders turn to dentistry during recession!

Jesus Shaves

xDramaxQueenx wrote: »

If you're from westmeath..

That is not funny at all

Fromthetrees

Better bjs a toothless mouth does make.

Case closed.

Fromthetrees

Better bjs a toothless mouth does make.

Case closed.

Scioch

Motorist wrote: »

I did not copy your thread. This is about a completely separate profession.

But since you have brought it up, you can ask you GP's secretary in advance what the standard charge is. There is competition in Ireland, every GP practice is separate. Contact the Competition Authority if you think something is amiss.

You can go to Spain if you want to get a cheap GP appointment. It will probably cost you more in flights though.

Why didnt you just post in the existing thread instead of making a new thread seeing as though thats what your fcukin on about ????

Motorist

Scioch wrote: »

Why didnt you just post in the existing thread instead of making a new thread seeing as though thats what your fcukin on about ????

This is about dentists (teeth). Please stop trying to derail my thead.

Prick!

Why don't you google how to do you own teeth then!!!

juan.kerr

Motorist wrote: »

This is about dentists. Please stop trying to derail my thead.

Does this thread cover orthodontists or just dentists?

ITS_A_BADGER

In before british bad teeth myth

Scioch

Motorist wrote: »

This is about dentists. Please stop trying to derail my thead.

You dont have a thread, you have a post from the other thread which you have turned into a thread.

Not every thought in your head deserves its own thread ffs. :rolleyes:

notnumber

Jesus Shaves wrote: »

That is not funny at all[/QUOTE

Funnier than your post ..are you from westmeath?

Pherekydes

Motorist wrote: »

I was just thinking of how in the media teachers and guards are commonly criticised, but what about dentists? I think people used to treat them as gods, especially the older generation, but what exactly do they do?

Why is it necessary to pay someone €60 for a bit of drilling on your tooth, and then for them to lob a bit of composite material in your mouth. Sure any carpenter or handyman would be more skilled with a drill or mixing up a bit of cement.

€60? Where?

/gets notepad...

juan.kerr

Scioch wrote: »

You dont have a thread, you have a post from the other thread which you have turned into a thread.

Not every thought in your head deserves its own thread ffs. :rolleyes:

The other thread is stupid. This one is much better. Clearly.

KeithM89_old

We dont need a thread on every profession. Except gynecologists maybe.*







*dont start a gynecologists one