Can't you find a law or regulation or opinion of a learned body which makes
it illegal/unethical or somehow improper to practice dentistry without a
dental qualification? Then hide behind that, like a lawyer or accountant
would.
Stephen Crawshaw
Townsville, Australia.
-----Original Message-----
From: Trefor Roscoe
>See my previous reply
>
>Pete Bridgwood wrote:
>
>> >I don't know about other countries. But in this country, I have had
>> patients
>> >coming to see me because the first available emergency dental
appointment
>> is 1
>> >week away and they are told to see the GP to get anti-biotics so that
the
>> dental
>> >abscess would have "calmed down" by the time of their dental
appointment.
>> Last
>> >week, I had a patient coming to see me because his dentist was on
holiday
>> and
>> >there is no cover!!! I wonder if other GPs have similiar experience
about
>> dentists
>> >in their area??? Should we be doing dental on calls as well???
>>
>> Yes !
>> Absolute nightmare... in Lincolnshire it seems all the dentists have
closed
>> their lists if you listen to some of the patients. I tend to give
>> antibiotics & analgesics rather than insist they see a dentist but maybe
I'm
>> to much of a softy. Had a dental abscess myself last year and resorted to
>> injecting the root with marcaine using an insulin needle in the end - ah
>> what bliss !
>>
>> We can't let em suffer, can we ?
>>
>> (If it's a night call I just tell them to sleep sitting-up.... usually
does
>> the trick by eliminating gravity)
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