THERE have never been dentists, and there never will be. The complaints of poverty you will hear when you are encouraged to accept a course of private dentistry are to support a standard of living beyond the wildest dreams of, say, nurses.
Earlier this summer nurses received a pay increase of 14 per cent, representing a cut in their real income of nearly 10 per cent. Dentists and doctors were awarded a 30 per cent pay rise without hardly having to bother to ask.
happens that 30 per walen is tne averace Day tor cen. tists, represents the entire income of a HUISC.
hear ane lenorance acou wiat coes on inside your mouth are exploited to the full by dentists. he toothache which keeps you awake at night, one of the severest pains your body has in store for you, will because the alternative is going to the den- encurca lor days SUlIC tist.
The patient in pain is in no position to consider whether the dentist is entitled to an emergency fee or to shop around for the best cear. Ana now woud you know whal a good deal is? poor demand this not only of their patient's mouth but of their purse. cal tbs me nas equipment seulotave At another practice owned by my principal the nursing staff were lectured one on the need for them to show respect to the dentists. including calling them 'doctor' in front of patients!
My principal goes to some lengths to maximise his profits. He employs 15 to 20 associate dentists, creaming off half their replaced boxes of tissues with whipment is repairdi ely olim, using repaired by Instcaa or ciecurical Insulaung tape and forceps in place of spanners Because a reducing valve had not been fitted to my high-speed drill it screamec like Concorde. Eventually the air pressure became so great that the cable exploded, causie uc umrortulalc vaucll to icap ou The surgeries are old, with curled lino as the floor covering. It is a trap for mer cury and amalgam, which give off toxic My contract says that if my monthly It uu une bracioa receives 55 per cent instead of 50 per cent.
specialises in importins quatee cenists trom soule alca an Australia to come here to knock the NHS, make as much as they can, and leave after Revenue's someumes lakine wien unen share and leaving behind patients whose treatment has been only partly completed.
My patients are surprised to see me for two successive six-month treatments. They are used to a new face every time they come to the surgery. The profit motive enes nome to aculal carc The status of my principal is indicatec Royce Yet how can he forced to plough his DrULILS TL surgery equipment and staff wages? If l o the staff withhold our labour we
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