I had to pay $70 to go to the dentist's office and have the doctor tell me that, wow, your wisdom teeth need to be removed! You have an infection! Here's a prescription! And another one! See you later!
NHS is crap, I waited for five, yes, f-i-v-e years to get my teeth fixed although they cause me no pain. In the end I thought "screw it" and just fucked them off.
Adam Adamant wrote:Yes, but you didn't have to pay $1000 to wait for five years did you?
No, I had to wait five years for what was thought to be a serious problem.
Nowadays, a grand is quite easy to earn so if I needed it I would certainly go private.