I attended the dentist due to wisdom teeth problems and tooth infection. The dentist I saw informed me that i had gum disease and agreed that my wisdom teeth were causing me pain and infected. I was shocked at being told I had gum disease because it has never been mentioned before, my gums had only started bleeding a couple of days prior due to the wisdom tooth infection. I had also seen a dentist the day before as an emergency for the infection and that dentist didn't mention anything about gum disease. The dentist I saw at the Martlesham suggested I had X-rays of my wisdom teeth to confirm the angle and what treatment would be needed, this I agreed with and thought was a good idea. However I was moving away in a couple of weeks to a new city and to this the dentist said there was no point in having the Xray as the X-rays of my teeth belonged to the practice and were not able to be taken out. Annoyed at the new news of the gum disease, not being able to have X rays and being in pain from wisdom teeth I followed the dentists advise on cleaning and booked an appointment to see the hygienist at the practice the following week. The hygienist was very helpful (more than the dentist) and disagreed with the dentists opinion on my gum disease, explaining that yes my gums were saw but that was probably because I had a wisdom tooth infection and my face was swollen and I was struggling to clean my teeth properly lately but as a general rule my cleaning of teeth was good and gums were in normal condition. This made me annoyed as I had conflicting advise and didn't know who to believe but also relieved as I agreed with the hygienist and thought I didn't have gum disease. I decided to book an appointment at another dentist for a second opinion. The second opinion dentist agreed with the hygienist and also took my X rays, printed them and gave them to me. Arguing the point that the X ray are of my teeth therefore my property not the practice. Overall, I was not very happy with the dentists at Martlesham due to the inaccurate opinion of my teeth and 'rules' regarding X rays.
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