Private dentist?

[R D S]

Indeed! :)

[R D S]

What i'd expect to pay and what I consider exorbitant are two entirely separate matters!

But it's not really worth arguing about is it? So i'll make that the last word on that part of the matter :)

[Scott]

5 years at university Professional fees Professional indemnity insurance Premises Heating and lighting Business rates Support staff (dental nurse, receptionist) Continuing professional development

I assume RDS is not a professional anything.

[John Rumm]

Yup, after one particularly serious walletectomy, I decided pet insurance was worth it...!

(and to be fair to the critter - he has more than got his money's worth out of it - must have cost them 8k or more by now)

[Andrew]

Virtually all the non-franchised garages are on the "Oil Flush Treatment NN.NN" scam where they just print this line on the invoice and charge for the time it takes to add that one line. Then you have to pay VAT on this fictitious entry too.

[Andrew]

To do it properly, the tyre must be removed and the repair vulcanised. Simply pushing a mushroom-shaped plug soaked in goo through the hole (and *only* in the centre of the tread) is not acceptable, apart from off-road vehicles.

[Tim+]

But why? Given that newer vehicles all have TPM systems a repair that has a minimal possibility of leaking slightly is surely more acceptable now than it might have been in the past.

Tim

[Sam Block]

Bullshit.

Bullshit.

[charles]

SWMO's last dentist used to take at leat 2 skiing trips each year, mine owns a Tesla. But she's a good dentist, so I still keep going, She's also attreactive (but married).

[charles]

Particularly if the practice can make crowns on site so you don't have to come back 2 weeks later

[Michael Chare]

Bupa have an insurance scheme. The premium I have covers two visits to the dentist and hygienist per year, X-rays and fillings but not crowns and certainly not implants.

[charles]

i've now had three implants. Last one took over a year to finish - Covid got in he wy,

[Scott]

When I asked, I was told that vulcanisation was a specialist process used mainly for trucks. I was told the ordinary tyre shops were restricted in the types of repair they are allowed to carry out and they are not permitted to carry out repairs requiring vulcanisation (eg close to the sidewall). Is this broadly correct?

[Fredxx]

Vulcanisation is a process to harden rubber through heat and additions of materials like sulphur or metal oxides. I've never understood why vulcanisation should be mentioned in a repair.

The sidewalls tend to be thin and are weak. And repairs are frowned up as the damage might weaken the structure of the tyre. However I can't any reference to sidewalls in this:

[Sam Block]

Dunno, I was commenting on the stupid claim that plugs aren't allowed.

[jon]

When I was a tyre fitter back in the sixties, I repaired hundreds of small vehicle tubeless tyres with the adhesive mushroom type plug. Only vulcanised lorry tyres and tractor tyres.

[Brian Gaff (Sofa]

Apart from accidents most of the decay etc is due to what we eat and not cleaning stuff away regularly.

Brian

[Brian Gaff (Sofa]

Maybe we could rewrite that Tina Turner hit as Private Dentist? Not sure Mark Knoppfler would be amused though. Brian

[The Natural Philosopher]

[Scott]

My understanding is that it is a legitimate form or repair (but generally only used for larger tyres).

What I was told - and I was hoping to verify - was that vulcanisation provides more scope for repairing faults that could not otherwise be repaired but the cost means it is not cost-effective.