Comments for From bad teeth to no teeth at http://www.adamsmith.org , comment 1 to 2 out of 2 comments http://www.adamsmith.org Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:37:03 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.adamsmith.org/blog/health/from-bad-teeth-to-no-teeth-200807051646/#comment-546 Furthermore, it is those the NHS is intended to help - the poor - who are suffering. Those with more means take private dentistry, who like the best of Smith's teachers, are paid directly by their patients and so are trying to act in their best interests. - Toby Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:13:50 +0100 http://www.adamsmith.org/blog/health/from-bad-teeth-to-no-teeth-200807051646/#comment-542 I can speak from personal experience of the outcome of the extraction versus filling anomaly. In the early fifties as a naive trusting youth I allowed myself to be convinced that I had three back teeth needing to be taken out. I was not aware at the time that the fee recoverable by the dentist for a filling was five shillings and for an extraction seven and sixpence. Forty years later here in Australia bridges to fill the gaps cost me many thousands of dollars. It wasn't the reason I emigrated but I am glad I did. Australians would not put up with what you suffer under the NHS. - ken buxton Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:16:37 +0100