The Kintyre Forum

Anyone else encounter problems getting to see a dentist locally?

im a fisherman and had probs gettn an appointment so i phoned one in oban and they took me right away,and on a saturday morning which is handier for me,they also made three appointments for the following three weeks,cant get much better than that.

I haven't seen a dentist in years but seeing as there's a new one starting in Oban I'm going to give him a try. Is he in the hospital yet or still at the old place?

stl in old place but moving into hospital soon i think.

I'm led to believe you can't join the dentist(s) here - even as a private patient. Though naturally you will be seen if it is an emergency.

If my friends move up from the south of England (lets say), where they are registered, never miss an appointment etc can they be transferred to the dentist in the town. Or do they have to travel all the way back down south to see the Dentist?

This is a touchy subject for alot of people in the town. A few yeas ago I tried to make an appointment for me and my husband to have check ups as we hadn't had one in a while. I was told that if there wasn't a problem I didn't need to make one as the dentist was very busy. The following year my husband phoned for an appointment only to be told we had been struck off. On making enquiries I was told that it isn't the dentist that does this but the NHS. We never even got a letter to tell us we had been struck off! My husband has lived here all his life and now doesn't have a dentist. If he needs one he will need to take a day off work and travel up the road. I spoke to the local dentist about this and he was as annoyed about it as me.