Hi all - I have lived in Stockholm for like 12 years and most of this time relied on my old dentist in my home country, but since the onset of the pandemic I have, embarrassingly, not seen a dentist at all, and now I needed some pretty urgent dental work done.
The urgent work got done, but is more work that needs to be done soon. However, the dentist told me that I needed to first go see a dental hygienist for a cleaning procedure, only then could I book an actual dental examination to decide what work I need done when. The catch is that while the waiting time for a dentist are modest, waiting times for a cleaning procedure can be considerable - up to a month or more.
That seemed extremely odd and backwards to me. In my head, the high-effort and high-urgency work should be done first, then the polish later. But the dentist assured me that these were national Swedish rules, and that there was nothing to do about it - I needed cleaning first, then examination, then repairs, in that order.
So now I ask you, dear Sweddit: Is this really correct? Does national law really dictate that I need to go through this song and dance, potentially wasting months, when I know for a fact that I have cavities that need repair?
Det här inlägget arkiverades automatiskt av Leddit-botten. Vill du diskutera tråden? Joina vår Lemmy-gemenskap på feddit.nu!
The original was posted on /r/sweden by /u/thriveth at 2023-07-08 15:22:31+00:00.
hallonlakrits at 2023-07-08 15:25:18+00:00 ID:
jr5u8gsTry other dentists. Also, look for times with short notice if you can take those. Last time I went to the dentist and looked for a time I had a time 7:45 the very next day.
thriveth (OP) at 2023-07-08 16:10:25+00:00 ID:
jr60edrThanks but the question was whether it was correct that these are the rules?
hallthor at 2023-07-08 16:31:00+00:00 ID:
jr6398oThis is your body so you decide.
A private dentist probably has the right to not treat you, I'm not sure if folktandvården can say no. Normal procedure is that a dentist checks your "status" and then you make a plan together what comes next. But usually they just tell you when to show up and where to leave your money. For me the system always feels more like a physical repair shop and less like a medical treatment and dialogue.
J3r3myKyle at 2023-07-08 21:10:53+00:00 ID:
jr76cxsI went to Folktandvården during the pandemic to have a molar taken out (slipped on a root in the forest, hit my head and shattered it). It took about 2 weeks to get an appointment, but I described what happened when I called them and they did it on the spot when I got there - no mention of a cleaning. Then I got given the invoice to pay and told to pay it within 14 days, and off I went. So no, I don't think it's a national rule, more a clinic rule.