Patient stories

My teeth are very black and I don’t smile, always sit with my hands over my face and avoid going out because of it. It first started when I had anorexia, I thought my teeth aren’t good because of this so what’s the point in cleaning them? And I just lost the motivation from there,…

I’ve hardly got any top front teeth remaining, a loose front tooth and abscesses, so I have lots of trouble eating and regularly feel pain. It gives me real issues with my confidence and self-esteem, makes it hard going out and meeting people. I’ve been spending a long time trying to find a dentist but…

I never really had any major problems with my teeth. I had a couple of removed when I was in my teens and I’ve got some stumps left but they don’t really affect me.   Since I had my head accident I eat a lot of ice pops because I feel like it helps. My…

“I have a lot of pain across the upper right side of my mouth, the pain comes and goes, when I’m eating and at night, but it is extremely annoying and causes a lot of agony. This has been hurting for a while now, at least since I last saw the dentist in December last…

“I can’t remember the last time I saw a dentist but it’s been many years now. Today, with Dentaid I have had two fillings and need a lot of other work but time constraints and the waiting list for other patients mean I would need to come back next month. At the moment, I am…

“When I first moved in here I had all my teeth and then a couple of years ago I was eating bread and jam one day and my tooth came out and then the next day a second one came out, of course it’s been downhill from there.  I used to have really good health…

“I’ve had another pleasant experience with Dentaid at BDP today. I was told to come today as the Dentaid team were visiting and I really needed to get my teeth sorted. After all the years of abuse, finally I just want my mouth to be in good health – to not have bad breath, to…

“I’m a recovering alcoholic and I’ve been homeless for about a year. I’m moving into a new place on Thursday, and it feels like my life is slowly getting back on track. Stuart’s story In the past I traveled all over the world for work and I never stayed in one place for too long,…

“I have had a lot of pain in my mouth, last month the pain was so bad I had to use some pliers to get this tooth out that was hanging by root. My teeth have been hurting me for a while now, after getting kicked out of a dental practice because I missed one…